Last night, the St. Jude scientists and their friends played trivia under the name “Paul Ryburn’s BFFs.” A couple of people on my team suggested that I should get royalties for the use of my name… maybe 10% of that team’s earned points should be counted toward the Rapscallions’ total. Sounds about right to me… I’ll talk to Pete the Trivia Guy about it next week.
TODAY’S REASON TO DRINK: IT’S CAPS LOCK DAY.
Great website someone forwarded me yesterday: www.palinaspresident.us
Restaurant.com is running a new promotion for 60% off their gift certificates. Normally their $25 face-value gift certificates are $10, but through October 26 you can enter SAVOR as the promo code at checkout and get them for $4. Downtown restaurants that are part of this program include Big Foot Lodge, Blue Fin, Blue Plate Cafe, Cafe 61, Circa, Green Beetle, Ground Zero, LoLo’s Table, McEwen’s on Monroe, Onix, PaPa Pia’s, the Pier, Safari, Sauces, Silky O’ Sullivan’s, Stella, Superior Bar, and TGI Friday’s. A few of the many other Memphis restaurants that participate are Bari, Brookhaven Pub, Cafe Ole, Cozymel’s, Dish, Equestria, Fox and Hound Sanderlin, Grove Grill, Harry’s Detour Midtown, Jim’s Place East, Mantia’s, Napa Cafe, Patrick’s, Petra, River Oaks, Robilio Sidecar Cafe, Ronnie Grisanti’s, Roustica, and Tucker’s. You can click the link and search for even more of your favorite restaurants.
Mpact Memphis and Memphis College of Art will host Creative Conversations, bringing together local arts leaders to discuss working creatively in all industries, and to stress the need for entrepreneurship to advance creativity. Smart City Consulting’s Tom Jones will lead the discussion, and panelists include Gary Backaus (archer>malmo), Karen Blockman Carrier (Automatic Slim’s, Molly Fontaine’s, Do, Beauty Shop), Eric Mathews (Mercury Technology Labs), Pat Mitchell Worley (Memphis Music Foundation), Chris Reyes (Ninjacat), and Joann Self Selvidge (True Story Pictures).
All right, time to get some work done. I think I’ll take my laptop up to Court Square at lunchtime and use the free Wi-Fi to work. We’ll see if I can run down my entire battery (about 2 hours) before I get tired of all the bums and pigeons.