My picks for #sundayread for August 18, 2019:

• I listened to “Dropping Ashes on the Buddha” by Stephen Mitchell. The path to enlightenment is neither straight nor rational — it just is.
  [aff. link] https://amzn.to/31K7SKk
• How to make millions selling passports to Africa
  By @DG_Lewis and @PhilEngels
  (via @kikiochieng)
• Whatever happened to Villanova basketball star Shelly Pennefather?
  By Elizabeth Merrill @MerrillLiz
  (via @sundaylongread)
• Flashback: 5 years ago, Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 32
• Interview with @TinaBrownLM
  By @EmmaBrockes
  (via @jules_margo)
• Banksy goes to Bethlehem
  By Jan Dalley
  (RT @Garigalicious)
• I listened to “Pride and Prejudice.” Taking in Jane Austen’s singular wit … enh.
  https://buff.ly/2KO0Qxg
• What we watched on TV in 1999
  From @TheAVClub
• How we stopped counting calories and learned to love Spindrift
  By Rachel Sugar @rtsugar
  (via @sundaylongread)
• Flashback: WordCamp Birmingham 2014: a look back
  #Bham
• The Incredible True Story “Titanic” the Movie
  By Sarah Marshall @Remember_Sarah
  (via @AGirlReporter)
• Big Alcohol is pouring billions into weed drinks, but does anybody want them?
  By @MsAmandaLewis
  (via @sundaylongread)
• The Strange Political Ascent of @Alyssa_Milano
  By Joan Summers @joaniesucks
• The @Esquire profile of Mr. Rogers
  By @TomJunod

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Miserably hot and humid

More #sundayread:

• All tweets for August 18 #sundayread
• The latest #sundayread tweets
• More #sundayread recommendations from me