Paul Ryburn’s Journal

Unusual Monday night, as I only had five beers, and only four of them were at the Saucer.  Can’t remember the last time that happened.  Couple of reasons for it though.  One is that I really am slammed at work this week, and can’t afford to go in hung over.  I need every brain cell […]

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I’d like to ask one more favor from my readers.  A couple of weeks ago I asked you to go to ArtsMemphis’ video contest page and vote for my friend Harmony Stewart’s movie, “Blues.”  Well, thanks to your votes, she’s made it to the final round of the competition, with only four other finalists remaining.
I’d […]

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Yesterday while we were watching the game, an interesting thing happened.  A new panhandler was hitting people up across the street, and we were getting real tired of him because he was approaching families.  So, all of us just started taunting him from our perch at the Saucer window.  “Leave them alone!” we’d yell every […]

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The gang convened at the Saucer yesterday to watch our Memphis Tigers defeat Tex-ass to make it to the Final Four for the first time in 23 years.  Here are some pics.

 
 Allison, Mikey and Buddha converted the pool area of the Saucer into their own personal living room.

 
Whoa!  I finally got a pic of the […]

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Pretty boring day yesterday… if you’re expecting an entertaining post this morning, this probably ain’t it.  We’ll start off with a pic of a giant Yoda Pez dispenser.

It was our friend Ryan’s birthday, and another friend, Robert, ran down to Tater Red’s to get him a present, and this is what Robert came back with.  […]

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Had a lot of fun last night at the Warehouse party at Front and G.E. Patterson.  The Warehouse is the private residence of Kris K. (abbreviated so I don’t misspell his last name) and last night was his birthday party.  About 200 of his closest friends showed up and had a great old time.  We […]

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I work in the Falls Building.  Many of the windows face west, overlooking Confederate Park and the Mississippi River.  One of my co-workers who has an office with that view told me a story about the park the other day.
“I was looking out the window at the park, and one of the bums dropped his […]

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Everyone please take a minute to follow this link and vote for Pouncer, the U of M Tigers’ mascot.  Voting is being conducted to determine the best mascot in the NCAA tournament.  Go Pouncer!  Go Tigers!
(Edit:  Just noticed that Arkansas’ Big Red is also in the tournament… if you to vote for Big Red instead […]

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Congrats to the Louisville Cardinals, who took Tennessee out of the NCAA tournament tonight.  Great job!
My original Plan A was to meet a friend for mojitos on Sauces’ patio, but she had to work late.  So I switched to Plan B, which is my usual Plan A… drinking beers at the Saucer.  It turned out […]

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Saw an NBA rumor on Yahoo today that the Grizzlies are pursuing former New York Knicks coach Larry Brown to replace current head coach Marc Iavaroni. The article says that Iavaroni has been criticized for not communicating effectively with players. The article also says Brown has been out of coaching since “his disastrous […]

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