Sunday update: Debate tonight, Cohen reception and party next Saturday, skipping brunch again

The 9th District Congressional debate is tonight at 8 PM on WREG Channel 3. Be sure to watch or DVR it – should be a good one. The debate pits incumbent Rep. Steve Cohen against challengers Nikki “No Substance” Tinker and Joe Towns.

Speaking of Steve Cohen, there’s going to be a fundraiser reception and then a party for him Downtown next Saturday, July 19. The reception will be at 543 S. Front at 6 PM and the minimum donation to attend is $100. There will be delicious food donated by Chef Arnold Dion of Daily Grill, and of course the opportunity to talk to Steve himself. To RSVP or for more info contact Joan Robinson at joan@dccrealtors.com or Brice Timmons at 901-274-5100.

Then at 8 PM, the party moves to The Warehouse at Front and GE Patterson. There will be bands, celebrities lined up by Kris who owns the Warehouse, and food and drinks. Minimum donation for the party is $25, with a student minimum donation of $10 and free to unregistered voters. Besides supporting Steve, it’s a chance to spend an evening in one of Downtown’s best party spaces, and rub elbows with prominent neighbors. Should be a good time.

For the second Saturday in a row, I didn’t go out. Stayed up until 5 AM again building my next website and reading Web marketing books. And now it’s a little after 8 AM and for the second Sunday in a row, I’m already awake and back at the computer. I’m going to skip Sunday brunch for the second week in a row and continue my website work. I hate to miss so many brunches but I have major momentum on my projects and I can’t afford an entire day of being wasted.

I’ve given up on the idea of using Drupal to build my next site. I wanted to get experience with it but there were just too many issues. So last night, I deleted it and installed WordPress on the new site. WordPress, of course, is the software I use to write this blog, but it’s matured into a complete content management system and can now be used to develop complete sites that aren’t blogs.  Plus, it’s written in PHP, the same language I’m starting to use at work, so if I have to tinker under the hood I’ll learn stuff which may benefit me on the job as well as off.

I’ll be out at some point later today, though, once I’m happy with the progress I’ve made building sites.  At some point I’ll probably have a Big Ass Beer on Beale; stop by the Saucer to see my waitresses and the Sunday brunch crew; and later in the evening I’ll try to make a stop at the Red Rooster for Sam night.  Sam is now sporting a mohawk.  I remember when pro wrestler Terry Taylor went to the WWF and styled his hair into a mohawk and started calling himself the Red Rooster.

Outta here for now.  Time to get some stuff done…