Spitball Army

In just a two-block area of Avondale, I spied most of these sights. The painted wall advertisement seems to have had a lively life in this small enclave of old brick buildings. Avondale “Center” had, until the past few years, been populated mainly by used car lots, rundown gas stations and crumbling buildings. Things have […]

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Here it is, late June in Alabama, and the forecast is for thunderstorms practically every afternoon, temperatures consistently in the 90s, and high humidity 24 hours a day. It is under these conditions that I find myself meeting my good friends A. & E. for lunch at a brand new Birmingham eatery named, ironically, Melt. […]

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(photo: Laura Rader)

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MER Y CHRIS AS announces the flashing LED sign beside the Alabama gas station. FRI D PICKL S $1.00

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8/1/11. Faded sign beside the greasy spoon: 50 Years of Quality Food and Service. On the door, a sticker: Serving You Since 1938.

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(photo: spitballarmy.com) The “Temporary Sidewalk Repair” sign has been up for a pretty long time, but not nearly as long as the sidewalk beneath it has been covered “temporarily” with asphalt.  I first noticed the supposedly-interim walkway at least two years ago, and I’m not always quick to notice these kinds of things. Seen off […]

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(photo: spitballarmy.com) Seen on the Richard Arrington Blvd. bridge in Birmingham, Alabama, on 6 April 2011.

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Seen in Moody, Alabama, next to the Food Giant.

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Jury duty has its perks: this break-time hilarity was spotted along a corridor in the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Later, I Googled the word “mangment,” and discovered over 70,000 entries.

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