Paul Ryburn’s Journal

MATA has declared tomorrow, Monday, June 1, a Code Orange Ozone day, when the ground level air is heavily polluted with ozone.  Therefore, they are offering 25 cent bus and trolley rides, in an effort to reduce exhaust emissions.  A full bus can take 40 cars off the road.
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… that’s pretty much all you need to know.  Huey’s is the best place Downtown to see the band up close and personal.  It’s also their Friday as far as their work week goes, so they tend to kick back and have a lot of fun with the crowd.

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I just bought my first book for the Amazon Kindle e-book reading device, despite the fact that I don’t own a Kindle.  So how did I do it?  There’s a free app for the iPhone that turns it into a Kindle.  Not a bad deal… buy an iPhone for $200 and get a free Kindle [...]

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Time to download a few pics from the camera.  Let’s see what we’ve got:

This is what the world has been waiting for:  A beer that tastes like bacon.  They gave me a sample at the Flying Saucer a couple of days ago.  It’s called a “smokebeer.”  I have no idea what the wording on the [...]

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Ughhh… got up too late to have time to shower this morning. I miss working Downtown where I could walk home during my lunch break and shower. I’ll have to do it after work.
South Main Trolley Art Tour is tonight from 6 to 9. Looks like great weather and the streets should be packed. Many [...]

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Two ’80s icons, Pat Benatar and Blondie, perform at the Mud Island Ampitheater on August 1, and tickets go on sale at Ticketmaster locations this Saturday, May 30 at 10 AM.
If I’m doing the math correctly, Blondie would be 64 now.  Wonder if she’s still got it?
Still waiting on the car to get out of [...]

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Just took the car in for brake service, so while I’m waiting to get it back, you get a post.  By the way, I’ll mention the garage I use again – Quality Auto, on Jefferson just east of Third.  They’ve done better work than the Saturn dealership, and have been a LOT cheaper too.  Very [...]

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Every summer, several of our career panhandlers do the “flower man” gimmick.  They approach couples, handing the woman a “free” flower and then asking the man for a few dollars for a tip.  Ever wonder where they get their flowers?  This e-mail from one of my blog’s readers sheds some light on the subject:
I read [...]

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I know quite a few people only check my blog from work, so I want to mention a couple of items I posted this weekend that you might have missed:
First of all, I have my own personal Twitter account now, @paulryburn.  Feel free to follow me.  I’ll warn you though, it will not be “Blog [...]

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