Paul Ryburn’s Journal

I just deleted a post that had been up for 13 minutes.

Tonight I was surfing the archives of a website I read frequently, and found a photo of Meghan who bartends at Big Foot Lodge.  It’s a site I’ve mentioned several times before, not a local Memphis site but a national site where people send in [...]

Late in the day for my first post… I was away from the computer most of the day.  I attended an alumni luncheon at the University of Memphis today.  They presented awards to several outstanding alumni, and spoke about new projects in the works.  Afterward I walked around the campus awhile.

I’ve got to say, the U [...]

I cannot believe I’ve been so stupid.  Up until today, I had never been to Alcenia’s for lunch, despite having lived Downtown almost 7 years.

I got out of early voting about 11:15, and realized Alcenia’s was only a few blocks away from the election commission.  So I wandered up there, and had some great fried chicken, [...]

I finally early voted today.  There was a line but it wasn’t too bad.  I was out in about 15 minutes.  To the people who asked me last night, “So you’re going to vote for the first socialist president in U.S. history?”, I reply, that’s not possible.  How can he be the first, with Fidel Bush, [...]

If you’re at a bar, and someone else buys you a drink, do you have to tip the bartender for it?

Last night, I was at Big Foot, watching washed-up Peyton lose yet another game.  While there, I had two 34 oz. Super Cold Coors Lights, bringing my tab to a whopping 4 bucks.  “Why have I [...]

Looking back, yesterday was really a great day.  I realized I worked almost 10 hours on my websites yesterday, from 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM, minus time I spent taking a shower and relocating to Bardog Tavern and then the Saucer.  Wow.  I really got a lot done.  On Sunday too.

Then I put the laptop up [...]

It’s 2 AM and I just got home.  I have good news and bad news.  The good news is that I’ve decided to do the BFF of the Month announcement for November even earlier than I blogged, and it’s effective immediately.

The new BFF for the remaining days of October and all of November is [...]

Meh.  Boring night last night.  Stood around at the Saucer and watched Tennessee get their ass handed to them by Alabama.  Went to Bardog and had a few beers.  Then home to bed.

Gonna work on websites today, then head to Huey’s at 8:30 to catch The Dempseys.  My hiatus from Sunday brunch continues.  Sunday is just [...]

There was a good post on LifeHacker this morning about state laws that require employers to give employees paid time off to vote.  I followed the link to discover the rules for Tennessee:  Unless you start work 3 hours after the polls open, or finish work 3 hours before the polls close, your employer is required [...]

After a couple of happy hour PBRs at Bardog with Mikey and John D, I headed to the Saucer at 7 for their Oktoberfest celebration.  Ghost River Brewing was there with their specially-brewed keg of Black Magic, a black beer.  I tried a couple of glasses and it was really good.  Black beers are not like [...]