Paul Ryburn’s Journal

It’s official:  Judd is gone from Spindini.  This Daily News article has the details.  It certainly is a pro-Judd piece, but why should I be surprised, seeing Fredric Koeppel’s name in the byline.
Bernard J. Lansky, owner of Lansky Bros. and “Clothier to the King,” has had a street named after him.  The block of Beale [...]

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Yesterday as I blogged, I mentioned that I was playing another “freeroll” tournament on PokerStars, where I spent my frequent player points to enter but had a chance to win part of a $1,000 cash prize pool. Well, I’m happy to report that I finished in the money… 5499 entered, top 810 positions paid out. [...]

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The Snuggie Pub Crawl was last night at four Downtown bars.  I made a last-minute decision to buy a Snuggie and do the crawl, and am glad I did.  It was a lot of fun.  Here are some pics.

Meredith finally made the blog for something other than wearing a tube top.  Here are Tom and [...]

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Recap here. The SEC’s most overrated team loses again.  Guess the Rebs weren’t as fired up as they were last week when they had the pep rally… er, KKK rally.

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Okay, so it looks like I will do the Snuggie pub crawl after all.  I just paid my $10 on PayPal.  After I finish my current freeroll tournament on PokerStars, I’ll run over to Walgreens and buy a Snuggie.  Something different to do.
By the way, I’ve heard people asking, “If I don’t want to put [...]

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About a week ago I had a blog reader e-mail me, telling me he’s a big fan of international soccer.  He asked if I knew of anyplace Downtown that showed it on TV.  Since McGuinness closed, I knew of no such place, and asked the readership of the blog if they knew.
Well, today I got [...]

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I went to the Rent Party fundraiser at Kris K’s Warehouse last night after Trolley Tour.  Here are a few pics.

DJs Joe and Jay

Rockin’ Santa

Food by the Majestic Grille.  Last night was the first time I’ve tried their chili.  Outstanding!  I believe they have it every Wednesday.

Rudolph the red-nosed… horse?

The silent auction

The Nuh-Uh Girl, holding [...]

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Thanks to WildBill for posting this to Facebook:
The space shuttle and international space station will both be visible tonight in the Memphis sky for 5 minutes each.  Each will appear at 10 degrees above WNW and disappear 5 minutes later at 12 degrees above SSE.  Shuttle will appear at 6:01 PM, space station at 6:03 [...]

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The big thing going on Downtown tonight is the Rent Party fundraiser for the Blues Foundation, at The Warehouse at Front and G.E. Patterson.  $10 cover gets you food from the Majestic Grille, Ghost River beer, and Jay and Joe spinning blues tunes.  There will also be a silent auction and Blues Foundation merchandise for [...]

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Tonight I plan on spending a fine Thanksgiving evening at home with family.  And by “home” I mean the kind of home that has 70 beer taps on the wall.  And by “family” I mean, waitresses in short skirts.
Have you ever been to A. Schwab and looked at their “magic” section?  They have all these [...]

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