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Posted on February 16th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Images from the Great Space Observatories

Images from the Great Space Observatories

Stargazing so good, you could call it astro-porn.

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Posted on November 24th, 2008 by Matt Hooper

Updating new Obama hires

Updating new Obama hires

UPDATED – Dec. 7., 5:22 p.m.\

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Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Kyle Whitmire

Revisiting the Olmstead plan

For some time the man who helped bring Birmingham’s park plan into fruition was unknown, [...]

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Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Kyle Whitmire

FedExistential Crisis

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzsXqawswPc 350 292]

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Posted on January 10th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Jan. 10-17, 2008

WE ARE WHAT WE EAT & ALWAYS HAVE BEEN: Birminghamians are obsessed with food, with [...]

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Posted on January 9th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

Brain Tease: Greencup Books!

Halleleujah, I am happy to hear about the advent of Greencup Books. Scheduled to [...]

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Posted on December 2nd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

NEWS: Click for Cooper Green

Listen, people. If thousands of you can vote for Ruben and Taylor on American Idol, [...]

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Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Favorite ‘graph – Vol. 11, Issue 13

I hate to play favorites among the many talented writers at Birmingham Weekly, but in [...]

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Posted on November 17th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Nov. 15 – 22, 2007

THE CONTENTS PAGE IS FULL OF LIES: Yep. The table of contents for Vol. 11, [...]

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Posted on November 13th, 2007 by Brent Thompson

Review: Bruce Springsteen’s Magic Show

When an artist of Bruce Springsteen’s stature releases a new album, all listeners share one [...]

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Posted on November 13th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Stop this day and night

If you need a dose of spirituality or poetry or both, the place to get [...]

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Posted on November 3rd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Talking turkey

The bird is the word – and with Thanksgiving less than a month away, it’s [...]

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Posted on November 3rd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Tonight’s the night, or why DST stinks

You may not realize that tonight’s the night you’re supposed to set your clocks back. [...]

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Posted on November 2nd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Allman joy

Greg Allman returns to Birmingham this week for a show at the Alabama Theatre. Weekly [...]

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Posted on November 1st, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Nov. 1-8, 2007

DEAD BUT NOT GONE: That’s the best way to think of your dearly departed, particularly [...]

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Posted on October 25th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Oct. 25 – Nov. 1, 2007

FINE ART & HAUNTING ARTIFACTS: Visitors to “Pompeii: Tales from an Eruption” will be treated [...]

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Posted on October 5th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Oct. 4-11, 2007

THIRTY YEARS IN THE TAKING: That’s the subhead of this week’s cover story, “Larry Langford’s [...]

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Posted on October 2nd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Still no joy toys

If you’re in the market for a vibrator, today is the day to purchase it [...]

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Posted on September 13th, 2007 by Kyle Whitmire

NEWS: Making a million

Almost three months ago, Jeremy Harper began his one-to-million shot — counting to one million [...]

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Posted on September 6th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Sept. 6-13, 2007

THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW that says no self-respecting publication in the city of [...]

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Weekly Tweets

  • Alright we're out of here. Good day Weekly readers. #Katopodis 3 days ago
  • Prosecution objects to the "substantive reasonableness" of Bowdre's sentence for #Katopodis. 3 days ago
  • 3 years supervised release after he gets out. Bowdre's been asked to put #Katopodis in a minimum security prison with credit for time se ... 3 days ago
  • I wonder how much Jefferson county gets monthly in restitution from people who have defrauded the county? #Katopodis 3 days ago
  • Prosecution asks for $166000 in restitution to Jefferson County, Bowdre makes it so. 3 days ago
  • 3 years, 10 months. I think prosecutors were asking for six years. #Katopodis 3 days ago
  • #Katopodis gets 46 months. 3 days ago
  • Bowdre said she found a letter from a fellow inmate to be especially moving. Inmate said #Katopodis is very encouraging of others in jail. 3 days ago
  • Bowdre: #Katopodis is not going to jail for helping others, he's going to jail for helping himself to other people's money. 3 days ago
  • Bowdre about to deliver the sentence, talking about it now. #Katopodis 3 days ago
  • Martin is laying it on #Katopodis. Says JK is probably best educated defendant that's been in this building, he should have known better. 3 days ago
  • We're back. Martin says #Katopodis case is one of the most disgusting he's seen, doesn't have God in his heart, has larceny in his heart. 3 days ago
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War on Dumb

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

Column

Ringing the changes

Ringing the changes

Thoughts on navigation, prevarication & vindication

Film

Wonderland without wonder

Wonderland without wonder

Burton’s film looks but doesn’t feel like “Alice”

Small World Cartoons

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In lieu of politics, I bring you talking roaches. Cartoonists are primary NPD sufferers.

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off