Thursday update

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bring their tour to FedExForum tonight, supported by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Jack Irons. Show starts at 7 PM.

Trying to figure out where to pre-game for the Chili Peppers? The King has a suggestion:

High Cotton posted that there will be no Bendy Brewski Yoga tonight because so many of the regular participants are going to Red Hot Chili Peppers. NOGA! The brewery is rolling out High Gravity Imperial Stout and Belgian Strong Ale in the taproom.

The MBJ reports that the first part of the new ServiceMaster headquarters, in the old Peabody Place Mall, will be ready for occupancy in the second quarter of the year. The first occupied part will be a technology and innovation center.

There will be a dog adoption event called Personal Trainers & Running Buddies at The 101, 101 S. Main Street, on Saturday, January 14 from 11 AM to 3 PM. Memphis Animal Shelter will have dogs there who would be an excellent fit for people with an active lifestyle; dogs that would do best in a home where they’ll go for regular walks and runs or other physically and/or mentally challenging activities. Adoptions will be $35 (nearly half off usual adoption fee, and include spay/neuter, microchip, vaccinations, customized ID tag (to be picked up at the shelter), and collar/leash, as well as a goody bag from Hollywood Feed. Not a bad deal at all!

By the fall of 2018, you will be able to arrange your FedEx package drop-offs and pick-ups at Walgreens. Very convenient for people who don’t want packages left at their door where they could possibly be stolen.

Growing up, in the winter I would read the weather page every day and see, “Yesterday produced an energy demand equivalent to ___ HDD.” HDD stands for Heating Degree Days, a measure of how hard your heater had to work to keep your home comfortable. You take the average of the day’s high and low and subtract it from 65 to get this measure. So if the high was 50 and the low was 34, that’s an average of (50 + 34)/2, or 42, and 65 – 42 = 23, so the day would have produced an energy demand equivalent to 23 Heating Degree Days.

Yesterday produced an energy demand almost never seen in January. With a high of 72 and a low of 60, that’s an average temperature of 66. 66 – 65 = 1. so yesterday produced an energy demand equivalent to 1 Cooling Degree Day (CDD), a measure of how hard your air conditioner had to work to keep your home comfortable. In this climate you normally don’t see Cooling Degree Days until about March.

FedEx is hosting a job fair Saturday to fill positions throwing boxes at the hub here in Memphis. The positions guarantee at least 17.5 hours a week, with hourly rates starting at $12.62. Now, why would you want to consider a part-time job involving physical labor that pays a couple hundred bucks a week? Because these jobs are the keys to the kingdom! FedEx is well-known for hiring from within. If you stand out as a hard worker, you’re probably going to be promoted in 12-18 months. You will also have the opportunity to bid on corporate jobs within the company. In many cases the fact that you already work for FedEx is more important than having a college degree or years of experience relevant to the position on which you are bidding. Want to build a future? Go throw some boxes!

Great cover story in the Memphis Flyer this week about the musicians who earn their living on Beale Street.

Recommended footwear if you’re attending Trump’s inauguration:

From the Huffington Post: Alabama wins Electoral College, declared national champion. Disregard all those fake sports news sites like ESPN that reported Clemson won.

That’s it for now. Maybe a second Thursday post after work. Downtown’s gonna be hoppin’ tonight because of the Chili Peppers!