– I’m quoted in an article in today’s Memphis Daily News, covering the new Memphis Net Impact chapter launching tonight at EP’s. Writer Andy Meek did a great job explaining what the new organization is all about, and how other Net Impact chapters have made a difference. Please take a look at the article, and if Net Impact sounds of interest to you, stop by EP’s this evening. Since it’s a kickoff party, it’s a good chance to let the organizers know what goals you’d like to see them pursue in 2007.
– There’s a vote online to determine which city The Food Network’s Rachael Ray should next visit to film an episode of her “$40 a day” show. For those of you who haven’t seen it, she visits major cities and finds dining bargains. Now, I’m not a huge fan of Rachael (mainly because she’s a lousy tipper) but any national publicity for Memphis is good publicity – so please take a moment to click over to her site and vote for Memphis.
– Speaking of TV shows: Coyote Ugly’s Ultimate Coyote reality show, where they audition girls to become Coyotes who bartend and dance on the bar, will be filming its final round in Memphis all next week, beginning on Sunday the 11th. So if you want to see yourself on TV, head down to Beale.
– I’m deleting the spam from my Gmail account as I type this. Gmail has Google AdSense ads at the top of the page, which look at the page’s content and determine which ads would be best to display. So when I go to check my spam filter, I frequently find that Google has selected recipes involving SPAM for me to read. This morning it’s SPAM Vegetable Strudel. Yukkkkkkkk!!!!!!!
– Took my laptop to the Saucer last night and got much farther than expected installing and learning to use Drupal. By about 8:00 my work was done, and my friends Ken, Kenny and Rick showed up and we hung out and drank for a while. We watched in amusement as one of the male customers bought his waitress a rose. (They have a guy who walks through a couple of times a night selling roses.) When the waitress came over to see if we needed anything, we told her, “We were going to buy you a rose, but we decided to buy a round of Jager instead.”
– Hmmm… just saw an Evite for the Net Impact event tonight… fellow blogger Semi-Charmed Kat has responded that she’ll be there. For those of you meeting SCK for the first time, these are her favorite conversational topics: Ptolemy, Ptolemy, Ptolemy, Carnival, Ptolemy, Ptolemy, her breasts, Ptolemy, and Ptolemy.
And that’s all the news that’s fit to print. Back to work, hope to see you at Net Impact tonight.