Paul Ryburn’s Journal

Just wondering if any other downtowners have had experiences with a panhandler who I refer to as Sharp Dressed Bum.

Here’s his description: Black male, about 35 years old, 5’9″, 150 lbs, goatee. Unlike most bums, he dresses very well, in neatly pressed casual shirts and slacks, and sometimes a stylish hat. If you [...]

Here are a couple more pics I’ve snapped recently. Click on the pics for their full-size image. I didn’t downsize these at all, so the full-size pics are about a megabyte each.

Last weekend, the Budweiser Clydesdales were in town for the Redbirds’ opening weekend. This is a pic of them going down Second Street, [...]

I just got back from eating at the Majestic, the new restaurant in the former Gordon Biersch location on Main Street. I had high expectations for the place, and it met and even exceeded them.

The place is very tastefully decorated, and they have a very long bar (20+ seats) so it’s very accomodating to people [...]

Couple more things I have learned about:

- On Tuesday, April 25 from 7-9 pm, MULYP and Mpact Memphis will be hosting a Candidates’ Forum at the Central Library, 3030 Poplar. This is your chance to meet the candidates who will be running in the May 2 city and county primaries. Don’t forget, early voting [...]

- I’m finding out that I need to give my posts more descriptive names than “Friday update.” The reason why is that the server that serves the ads at the top of this blog looks at my post titles to determine what ads to display. When I use generic titles like “Friday update,” I [...]

- I was on my way to the Peabody rooftop party, but I had half a magnum (1.5 L bottle) of chardonnay left and drank and it and never left my own rooftop. Therefore, you get a drunk post this evening.

- I’ll still make the Dempseys 9:30 show at the Saucer though. Unless I [...]

- The Rapscallions trivia team, last night consisting of a two-man unit of myself and Chad, coasted to an easy victory at the Saucer’s Trivia Bowl, with a record 99 points. The two next closest teams (tied) had 71. We selected the Flying Saucer gift certificate as our prize, of course. The team [...]

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Clippers, tomorrow night at 7:30 at the FedExForum. Whoever wins will be the #5 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. That puts me in the unusual position of rooting against my hometown team, because I want to see Memphis lose and fall to #6. That would put us [...]

While drinking at Sleep Out’s today, a debate arose as to whether there really is an animal called a “liger.” I knew that there was and got out my laptop to prove it.

A liger is the offspring of a male lion and female tiger. Adult ligers are considerably larger than adult lions or tigers.

What [...]

First of all, if you’re looking for my Deal of the Week, it has moved to my new blog on the Commercial Appeal. I’ll be posting my first Deal there later today, after I spend some time going through the Sunday paper.

And now, down to business. Here are some upcoming dates to put on [...]