Big game on ESPN tonight. The Memphis Tigers play at Louisville tonight at 6 PM. A win would look really good to the NCAA tournament committee. A loss would mean goodbye to the Top 25 for a while.
Recycling has returned to South Main. There are bins located next to the Farmers Market at Front and G.E. Patterson. You can drop off glass, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, plastic containers, and cans. The bins are “single stream” so you don’t need to sort out by type of item. If you want to make a donation to support continued recycling in South Main, you can do it here.
Exciting news for WWE fans: WWE announced the launch of the WWE Network last night. The official date is February 24. For $10 a month, subscribers get all the pay-per-views on pretty much any device (smartphones, tablets, gaming devices, etc.) That’s a heck of a lot better than the $45-65 charge per individual PPV in the past. Subscribers also get a lot of other content, including archives of RAW and Smackdown, WWE NXT (the best wrestling show on TV), reality shows, and on-demand footage from 30 years of WWE, WCW, and ECW tape libraries. Here’s a FAQ explaining how the network will operate.
You bet I will be joining this the first day I can. Most WWE pay-per-views are Sunday nights when I play poker at the Blind Bear. We already have one player who brings her Kindle Fire and watches Netflix as she plays. Soon, one Sunday a month, I will be watching sports entertainment on my iPhone as I play.
Before I get off the subject of WWE, I’ll make a bold prediction: Current developmental talent Alexander Rusev will break The Undertaker’s streak at WrestleMania 31 in 2015. You heard it here first.
The Daily News blog has more info on the new Mexican restaurant to open Downtown this spring. It will be located next to Parking Can Be Fun, which would seem to be the old Papa Pia’s/Cafe Samovar space. Yay, walking distance! It will be called Agave Maria and is described as “an old school cantina meets Mexico City bistro.”
The MBJ posted a video of the inside of Cafe Keough. Glad they did that because still photos don’t do it justice. Beautiful space they have there.
LifeBlood is currently experiencing a critical shortage of O-negative blood. Donors are asked to come to one of the six donation centers.
Mixed media artist/photographer Natalie M. Henderson will have a show at the Blind Bear tonight at 8 PM. More info here.
I’ll probably stop by the art show, preceded by stops at the Silly Goose and Flying Saucer. Right now, it’s time for a quick lunch and then an afternoon of models, views, and controllers. If you don’t know what that means, trust me, you’re better off. Unfortunately they’re not the kind of models that look good in tube tops. Back tomorrow with more news.