NO NFL on TV for six months!!!!!
Yes, there will be other sports on TV as boring as NFL football (e.g. golf, tennis), but those sports’ fans aren’t nearly as annoying to sit next to at bars.
For me, the vacation from the NFL got started a day early… I threw my name in the hat for a Room in the Inn bed yesterday, because after 2 weeks of cold weather I’m positively SICK of staying at the Union Mission! I got picked to spend the night at one of my fav host churches, West Union Cumberland Presbyterian in Millington.
They fed us meatball sandwiches. I went back for seconds and asked for no bread, just meat and cheese. They must have loaded my plate up with 15 meatballs! For dessert there was a birthday cake someone forgot to pick up from the bakery. I got a corner piece and it was more icing than cake. To quote The Archies, ah, SUGAR, SUGAR! To quote Road Warrior Hawk, WHAT A RUSH!
Can you tell I’m in a good mood today?
BUT THEN, THE BEST PART…They couldn’t get the Super Bowl on the TV they wheeled into the gym where our cots were. The other guys were disappointed. I was elated. Ten hours quality sleep, followed by two THICK sausage & cheese biscuits, followed by a bus ride back to Downtown Memphis. THANK YOU West Union CP for a wonderful night!
Curious what a “Cumberland Presbyterian” is? Wikipedia to the rescue.
I started my Sunday at Bardog brunch, where a girl in a red beret told me I had “Resurrection energy” and held onto my hand for a looooooooong time. Her behavior reminded me of someone from my past. I was tempted to ask if she owned chihuahuas or did yoga, but I decided not to.
This week’s 11 AM-2 PM hot lunch specials at Cordelia’s Market:
- Mon: Italian meatballs with Italian grits
- Tue: Chicken cakes with rice and beans
- Wed: Pot roast
- Thur: Chicken fried chicken with mashed potatoes and green beans
- Fri: Fried cod with fries
Hot n Heavy Dogs will have their cart at Main and Union 10:30-2:30 Tuesday of this week.
Slider Inn is hiring for both locations. Apply weekdays between 11 and 5.
What Now Memphis has more info on the opening of Playa Bowls in The Edge.
Did you know it’s possible to live in a national park for free?
The Orpheum hosts dinner on stage Thursday.
Shen Yun comes to the Cannon Center Tuesday.
The Grizz play at Golden State at 9 tonight. TV: FanDuel Sports
Wayne Alexander, Curtis B. Scott, and Leah Grams Johnson play South Main Sounds this Friday 7-9.
On Saturday at South Main Sounds, there will be a Farmhouse Studio Night with Brian Hayes, Rice Drewry, and Gerry Finney. Fun Fact: My friends and I would go to Buffalo’s on Winchester to hear Gerry Mondays in ’94-’95. I have not since found a wing as good as Buffalo’s extra hot.
Over the weekend I had a dream about OTASCO. A defunct tire and auto supply store. I wonder what a psychiatrist would say about that.
When I was a kid, I thought the drugstore Osco was a subsidiary of OTASCO because OTASCO contained all of its letters in the same order.
If I don’t get rid of this janky-ass laptop soon, I’m gonna go crazy. The junk food binge I went on in the aftermath of the winter storm took a big bite out of my Chromebook savings.
Back tomorrow with more news.
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