Paul Ryburn’s Journal

“Can I help you?”
“Yeah, I’m trying to get Off, can you help me?”

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WOOOOOHOOOOO! After 17 years, King Willie has finally stepped down. Myron Lowery is the new mayor as of 12:01 AM. The best commentary I’ve seen on the matter was a comment left in response to this CA article. Scroll down and read what cherryblossdotorg wrote on July 30, 6:13 PM. It’s time for Memphians to [...]

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Not a whole lot of news to report, but let’s see what we can do.
Visible School, a music and worship arts college, has leased the space at 200 Madison that has long been vacant. This Tuesday from 4 to 6 PM, they’re having an open house from 4 to 6 PM to let people get [...]

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I stayed home and played PokerStars again last night, and suffered my first “bad beat” – I lost a hand I was pretty sure I had won.
I sat down at one of their virtual poker tables not long after I came home from work, and during the first round I observed the other players. One [...]

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Here’s a link to an article some of my female readers may be interested in… the San Diego Examiner reports about a designer who can take an old T-shirt – one you love but don’t wear anymore, but you don’t want to throw it away – and turn it into a one-of-a-kind tube top.  You [...]

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For those of you who know Sharp Dressed Bum, good news… he’s been picked up on outstanding warrants and is currently a guest of the city as he awaits trial. He’s been identified as a repeat offender, which is going to make it harder for him to operate on the streets of Downtown in the [...]

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It looks like I was a little premature reporting that MATA had launched a new bus service among the major north-south and east-west thoroughfares in Downtown and Midtown, called Parkway Express. The service, to have ETA updates via website or text message, is only a proposal at this point. When they get the [...]

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Just got back from a trip to Walgreens.  If you’re a fan of cashews, you might want to stop by a Walgreens this week – they have cans of Planters whole cashews for half off.  Normally they’re almost 8 bucks, but this week you can get them for under 4.
I saw this deal at the [...]

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In college I started playing poker, often staying up until 3 AM in the dorm playing all kinds of weird variations of 7-card stud. About 5 years ago I played Texas Hold’em for the first time and immediately got into it. At first I played at friendly games held in people’s apartments and condos Downtown. [...]

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Please take a good look at the pic posted below… this is one of the best people I know.

This is Pete.  He’s a teacher for the Memphis City Schools.  He’s also a good friend and lousy pool player.  Today (Tuesday, July 28) is his birthday.  So if you see him out, buy him a beer, [...]

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