Paul Ryburn’s Journal

Today I ate lunch at H.T. Ponder’s, a catfish lunch buffet in Horn Lake. As I walked outside I noticed this sign:

If you call them, here’s what you’ll be getting:

Yeah I know most of you don’t care, but you never know, maybe somewhere there’s a horse reading my [...]

“We are now Heads Up”

One of my favorite notifications in online poker. Meaning, we started with a field (anywhere from 6 to thousands) and you made the final two.

I made the final table at Bardog tonight but not heads up. Here’s a pic of the finalists, with Poker Jon dealing.

Local sports writer Doc Hancock has a new blog up that outlines the reasons UT athletic director Mike Hamilton and UT men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl should be fired. Read it here. He pretty much nailed it in this post. [...]

stiQRd, the virtual loyalty card company that launched last month, tweeted a fantastic article today: 16 QR code uses for restaurants. Every restaurant owner, manager, and marketing specialist reading this needs to click through and read the article. It’s loaded [...]

Crawfish season is almost here. Local Gastropub has announced that they will do crawfish boils every Sunday in March. Mmmm crawfish… if you don’t want to wait for Rajun Cajun Fest on April 17, Local’s got you covered sooner.

Youth Villages Soup Sunday is this Sunday, February 27, at the FedExForum. For $20 you get all the [...]

The Center City Commission is searching for performers/demos/etc. for its springtime Downtown Alive! series. Every spring, the CCC hosts free lunchtime performances in Court Square. Last year there was a little of everything – ballet, rock concerts, a corporate karaoke challenge, Memphis trivia with Pete the Trivia Guy, and a lot more. If you have a [...]

This morning Mayor Wharton made an announcement that Memphis will be the newest city to join The EV Project. Charging stations for electric cars will be placed in residential and commercial areas, and the first station will be at Downtown’s Peabody Hotel.

Tickets to Memphis Brewfest are now on sale. The festival will be at AutoZone Park [...]

Wednesday night from 6 to 8 at Earnestine & Hazel’s, there will be a benefit for longtime bartender Karen Brownlee. Karen recently had heart surgery and will be unable to work for several weeks. E&H owner Russell George and several other people put together this fundraiser to help raise money to replace what she’s not making [...]

Jerry “The King” Lawler failed to take the WWE championship last night on PPV. Disappointing, but it was good to see “The King” main-eventing a pay-per-view, which will earn him a nice little bonus. Hopefully he’ll get a match next month at Wrestlemania as well.

While we’re on the subject of wrestling, there will be a new [...]

Tonight on pay-per-view, Jerry “The King” Lawler challenges The Miz for the WWE championship. The King won a 7-man battle royal a few weeks ago on Monday Night Raw to earn the honor. If he wins he will be one of the oldest world champions in history at 61. (I believe Mr. McMahon was a few [...]