Wade’s weekly Twitter log for 2009-08-30

Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009

• Social South, big crooks and great connections in the @WadeOnTweets weekly twitter log: http://bit.ly/3W2JwL #
• HALLELUJAH! My friend w/ a cancer death sentence? Cancer free. We’re cautiously optimistic, and I’m overwhelmingly relieved. #

Monday, Aug. 24

• Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks, a 30-day series: http://bit.ly/bhamcrooks. DAY 23, 2006 church arsonists: http://bit.ly/1dnWvK #
• “Where’s My Emmy?” Family Guy takes on other Best Comedy nominees: http://bit.ly/dlZkI #
• Giving blood (yay!) in empty Red Cross (boo!). Paging @vulcansmuse and @birminghamworks … #
• Let Ferris Bueller’s Sloane Peterson teach you how to be an Awesome Girlfriend: http://bit.ly/4EOua #
• Just posted: Wade’s office hours Wed 2-4p in Sept around Bham (& 2 slots left this week). Info / signup: http://bit.ly/FOgSL #
• Bham-based Southern Living at Home lays off 30 of 60 staffers, Media of Birmingham exclusive: http://bit.ly/27xZtq #
• Pepper Place General Store, a bit of @PepperPlace (and @Foodimentary) all year long, opens Sat.: http://bit.ly/1UfZMe #
• RT @BirminghamWorks: Bham co. offers Beginning Blogging for Business. More info fr. @WadeOnTweets: http://tinyurl.com/lal5qw #
• Babypalooza, free expo for new / expecting parents, 10-3 Sat, Hoover: http://babypaloozatour.com #
• About 4/5ths of 2009 @sidewalkfilm lineup now live. Check it out: http://bit.ly/5Line #sidewalk09 #
• Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks, a 30-day series: http://bit.ly/bhamcrooks. DAY 24, Don Siegelman: http://bit.ly/3bT756 #

Tuesday, Aug. 25

• RT: In case you missed it … Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 14: http://bit.ly/41E96B #
• Vote as if your city’s life depended on it: Your complete guide to today’s Bham elections: http://bit.ly/nQQP0 #
• Must read: “My name is Roger, and I’m an alcoholic.” 30 yrs since Ebert’s last drink: http://bit.ly/1lDVqj (via @romenesko) #
• Free Lego Vulcan to 1st 300 to spend $35 at Sat grand opening: http://twitpic.com/diq12. More info: http://bit.ly/189vGb #
• Healthy debate: panel on impact of Obama health care plan, 7:15a 9/2 at Samford, $15 (incl. breakfast): http://bit.ly/8mq1X #
• Going to vote. Throw the bums out, or keep the bums in? Hmm. Complete guide to today’s Bham elections: http://bit.ly/nQQP0 #
• Come talk Bham /JeffCo politics & corruption with me for @WBHM903 segment, Wed 4p, Starbucks, 5 Pts S: http://bit.ly/XzOQc #
• I’d rather spend a day blogging: http://bit.ly/kTU6X #
• Bham election results? Not yet, but soon … http://bit.ly/1IyYhe [Did y’all vote?] #
• Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks, a 30-day series: http://bit.ly/bhamcrooks. DAY 25, Jeff Germany: http://bit.ly/15jCi4 #
• Did your candidate win? Bham election results, live, updated frequently: http://bit.ly/1IyYhe #

Wednesday, Aug. 26

• RIP TED KENNEDY. Dead at age 77 from brain cancer. Served in Senate for 47 years. http://bit.ly/18KjoX #
• On Wednesdays, tweet your / updates poetically in / 5-7-5 verse. #haikuhumpday #
• One-quarter of Oak / Mountain middle schoolers out / sick. Swine flu? Hormones?? http://bit.ly/y1yHZ #haikuhumpday #
• Blogging for business? / Is this the future? A dream? / Find out Saturday. http://bit.ly/vVvcr #haikuhumpday #
• Full TV seasons / 5 bucks. Battlestar, Office / House, Psych, Top Chef, more. http://bit.ly/FrIBH #haikuhumpday #
• Bham’s Biggest Crooks, / day 26, killers Jeff, / Jessica McCord. http://bit.ly/SOT1J #haikuhumpday #

Thursday, Aug. 27

• Safari Cup Coffee downtown closed. Owners Dave and Sharon McLaughlin headed for Chicago. (h/t @RamseyDuck) #
• LAST CHANCE: Learn Beginning Blogging for Business on Sat. RSVP by 5p CDT today: http://bit.ly/bba-biz #
• Today in irony: Dog of Richmond, Va., SPCA CEO dies after left in car for 4 hours: http://bit.ly/397PLL (h/t @atompkins) #
• Local blogger will match all donations today up to $100 for @acnatta‘s new computer! http://bit.ly/17iARf (RT @garrett98) #
• Good review of Mac OS X Snow Leopard by @Pogue: http://bit.ly/bn6Mb [picking up my copy tomorrow!] #
• Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks, a 30-day series: http://bit.ly/bhamcrooks. DAY 27, Jack Montgomery: http://bit.ly/cwbja (h/t @ProgressiveElec) #
• A look at films with an Alabama connection at the 2009 @sidewalkfilm fest: http://bit.ly/fLTFy #sidewalk09 #

Friday, Aug. 28

• Smackdown: Wikipedia vs. Predator: http://wikipediavspredator.com. (Best example ever: http://bit.ly/MvqE6) #
• $5 = one-year subscription to @southern_living: http://bit.ly/6hKnT (via @rachel9334) #
• ‘Best Worst Movie’ to open 2009 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival: http://bit.ly/KMoUA #sidewalk09 #
• LEAVE LESLIE ALONE!!!! Mrs. Richard Scrushy wants HealthSouth to pay her bills: http://bit.ly/kmaXY (via @Birmingham_News) #
• Fun with math: @bhmbizalliance board of directors has 125(!) members; 9 are women. http://bit.ly/4lGiY7 http://bit.ly/r5AmW #
• Got Snow Leopard. $25 at Best Buy (280, Hoover), but you have to ask or pre-order online. $4 cheaper than Apple Store. #
• Big change at the top for @Birmingham_News, but what does it mean? http://bit.ly/OGmCg #
• Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks: http://bit.ly/bhamcrooks. DAY 28, 16th St. Baptist Church bombers: http://bit.ly/zxOUu [2 days left!] #

Saturday, Aug. 29

• Bad: No BBA class today. Good: Learning all about WordPress from the expert, @tammyhart. Win! #
• Snow Leopard installed. Seems faster, only minor compatibility issues (Inquisitor in Safari, Letterbox in Mail). Definitely a space saver. #
• If you happen to run by Walmart today, be on the lookout for … http://peopleofwalmart.com. #
• Shout out Saturday: Shout out to @bhamwiki, great site http://bhamwiki.com by dedicated servant. #shoutoutsat [See http://bit.ly/bhamcrooks] #
• Death toll from 1st Friday night of Alabama high school football games? Two. http://bit.ly/1rzhkj #
• Now that Ala. football is killer, why not put it on national TV? Hoover, then Prattville in Sept: http://bit.ly/1lG7Pk #
• Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks: http://bit.ly/bhamcrooks. DAY 29, Lakendall Sims: http://bit.ly/3AVeE3. (Grand finale tomorrow!) #
• 4 weeks till @BigSpringJam w/ The Fray, Randy Owen, Huey Lewis, Akon, Coll. Soul, Black Crowes. Schedule: http://bit.ly/SEPIE #
• Listening to a preview of @danielfarris‘ haunting next album. If you’re nice to him, maybe he’ll let you hear it, too. #
• Does anyone know what to call this decade yet? It’s ending in 4 months, people. #
• DJ Wade is in the house. “32 Songs in 8 Minutes”: http://bit.ly/i6ZB #

Also:

• Past Twitter logs
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