I have a widget on my Google homepage called “Today’s Reason to Drink.” It tells me that today is something called Newman’s Day, where you are supposed to drink 24 beers in 24 hours without changing your daily schedule, falling asleep, or vomiting. Hmmm, better run up to Jack’s and get a couple of 12-packs of PBR cans.
Anyone need a new cell phone? Amazon.com is running a TODAY-ONLY deal where you can get any new AT&T cell phone, except the Tilt, for a penny when you also purchase a service plan. This is your chance to get a high-tech phone instead of el cheapo.
There’s a new organization called LaunchMemphis whose mission is to support entrepreneurs who have ideas they want to launch, and to help those entrepreneurs connect with investors, in order to bring focus to such activities in Memphis and deliver new tech startups to our economy. Find out more about them here. They’re holding a kick-off networking event on Thursday, May 8 from 5 to 7 PM at Fox & Hound Sanderlin.
So, it’s Thursday party night. What’s going on:
- Garry Goin and G3 on the Peabody rooftop, 6-10 PM, $5 cover, ladies free til 8.
- Don McMinn and Nightrain on the Madison rooftop, 5:30-10:30 PM
- Who the hell knows who’s playing the patio party at EP Delta Kitchen, because the entertainment calendar on their website still has the March listings.
- The Dempseys at the Flying Saucer!!!!!! 9:30 PM, $3 cover. Needless to say, this is where I’ll be.
- Super 5 at the Red Rooster. It’s also “Rock Out With Your Cock Out” night with beer specials.
- Buy me a drink and validate me night, aka Girls’ Night Out, at Atlas nightclub inside Jillian’s.
If the Peabody party doesn’t get moved indoors due to rain, I may stop by for a little while prior to hitting the Saucer for the Dempseys. Gotta stop by Itta Bena for a drink too.
There was an article in the Commercial Appeal today about the Center City Development Corporation’s plan to revitalize retail in Downtown Memphis by opening the Main Street Mall back up to traffic. I mentioned this about a week ago. As someone who lives on Main Street, I’d be in favor of it if it would bring additional shopping and restaurants to the area, and because it would make the street better lit which would chase away bums.
Got an e-mail from Ben & Jerry’s about their ice cream giveaway – it’s Tuesday, April 29, not the 28th as I had reported. They will open their doors at noon and give ice cream away until it runs out. That being a trivia day, I guess that means the Nuh-Uh Sister will run down there and get an ice cream cone before trivia. Hope she wears a tube top again.
For lunch today: Greek chicken salad from McAlister’s Deli, with chicken breast, black olives, red peppers, croutons, feta cheese, salad peppers, and Greek dressing. Third day in a row I’ve had a salad. Had to run in the rain to get it. On the way there, one of my blog readers said, “Hey, Paul!” A bum standing nearby doing the “bum-brella” gimmick then said, “Hey, Paul!” like he knew me. “You’re gonna get awful wet out there in the rain, ain’t ya?” Damn bums. Luckily it wasn’t raining real hard, but I’d allow myself to get soaked down to my socks and underwear before I’d give a bum a dolla for holding a flimsy umbrella over my head.
BBQ-related post later today.