Paul Ryburn’s Journal

Mashable had an article about a VERY cool app this morning that I hope gets some use in Memphis. See Click Fix lets citizens report potholes, graffiti and other neighborhood problems. Officials in other cities have started paying attention to this app, and fixes/results seem to come much more quickly than through the old-fashioned method of [...]

Thur 7:15 AM: ARGH. I typed this yesterday after work and forgot to hit Publish. Sorry. Was freaked out by a bad wreck I saw on I-55, I guess.

I spent my lunch hour renewing my car tags, so no time for a lunchtime update, sorry. So nice to have that little red “12″ sticker and be [...]

Bunch of linky links in this Tuesday lunchtime post.

First up: CBSSports.com posted a list of the top NBA free agents on their Eye on Basketball blog. Of the 40 free agents, who was number one on the list? The Grizzlies’ very own Marc Gasol. They cited his youth, talent, playoff run and the fact that centers [...]

The PBRtini (PBR in a martini glass) is a classic Downtown cocktail, but wait until after 7:30 to have one.

This is going to be a very surprising tip coming from me: Don’t drink the PBR.

The Goose’s happy hour is from Monday-Friday from 4 until 7:30. Last Tuesday I walked over to the Goose for trivia, [...]

I was walking around Beale yesterday and saw this sandwich board listing all the specials at BB King’s Blues Club. Figured I’d share, took a pic.

And in keeping with the theme of the month, here’s a pic of Chelsea in a tube top.

Last week, Poker Jon announced that the Monday night poker game at the Silly Goose will have a new start time: 9 PM. Previously it had been starting at 10.

For me, this is great. The amount of time needed to finish a game depends on the number of players, but the last time I made it [...]

After a delicious breakfast at the Majestic Grille, the gang migrated to the Flying Saucer at noon yesterday for one last smoke-filled Sunday Fun Day. The Saucer goes non-smoking July 1, and the smokers in our group took full advantage of their last Sunday, filling the air with nasty cancer-causing cigarette smoke.

“Where are we [...]

You know, I’ve given MATA a lot of flack over the years on the inconsistency of their trolley service. Now, however, I have to congratulate them, because they did something right.

They’ve installed electronic message boards at all the trolley stops, informing passengers when they can expect the next trolley to arrive. This [...]