Thursday miscellanea #281

• We’re in a good patch of window fan weather, and I adore it. Yes, it was a cold winter, and yes, we always have a few near-unbearable summer days. But local folks, remember how it feels right now. We have more of these days than any other kind, when you think about it.
• As cold as the winter was, only one of my gas bills was over $100 (and not by much). That certainly isn’t the case for an electric bill during a hot summer.
• There were moments of brilliance from both Blake Sims and Cooper Bateman in Alabama’s spring game. Bateman’s 40-yard fade to Foster was precise and beautiful. But, there are also major questions of consistency. If the conventional wisdom holds, all of this competition is to back up Jacob Coker anyway.
• I think the post-Lent meat orgy is mostly over for me (and yes, I enjoyed it tremendously). I’m now thinking seriously about what changes I want to make long-term.
• We’re reading Daryl Gregory’s Afterparty at AlabamiansCanRead.com this month. Come join us!
• A single Nilla wafer has 18 calories. A Girl Scouts Thin Mint has 40. A regular Chips Ahoy! or Oreo has 53. An E.L. Fudge has 85. An Oatmeal Creme Pie has 170. A Moon Pie has 220.
• The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, just east of Birmingham. This is a world-class facility, and a very exciting race. If you’re looking for something different to do this weekend, go check this out.
• Apparently sending a photograph of your penis to a young lady in whom you are interested is a thing now, and not nearly as radical a thing as I would like. Men, no woman worth your time will respond favorably to a “dick pic.” Women, no man worth your time will send you a “dick pic.” Are we clear?

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