Just got back from the FedExForum, where the City Schools had a pep rally for all their employees. Fifteen thousand people. Rally wasn’t all that exciting but it did give me an excuse to stop by the gift shop and buy a Grizzlies T-shirt. Afterward I walked through the Saucer but just didn’t feel like having lunch there (translation: the Romanian wasn’t working), so I went to my usual hangout, Sleep Out Louie’s.
I forgot to write that we invented a new game while hanging out at Sleep Out’s last Sunday: Bait-a-Bum. What we’re going to do is get a fishing pole with a really long line, attach a dollar to the hook, and go up to the rooftop of my building. We’ll lower the dollar down to about six feet above street level, and wait for a bum to notice. Just as he goes to grab it, we’ll reel it up about a foot, just out of his reach. Then we’ll raise and lower it and see how many times we can get him to jump. I suppose if we get tired of using a dollar, we could put a pint of Thunderbird on the hook instead.
In the past 24 hours I’ve received e-mails from both Carmel and the Nuh-Uh Girl about The Flying Fish, a new restaurant that is opening soon downtown. It’s a “fast casual seafood concept” and is run by the same company that runs the Saucer. It will be at 105 S. Second, a block north of the Saucer.
The Rapscallions rolled on to a first-place victory last night at trivia night at the Saucer, earning another $50 certificate to contribute to Chad’s plate party. Chad is considering putting a $6 upper limit on individual beer purchases, and I think that’s an excellent idea. There are plenty of quality beers at the Saucer that can be had for under six bucks.
T-shirt I saw recently: “SORRY – mind closed until further notice.” Hey, it’s the official T-shirt of the Republican Party!
The Court Square Concert Series is tonight from 6 to 8. This week The Tennessee Boltsmokers and Friends are playing. I’ll probably drop by, but with temps in the upper 90s I really don’t know how long I’ll last. After that I’ll probably drop by the Second Street branch office to see my waitresses, and then I’ll probably hit Blues City to catch The Dempseys.
All right, lunch is over, back to work. At least I escaped the cubicle for half the day.