Paul Ryburn’s Journal

- Well, I never made it to the Ptolemy party at Earnestine & Hazel’s last night. I ran into the gang at the Saucer about 5 and we shot pool for a few hours and I drank 3 beers. My tab (counting tip) there was $12.25, and I thought to myself, “Do I [...]

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- I found this video on a web page yesterday, and for some reason I’m absolutely addicted to it. I’ve watched it like ten times now. (Warning: This is an absolute waste of three minutes of your life. Some of you may have seen it before – it’s a fairly popular YouTube [...]

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Tonight I went to EP’s and saw their new TV, the largest HDTV in town. The managers told me its dimensions are 15 feet by 9 feet.
If you look carefully (click the pic for a full-sized image above) you’ll see how tiny the band equipment looks in comparison to the TV. The TV [...]

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The Ptolemy carnival crew is throwing a party Saturday night at Earnestine & Hazel’s. The theme is going to be doing it old-school, debauchery like we did in college, with beer, shots, soul burgers and music. The cover is $35 for the public, free for Ptolemy members. Hmmm… this party sounds custom-made [...]

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So, if you have 7 beers at the Saucer (Flying Dogtoberfest – it was the fire sale) you have two options:
1) call it a night2) walk to Rio Loco, order shrimp fajita nachos and a jumbo margarita, then go back to the Saucer and drink more beer
Guess which option I chose.

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An e-mail I received Monday brought back memories. A quick story…
In early September of last year, I received an e-mail inviting me to a party to be held on the last Wednesday night of the month. This event is known to be one of the most fun parties of the year, thrown by [...]

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- Mayoral candidate Herman Morris has proposed a “green” use for the Pyramid. He suggested that the city could install a photo-energy cell farm on the empty arena to generate electricity, reducing the city’s need for a coal-burning plant in South Memphis. The Daily News has more details (you’ll need to scroll down, [...]

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Last night I took my laptop to the Saucer and got my entire Monday’s worth of work done. Yay! I’ve gotten in the habit of always sticking my tongue out at one of the waitresses, and I happened to sit in her section last night.
So at one point she came up and asked [...]

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Home from Sunday brunch, and surprisingly, SOBER at 5:30 in the afternoon. A few quick items before I pack up the laptop and head out to get some work done this evening.
- Last night I talked to one of the bartenders at EP Delta Kitchen for a while, and he told me what they’ve [...]

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This week a new survey was released, showing that for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, the pigeons of Downtown Memphis increased their output by 15.8%. A simple walk down the Main Street Mall provides plenty of evidence of the pigeons’ increased production.
“We’ve been saying for years that Downtown is a great place [...]

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