I will lead off this post with a couple of trivia facts involving the number 7000.
The first one will get you in the mood for BBQ Fest. FiveThirtyEight’s Significant Digits newsletter reports that the average American will eat 7000 animals in his or her lifetime.
Secondly, if you’re sick of email spam and wonder why spammers do it, here’s why: The average email spambot earns $7000 a day. Saw that on Twitter.
The Peabody has announced the first half of its 2015 Thursday rooftop party schedule. Cover is $10 unless noted below.
April 16: Hollywood with special performance by Shaggy ($15 cover)
April 23: Walrus
April 30: The Brad Birkedahl Band with special performance by Cash Cash ($15 cover)
May 7: Twin Soul with special performance by Andy Grammar ($15 cover)
May 14: Ghost Town Blues Band
May 21: The Molly Ringwalds
May 28: Swingin’ Leroy
June 4: Frankie Hollie & The Noise
June 11: Seeing Red
Felicia Suzanne’s has a few tickets left for its annual Duck Wake on Monday. <href=”http://www.feliciasuzanne.com/ecommerce.php/mode/view/cat/4/product/15″>Info and ticket sales here.
Memphis in May now has tickets and VIP tables for sale for the Sunset Symphony finale.
Prime job opportunity: Copeland Coaching reports that there is a Senior Media Relations position open at St. Jude.
The Silky O’Sullivan’s St. Patrick’s Day Caravan happens today. The caravan travels from Silky’s to the airport to pick up Irish dignitaries coming to town for Saturday’s parade. Meet at 5 at Silky’s, caravan leaves at 6:30. Please have a designated driver if you plan to participate.
There will be a planning meeting for April’s MEMFix Pinch event tomorrow at 3:30 at Westy’s. Topics discussed will include volunteer acquisition, vendor selections, and event scape planning.
The Blind Bear kicks off their three-day St. Patrick’s Day Speakeasy Style celebration Sunday at 11 AM. There will be drink specials and green beer. I will definitely have to stop by for D-RANKS with B-RAD (or whoever fills in for B-RAD if he isn’t back from Florida by then) around 1 that afternoon.
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I had a good time at Bardog poker last night. Just a good group of people with a lot of mutual respect for each other playing some cards. No players who bring a lot of needless emotional drama and who are so rude and insulting and horrible that others ask to be moved to a different table. That kind of player is bad for business. Come play Bardog’s friendly, laid-back style of poker every Wednesday at 7:30 in the Underdog Room. Free to play and you can win some nice prizes including Grizzlies tickets.
That’ll do it for now. I’ll be out at the usual spots after work.