Category Archives: Quirky

Will Kirby be in town tomorrow?

Posted on September 17, 2008 | 4 comments

We’re full of questions today over here…

kirbysqsq There’s a press release that went out yesterday that’s got some folks thinking that the popular video game character may be making an appearance in Birmingham, AL tomorrow. The info that we do know? A Nintendo “authority” will be in attendance at Kirby Middle School for interviews and it’ll be optimal to see the spectale between 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. That and it’s a cute press release. Our money’s on the little guy being in the Magic City himself plugging his new game (due out on September 22), but we’ll see…

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Posted in Events, Quirky

Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, character, Kirby, new game, press event, video game

Learn Spanish… from the bus system?

Posted on September 16, 2008 | Leave a comment

Screenshot of bjcta.org What’s New page, accessed 9.16.2008.

Not quite, but yes! It was a little weird when we visited the BJCTA’s (a.k.a. our bus system’s) website earlier today while getting ready for the Tuesday morning City Council post. We went back later to check on it; the item posted at the top of the What’s New items section of their website is a link that takes people to another site, Learn Spanish Today, that offers people to take free Spanish lessons – via a widget dictionary that can be installed on your website or blog or another link on the site.

Before you ask, yes, we did email the BJCTA about the link – we hope to share their response with you soon.

How much will that drive cost?

Posted on September 16, 2008 | Leave a comment

Considering all of the recent talk about rising gas prices and getting from point A to point B, especially after this weekend’s panic, we thought you’d want to check out this page. This results page gives details about driving from Birmingham to Salem, OR, but the site allows you to see just how much gas (and money) it would take for you to get pretty much anywhere you’re headed. It could come in handy, especially when the holiday season starts up.

It’s College Colors Day in Alabama!

Posted on August 29, 2008 | 4 comments

Gov. Riley signs College Colors Day proclamation

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 college scholarship funds – though it officially means that trash talking season is upon us…

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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, College Colors Day, college scholarshiips, Governor Bob Riley

The World’s Longest Yard Sale begins

Posted on August 7, 2008 | Leave a comment

127 Corridor Logo While many students returned to school today, several folks took advantage of the first day of The World’s Longest Yard Sale, otherwise known as the 127 Corridor Sale. Even with rising gas prices, the fact that you could leave Gadsden, AL and arrive in West Unity, OH and have a lot more stuff is just a cool thought. It’s going on until August 10. I mean, you could seriously just drive the first hour and find some cool stuff…

Moose crossings in Birmingham?

Posted on June 18, 2008 | 2 comments

If you’re driving down 20^th Street heading towards Southside today, you may notice a couple of small yellow signs up on lightpoles to your left as you approach Morris Avenue. If you were to stop and take a quick look, you’d be a little shocked by what they say:

Moose crossing sign in downtown Birmingham