As a Downtown Memphis blogger, it’s my duty to post a link to articles about the neighborhood’s most visible residents, the pigeons, from time to time. Here’s an article about monks in France who are going green by turning pigeon droppings into food. Yuk.
The 5th annual Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking happens October 17-18 at CBU. The focus this year will be “Continuing the Dream: Constructing the World House.” I like that theme… I’ve been thinking for the past few years, we need to loosen the tight grip we have on our view of ourselves as U.S. citizens, and start thinking of ourselves as world citizens. Cover charge is $70 adults, $30 students and low income, $20 high school students. Includes 2 day conference admission, Friday night reception and performance event, Saturday breakfast and lunch, and Saturday banquet dinner. More details and registration available here.
Don’t forget, The Dempseys play Downtown Huey’s tonight. This is in my opinion the best place for Downtowners to catch a Dempseys show. They’re winding down the week and have a fun time interacting with the locals and fooling around onstage. And, you never know who’s going to show up. Last time they played there, an Elvis line dancing troupe from France showed up and line-danced to “All Shook Up.”
They take the stage at 8:30 and play until 12:30. “But Paul, I can’t stay out that late, I have to work tomorrow.” Oh, get over it. Tell ya what. Come see the show, don’t turn on your alarm when you get home, sleep late, show up late to work tomorrow. You can tell your boss you had trouble starting the car. It doesn’t have to be a lie. In my experience, it’s very hard to start a car if you don’t put the key in the ignition.
Really looking forward to next weekend for two reasons: Number one, it’s a three-day weekend, and number two, the Center for Southern Folklore’s annual festival is next weekend, out on the Main Street Mall between Gayoso and Peabody Place. One of my favorite festivals of the year… hugely diverse array of musical acts, diverse crowd, good food and beer, and I get to hear the puppet guy do the “I’m the top cat, I’m a saber-toothed cat” song.
And two weeks after that is my favorite fest of all, Cooper-Young on September 13. I’ll be there from as close to opening time (9 AM) as possible until close at 7. This year I need to bring a pedometer to measure how many steps I take… I tend to stay on my feet the entire time at C-Y, talking to people I haven’t seen in years and eating gyros and BBQ nachos and other festival food.
Didn’t go out yesterday, and I’m skipping brunch again today. Here’s why: Thursday night I had an idea for a new website. This one isn’t an Amazon store like the ones I’ve been doing, but rather a web application, and readers of this blog will find it incredibly useful. So I spent all day yesterday programming it… it’s 98% done, just gotta put a few finishing touches on it. But yesterday, while working on that project, I had an idea for a second, even more useful web application that readers of this blog will absolutely love. So I’m getting started on that one day. Should have both of them rolled out sometime this week.
I’ll get as much programming as I can done by 1 or so, then head to the Saucer to play pool and drink beer with the gang. Gotta have some fun, you know. Besides, if I don’t, John D will send me text messages: “Where is our leader?” I’m the leader now? I don’t know if I like that, it sounds like a lot of work. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to disappoint John D, so I’ll be at the Saucer.
I have tons of pics on the camera that I need to download and post. One of these days I’ll get around to it.
One more week in August… that means it’s almost time for me to select a BFF of the Month. If you think you should be the September BFF, it’s time to state your case.
All right. Time to get started.