– The NCAA will be offering 56 March Madness tournament games on demand for free online starting next Thursday. Sign up for a VIP pass now to get to the front of the line for viewing… once the VIP passes run out, you may be forced to wait in line for bandwidth to become available before you can view your game.
They’ve done this for several years now… it’s a good deal for people who have interest in out-of-area teams who might not be covered regionally, and for people who want to watch basketball at work Thursday and Friday. For those of you who have used the on-demand viewer in previous years, this year it has a larger screen, at 480 x 360.
– About a dozen new restaurants have been added to Memphis Discount Dining, where you can buy $25 gift certificates to those restaurants for $10. Those new restaurants include
- Cafe Society
- The original Gus’s Fried Chicken in Oakland, TN, as featured in GQ Magazine. Unfortunately the certificates aren’t valid at the Downtown location
- Interim Restaurant and Bar
- Jim’s Place Grille in Collierville
- King Biscuit Diner in Cordova
- McEwen’s on Monroe – great date place! Great wine selection!
- River Oaks
- Sawaddii – excellent Thai food
- Smoky Mountain Cafe, Millington
- Whittington’s Cafe, Bartlett
- Yazoo’s, Bartlett
– I’ve made two new posts to my other blog, A Better, Bigger Deal. One is a DVD sale, with about 100 DVDs on sale for $6 each (I saw The Wedding Singer on the list, for example). The other is a $30 instant-savings promotion at Office Depot. (Edited to add: There’s also a new post about a 50″ plasma TV)
– I’m back in Memphis… arrived back in town about 9:30 last night. Didn’t go out though… my allergies kicked in, and I’m once again taking a Claritin-D clone (which I’ve named Krogeritin-D). So Crackhead Paul is back for the spring. My mother is home in Little Rock and recovering well from her illness.
It’s sunny and 70 outside… got a little business to take care of, but I’m going to get it done as quickly as possible and go outside. I bet Beale Street and the surrounding area will be fun this afternoon, since the Conference USA tournament crowd will be out by about 1:00. (Edited to add: Pam & Terry on the King’s Palace patio, 1-4 PM today)