Can we fast-forward to the second Wednesday in November PLEASE?
In 1968, a minor political party nominated a pig named Pigasus for president. It was a joke at the time, but if Pigasus ran today, I think he would get a lot of votes. That debate last night was horrible. I am SICK of both candidates.
You know what makes me really sick? On school buses across the US today, 8th-grade girls will have their vaginas grabbed at because Donald Trump gave 8th-grade boys the idea.
If you’re a fan of psychology, here are a couple of links that are worth checking out. First up is Donald Trump’s apology and patterns of abusers. Perhaps Trump’s candidacy and the ton of media attention he receives will teach all of us how to better spot psychopaths in our personal lives.
Here’s another one, written after the first debate: Ten emotional abuse tactics Trump used in that debate. Lying, denying things that were previously said or done, projection, exaggeration, yelling and shouting over, just to name a few… again, useful to keep in mind as you go about your everyday interactions.
The Commercial Appeal endorsed Hillary Clinton yesterday, calling Trump “ill-prepared and ill-suited” for the job of president.
I was told that Saturday night, there was a frat-boy type prowling around Blind Bear, thinking he was all Mr. Studly McMuffin. He saw an attractive woman he wanted to meet. His opening line? It was not a line at all. He walked up to her, took a condom out of his pocket, and handed it to her. “Well, I guess we now know what was taught at Trump University,” I commented when I heard about it the next day.
Okay, on to the news… Downtown Dining Week has been announced for November 7-13. During this week, Downtown restaurants offer special dinner menus for $20.16 and some offer lunch menus for $10.16. In many cases, these are incredible values. Here’s a list of participating restaurants for 2016.
A couple of pro tips about Downtown Dining Week. First of all, reservations will fill up fast at the most popular places. If you know you want to have dinner at, say, Felicia Suzanne’s or Chez Philippe or McEwen’s that week, I would suggest going ahead and calling and making reservations now. Don’t even wait for the menus to be published; the most popular dates and times will be filled already. If the restaurant ends up publishing a menu you don’t like, just call them back and cancel.
Secondly, when you go in for dinner, please remember that it is the busiest week of the year for the people serving you. Allow a little extra time for your food to come out, be nice to them, and when you leave a tip keep in mind that you may be eating a meal that would normally be valued at more like $30 or $35 than $20.16.
The Downtown Neighborhood Association’s October meeting on Tuesday the 25th is going to be a good one. The speaker will be Congressman Steve Cohen. He will give DNA members an update about what is happening around the Ninth District. The meeting will be at the Arcade at Main and G.E. Patterson with social at 6:00 and presentation at 6:30.
Steve, if you’re reading this (and I know you do check in from time to time), THANK YOU for being a role model of how a politician should conduct himself or herself. There are plenty of people in elected office or running for office that could stand to learn from your example.
West Memphis will build a 5-mile long river walkway that will meet up with Big River Crossing, the new pedestrian walkway over the Mississippi scheduled to open on the 22nd.
High Ground News reports that South City development should get underway by year’s end. The last 20 percent of Foote Homes residents are being relocated, and the plan is to demolish Memphis’ last housing project in December.
The sixth edition of Drafts and Laughs has been set for the Memphis Made taproom on Thursday, October 20. Entry is $20 and the show is put on by Comma Comedians.
If you have Nestle Drumsticks ice cream cones in your freezer, you should probably throw them out. Drumsticks have been recalled because of listeria concerns.
That’s it for now. I’ll be out for happy hour at Melissa Monday at Bardog after work.