Wednesday update

Friday afternoon I was walking down the Main Street Mall when something caught my attention out of the corner of my eye.

It was a man, walking in the same direction I was, who appeared to be wearing a green gown, and who was carrying a mannequin leg.

I have no idea where the rest of the mannequin was. But he sure did have its leg.

I stopped for a minute to “check my phone” and let him get about 50 feet in front of me. Crossing paths with him didn’t seem like a good idea.

“I’ve gotta remember to write about him,” I thought to myself. “In 19 years of doing my blog, this just may be the most bizarre thing I’ve ever mentioned.”

Fast forward five days to today, when I finally remembered to mention Mannequin Leg Guy. Not only will he not be the most bizarre thing ever mentioned in this blog; he won’t even be the most bizarre thing mentioned in this post.

Let’s get on to the news…

This week is your last chance to get by the Renasant Convention Center to view the Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel exhibition.

The folks at the CA want you to keep cool this summer with an iced coffee. They listed 12 of their favorites. Four of those are Downtown, including

  • The Bucktown at Crazy Gander
  • The Nutty Buddy at Boycott Coffee
  • Summer Mango Coffee at Vice & Virtue in the Arrive Hotel
  • Sproke Coffee at Comeback Coffee

I discovered another benefit of having a Memphis Public Libraries card. It gets you access to LinkedIn Learning, where you can get access to more than 16,000 courses, with 60 new ones added every week.

ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst believes that Ja Morant is in for a “significant suspension” for waving a gun around on Instagram a second time.

NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins thinks Morant needs to get out of Memphis for his own mental health:

Big Perk hinted that the NBA might have uncovered some new evidence and “Ja could get a year [suspension], y’all.”

It’s Grimace’s birthday month and McDonald’s has given the lovable monster his own purple shake.

Former Memphis Tigers basketball player Trey Draper is releasing his first book.

Choose901 has a list of Memphis happy hour hotspots.

The first 1500 fans at AutoZone Park Saturday night get a Memphis Red Sox T-shirt (all shirts sized XL). That team was one of the founding members of the American Negro Leagues and was active from 1920 to 1959. First pitch is 6:35 with fireworks to follow the game.

Get information on building your credit at Cookies & Credit this Saturday at Makeda’s Cookies, 488 S. Second, at 11 AM. Learn to read credit reports, learn about bankruptcy and limits on collection agencies, and learn about different types of credit scores. Free admission.

There will be a pre-Juneteenth poetry slam called Rhymes on the River this Saturday at 5 PM at Fourth Bluff Park. $15 admission.

I have it on good authority that a man had sexual relations with a pineapple Monday afternoon at a Downtown pool. After he was finished, his friends ate the pineapple.

Terrace at River Inn is closed today for a private event.

Today is Daniel Boone Day.

The Memphis Flyer’s Michael Donahue has photos from Pride Weekend.

I was yesterday years old when I learned there is a strip club in Memphis called Candyland. It’s at 2947 Lamar. Hey, isn’t that right around where the giant shoe used to be?

Pickle juice hard seltzer is a thing now.

Free Memphis wrestling on Beale Street this Saturday!

R&B musician Tink and her friends will take the stage at the Orpheum Friday night in a stop on Tink’s Thanks 4 Everything Tour Pt.2. Tickets are $44-$129. (Warning: Sound for video below not safe to play at work)

Gary Topper will play Sunset Jazz at Court Square this Sunday from 6 to 9 PM. Food trucks will be onsite and drinks will be available.

MemphisWeather.net says we’ve got one more hot day before a cold front moves through. High 93, low 69. Good news, though: The wind will be out of the northeast. Tomorrow the high will only reach the mid 80s.

Going to spend part of today setting up an account on Fiverr, the freelancing site. This is trickier than it looks, especially creating “gigs” (descriptions of services you sell) because you’re competing with 800,000 other freelancers. Some of that competition lives overseas where the cost of living allows them to perform gigs for as little as $5. If anyone has had success on Fiverr and wants to share tips, I’d appreciate it.

Anyway, that’s it for now. Back tomorrow.