Paul Ryburn’s Journal

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had bought a Kindle book called The No BS Guide to Winning Online No Limit Texas Hold’em.  It helped my game almost immediately.  Prior to reading the book, I had finished in the money in single-table Sit’n’Go tournaments but had never won one.  Within a day of [...]

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Due to transportation issues I’m still in town.  The car wasn’t ready to go until 5:05 yesterday, and by then my mother was out of surgery and recovering well and I’d already talked to her on the phone.  I revised my plan to go out of town Sunday.  I was going to come back for [...]

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Sitting here waiting on the car to get serviced so I can get on the road to Little Rock.  I hoped to be on the highway by 9:30 this morning… didn’t get up until 11 though.  Oops.
While I’m waiting, I’ll go ahead and post some pics from the Halloween party last night at Kooky Canuck.

Canadian [...]

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Two big events going on today. One is Creative Conversations, an event sponsored by Mpact Memphis at Memphis College of Art. The Creative Conversations are local gatherings of emerging leaders in communities across the country and are part of a grass roots movement to elevate the profile of the arts in America during National Arts [...]

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I forgot to mention a couple of South of Beale news items in the last post:
First of all, if you’re going to the Grizzlies game tonight at the FedExForum, show your ticket for 20% off food items before or after the game.
Also, the debut of Ghost River’s new Black Magic beer will be at South [...]

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First of all, a very happy birthday to our friend Mikey aka Mikey the Camera Nazi, Mikey the Other Trivia Guy, etc. Mikey is the instigator of a lot of the shenanigans that happen Downtown, and the neighborhood wouldn’t (Edit: had ”won’t” there before, giving the impression that he’s leaving, which he’s not, thanks for the catch [...]

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I’ve decided it’s time to jump on the “Healthy Memphis” bandwagon. Here are 10 tips for Downtown Memphians to stay healthy and get in better shape.
1. Rather than walking to your favorite bar, jog. That way you’ll get there earlier, and may be able to squeeze an extra beer in before happy hour ends.
2. Drink [...]

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I’ve been asked to update the list of Halloween parties that are open to the public Downtown. Here’s the list – hope I’m not leaving anything off as I do this from memory.
Thursday, October 29
Kooky Canuck – they’ve been handing out tickets, so you may want to stop by beforehand and get one to make [...]

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If you have the ArtsMemphis iPhone app, check the App Store for an update.  The update will let you save events to your Outlook calendar.

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Check Woot.com for bargains throughout the day.

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