Paul Ryburn’s Journal

Earlier this month all the tabloids were carrying photos of Britney Spears sporting a shaved head… come tomorrow, Donald Trump could be the latest celebrity to sport a chrome dome.

You see, tomorrow is WrestleMania, and WWE chairman Vince McMahon challenged Trump to a hair vs. hair Battle of the Billionaires. Now, since no one wants [...]

I stopped by EP Delta Kitchen last night for their crawfish nachos and found that their patio is now open. Also, bartender Ugly Steve told me that EP’s will have rooftop parties on Thursdays this spring and summer (starting next Thursday) – so that’s three venues holding rooftop parties this year (Peabody, Madison, EP’s). [...]

As I wrote in the previous post, I’m excited that the Peabody rooftop parties are starting back up next week. However, the first one I attend will probably be the April 12 one. Three reasons for this:

I hear they’re charging a $15 cover for the first (April 5) one, instead of the usual $5.
The [...]

Just found out tonight that the Peabody rooftop parties are back this Thursday, April 5. Confirmed it on their website. [...]

I went by the Blue Monkey today and got an update from one of the owners on the planned Downtown location. Right now they plan to use the space formerly occupied by Alice’s Market and Blue Sky Couriers (which share a building with the Corkscrew on Front) as the new Downtown Monkey. They say [...]

I’ve seen Sharp Dressed Bum walking around downtown this week. This year he isn’t so sharp dressed… instead of neatly pressed linen club clothes, he has a black T-shirt and jeans. I’ve been trying to get a look at what T-shirt (without getting close enough to actually talk to him) he’s been wearing. [...]

- Trying to decide my plans for the early evening. It’s Wednesday, which means it’s 25-cent Bud Light at Pat O’Brien’s from 6 to 8. On the other hand, this is one of the few times of the year the Flying Saucer has a “buy the beer, keep the glass” night that I care [...]

This morning I received an e-mail from the undead, asking me to let my blog readers know that a Zombie Massacre is coming to Downtown Memphis Friday, May 25. I certainly wouldn’t want to offend the undead, so I’m happy to post the links they sent me.

http://www.myspace.com/memphiszombieshttp://memphiszombies.110mb.com/http://zombiesinvadememphis.blogspot.com/

Their latest blog entry explains how you can become [...]

I just realized, last week I said I’d post some personal/professional news and then I forgot to do it. So here it is. As many of you know, for the past year I’ve been working for the city schools as a contract web developer. Well, a permanent, full-time position opened up and they [...]

Tonight was the second of two Rock-Paper-Scissors tournaments at the Flying Saucer, with the top two from tonight’s tournament to advance to a larger tournament Downtown, and the winner of that to go to Las Vegas for 4 nights and 3 days, all expenses paid, for a $50,000 national tournament.

I dedicated the first round (in a [...]