The Grizzlies won at Los Angeles last night and forced a Game 7 in the playoff series. It will be at noon Sunday at the FedExForum, and tickets are on sale now. Game will be broadcast on ABC.
The noon start time presents an interesting dilemma, because many Downtown bars open at noon or later. If they keep their normal opening time tomorrow, they’ll miss out on pre-game sales. Last night I watched Game 6 at the Blind Bear, and as soon as the Grizzlies won they immediately stepped up. The Bear is ditching their usual 3 PM start time on Sunday and opening at 10 AM. In making this decision, they have managed to do the impossible – they have found a way to make me not be at the Flying Saucer at noon on Sunday. Bartender Christina won’t be happy, but that’s the way it is. So anyway, whether you’re going to the game or not, come by the Bear before Game 7. They’ll be serving brunch and lunch, with $3 mimosas, $3 Bloody Marys, and beer bucket specials to be announced. You can reserve a room or table for tomorrow on their website.
Okay. That’s the news. Now it’s time for some opinions.
1) Part of the reason I’m not going to see Christina at noon tomorrow is I’m mad at her. This morning I posted to Twitter, “All right people. If I don’t see some serious tube top action in Downtown Memphis today, I’m going to be disappointed. Make it happen.”
Christina responded, “It’s raining Paul”
When the actual correct response was, “I have a tube top on Paul (link to pic)”
Therefore, I’m mad at Christina.
2) If you run a bar in Downtown Memphis, and your normal start time is 12 or later, and you don’t open early for the pre-Grizzlies crowd tomorrow, you don’t like making money.
3) A few minutes ago, I got out of the shower with wet hair and walked to Walgreens for my Mountain Dew fix. As I was doing so, I thought how one of my readers would probably never do that, because she would worry that people would judge her for being out in public with wet hair. My goal for this summer is to free people from the jail cells that exist only in their own minds.
4) As I woke up this morning on my first full day of vacation, I came to a conclusion: Two weeks vacation a year is not enough. I’m not griping about the company I work for, because they’re just doing what everyone else does. It’s American culture that needs to change. People need more than two weeks off a year to recharge. I keep contact with several recruiters and know they read this blog. I have a message for them: I’m not actively looking right now, but if I ever am, I’m going to demand 3 weeks vacation from day one, with a raise to 4 weeks vacation after 2 years.
5) Murphy’s Law of Walgreens: After you’ve already paid, and the cashier is handing you your receipt and there are three people in line behind you, you discover that there’s a new enchilada flavor of Doritos.
6) Regarding that table reservation link near the top of this post: There will probably be people who reserve a table at the Bear, then Facebook post the “VIP Reserved” sign with their group’s nickname to show how cool they are. Hey guys, is the table actually NAMED AFTER YOU? Yeahdidntthinkso.
All right, that’s enough opinion for now. I’ve told you what’s happening at noon tomorrow already. My plans for noon today look like this:
Brunch with Panda Manda. Get your ass to Bardog and join me for a PBR.