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Entries from August 31st, 2008

Keeping track of Gustav

August 31st, 2008 · Comments Off · weather

Photo: Tracking Gustav. soldiermediacenter/Flickr.
For those of you wanting to keep track of what’s going on with Hurricane Gustav, there are several ways to find out, including a page created to keep track of tweets and website links about the major hurricane currently preparing for landfall in the Gulf Coast, set up on JazzyChad.com.
Here in Birmingham [...]

Local college football season begins

August 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · Sports

While many local residents plan to watch the Alabama and Auburn openers this evening, two of our local colleges will begin their seasons this weekend. First of all, the UAB Blazers will start their 2008 season this afternoon at historic Legion Field against Conference USA foe Tulsa – kickoff’s at 3 p.m.

Meanwhile, Miles College held [...]

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Getting out of the house this weekend

August 29th, 2008 · Comments Off · Weekend plans

After all that rain, I sure do want to get outside and run around in the sunshine. We live in a lucky city that way — lots of parks near and not too far, good green spaces with more to come. So my theme this week is getting out of the house, literally.
Head over [...]

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Last day for ticket amnesty, take two

August 29th, 2008 · Comments Off · News

If you’ve been sitting around for the last month upset that you didn’t pay your long overdue parking tickets back in July during the amnesty period, we’d like to remind you that the city extended the deadline until today.
That’s right, you can feel relaxed as you head to your game later this week if you’re [...]

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It’s College Colors Day in Alabama!

August 29th, 2008 · View Comments · Quirky

Photo: Office of the Governor of the State of Alabama.
As you’re getting ready for work this morning, you may want to take advantage of Governor Riley’s declaring today as College Colors Day as an excuse to show your support for your school. Yes, there’s a monetary purpose behind it, but who doesn’t want to support [...]

A moment to reflect

August 28th, 2008 · Comments Off · Take a moment

Considering that we’re about to witness history this evening, regardless of who you’re planning to vote for in November, we felt the need to share the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 45 years later.

Enjoy the ride!

On the agenda: a lot actually

August 26th, 2008 · View Comments · On the agenda

This morning’s City Council meeting is going to be interesting. Two new establishments that we’ve recently written about, Bonedaddy’s (soon to be Sweet Bones Alabama) and Black Market Bar, are on the consent agenda currently for receipt of their restaurant retail liquor licenses. For those that haven’t figured out where The Black Market will be, [...]