Paul Ryburn’s Journal

I was forwarded the Beale Street schedule for this New Year’s/Liberty Bowl weekend by a contact at the CCC, and figured I’d pass the info along.

Thursday, December 31st:

1PM: U of M pep rally in W.C. Handy Park; should last no later than 2PM

2PM: Doors to the Forum open, Tigers/Vols game begins at 3PM

4PM: [...]

Sitting on the couch at the Saucer.  Brick, who is supposedly my waitress, has been sitting here next to me chatting.  Big thanks to Jennifer who noticed I was out of beer and put in another Fire Sale for me, even though Brick, who was my waitress and sitting right next to me, didn’t notice.

So, a [...]

I just cashed in what will likely be the largest poker tournament in history.  At 1:45 PM CST on Pokerstars, over 149,000 people paid a dollar buy-in to play.  Top 30,000 places paid off… near the bubble with about 34,000 remaining, I rivered a set of three 9s on a quadruple all-in and found myself with [...]

If you’re a poker player and looking for something to do around 1:45 Central time, log onto PokerStars and play in what they’re hoping will be a tournament that breaks a record for most players ever.  It’s a good deal too – only $1 to buy in, $300,000 prize pool guaranteed, top 30,000 finishers will cash.  [...]

I’ve never been “bah, humbug” about Christmas, but I definitely am about New Year’s Eve.  It’s my least favorite “party holiday” of the year.  I’d honestly just as soon stay home.  Below are reasons why.

PROFANITY ALERT:  I just can’t do this one justice without dropping the f-bomb, s-bomb and other choice words a few times.  If [...]

If you’re having people over for New Year’s and you plan on serving beer, don’t forget that there’s a wholesale cash & carry on Carolina (at Second) that sells beer by the case.  Prices tend to be better than what you’d find at normal grocery stores, and they have some beers that can be hard to [...]

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Your frame can do a lot more than just display selected photos from your hard drive.  Thanks to Otto for telling me about [...]

It’s 10:40 PM on a Saturday night… not quite the new week yet, but close enough.  It’s time for a new “Brick” Quote of the Week.

We all hung out on the rail for trivia Tuesday night, and Brick was our server.  She does such a good job letting us know where she’s going to be.  For [...]

I just did a search to see what’s going on tonight, and there’s really not much.  Probably the event I’d most recommend if you’re looking to hear some good Memphis-area music would be Blind Mississippi Morris and Brad Webb, at the Center for Southern Folklore.  $5 cover, show starts at 9 PM.

If you want to search [...]