Keep up with Hurricane Matthew, storks in bathrooms, and more (Fri update #2)

I asked @memphisweather1 (MemphisWeather.net) if he had any good sites or Twitter handles to follow to keep up with the latest on Hurricane Matthew. He said not specifically, but subscribing to his national-weather Twitter list is a good way to keep up with Matthew coverage on that medium.

I have several friends who have moved from Memphis to Charleston in the last several years. I hope you all are safe and dry!

Legendary BBQ restaurant Cozy Corner is set to reopen in its original location on N. Parkway tomorrow.

There will be two free concerts tomorrow, Saturday, October 8, at Bass Pro at the Pyramid as part of their Flocktoberfest waterfowl hunting event. At 6 PM Jason Pritchett takes the stage. He’s a rising country star who was on America’s Got Talent. Sugar Ray follows him on stage at 8.

More good news about the Sinners for Saints Ball happening at Stop 345 on Saturday, October 29. With all-you-can-drink beer, wine, mixed drinks, punches, and craft Jello shots on the menu, sooner or later there are going to be trips to the restroom. At peak time the lines got long last year – I stood in line for about 15 minutes a little after 1:00 at the last Sinners for Saints party. They have recognized that this was an issue and this morning DJ Lil’ Eggroll posted that they are ordering additional porta-potties.

Free cookies!

The Brass Door will show the U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Cuba (soccer) today at 3 PM.

Great news: Police in Mumbai have arrested dozens of people at a Mumbai call center. These pieces of shit called people in the US, claiming they were from the IRS and that back taxes were owed. They demanded immediate payment (which the IRS never does), sometimes asking the people they scammed to buy gift cards and then hand over the card numbers. The scammers then used the cards to make purchases. The scam netted $150,000 a day, 30% of which was sent to collaborators in the US. PRO TIP: If an IRS agent asks you to go buy a Target gift card, they’re not an IRS agent.

The oldest message in a bottle ever found was recently pulled from the Baltic Sea. It was placed in a beer bottle and thrown in the sea in 1913.

I don’t know if I have any vegetarians who read this blog daily, but if I do, South of Beale has a special today you might want to know about:

Conversation I have a feeling I will have at the Blind Bear tomorrow afternoon:

“Hey Paul, is there a Halloween party going on today?”

“I don’t think so, we’re still 23 days away. It’d be awful early.”

“Well, then why does that guy over there have that ridiculous costume on? What’s he trying to be, the legendary Great Pumpkin that Snoopy used to tell Woodstock about?”

(Looks over) “Oh, that’s just Mac. He’s a Vols fan. That’s just how they dress. He’s here to watch the Tennessee game.”

By the way, one of my favorite Texas A&M fans/alumni will be in town for one evening only tonight, and I want to make sure to let him know that I will be cheering for his Aggies Saturday afternoon! It is high time a team hung an “L” on the overrated Vols and exposed Butch Jones for the fraud he is.

For those who haven’t heard, the LSU-Florida game has been canceled due to Hurricane Matthew and will not be made up at a later date. That could create a situation where the Gators go 6-1 in conference (the loss coming from Arkansas most likely) and Tennessee goes 6-2, and the Gators win the SEC East. That would cause a lot of unhappiness in Vol land and even I would have to admit they’d have a legit reason for being upset.

That’s it for this second post of the day. Plans still tentative for this evening, but I know this much… there will be a PBR in my hand.