Paul Ryburn's Journal

A common discussion topic going around Facebook these days is, name something that was a defining part of your childhood, but which people younger than you would not be able to relate to. I never could come up with a good answer. Video games and electronics were always in the front of my mind, but kids younger than me would have had those too.

Then yesterday, I saw a discussion on Twitter that led me to the answer. People were discussing “the milkman” who would deliver to your home, and saying that’s not a position that has been around since refrigeration became common about 70 years ago. Actually, that’s not true.

My mom had a notepad supplied by Coleman Dairy over in Little Rock. Once or twice a week she would check off the products she needed – milk, cheese, eggs, ice cream. Coleman also offered products like buttermilk, half-and-half, cottage cheese, and yogurt. I would help my mom fill out the notepad, and I think it may have actually been one of the reasons I learned to read when I was only 3. We’d tear off the note sheet, put it on the front door, and the milkman would show up between about 6 and 8 AM and make the delivery.

My favorite time of the year to see the milkman was December. During that month he had Christmas-themed ice cream on a stick: Green ice cream with sprinkles in the shape of a tree, and pink and white ice cream in the shape of Santa. I always asked my mom to order an extra box of the ice cream treats. I was an only child, and only children usually get their way, so she did.

I remember eating Coleman Dairy products delivered by the milkman as I watched Dialing for Dollars, the noon news show on a Little Rock TV station. I remember eating Coleman products as I watched hearings full of men in suits. My grandmother, who babysat me during the day, told me that the president had done something really bad and that was the reason for the hearings. I remember watching the Mike Douglas Show as I ate Coleman products. Except, one week my grandmother wouldn’t let me watch the show because “drug heads” were guest hosting it. Many years later I learned that the guest hosts were John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

One day not long after I turned 5 the doorbell rang and my mom went to answer. After a couple of minutes she came back and told us, “The milkman won’t be coming anymore.” It wasn’t a big deal, because we had a Safeway half a mile away that sold everything the milkman did. But until yesterday, it never occurred to me that I am among the last people to know what it’s like to have a milkman.

New Wing Order, the multi-time Southern Hot Wing Fest champions who are opening up a new food truck, have announced the date for their Downtown debut. On Saturday, September 8, they will be parked outside the Ghost River taproom from 4 to 8. Come enjoy some wings and great craft beer. I previewed New Wing’s offerings back in March.

South Main is celebrating Elvis Week early for Trolley Night this Friday. Come down to the arts district, where most of the shops and galleries will be open until 9 or later that night. The South Main Stage at Main and Talbot will be rocking with live music, games provided by the Downtown Memphis Commission, and beer by TapBox.

There will be a public meeting at the Majestic Grille at 6 PM tomorrow night, July 25, to discuss a request from Belz for a zoning variance to allow an expanded parking lot at the former Tri-State Bank location at Main and Beale.

Reminder: Opera Memphis will perform, and their CEO will speak, at the monthly Downtown Memphis Association meeting tonight on Felicia Suzanne’s patio. 5:30 social and performance, presentation at 6 PM.

If you get a chance this week, stop by the pop-up shop on the ground floor of Peabody Place, facing Main Street, in the old Life is Good location. Artist George Hunt, designer of many of the Memphis in May posters over the years, and a partner are making a push to establish a National Blues Art Museum. George has many of his works on the walls and they will tell you all about what they want to do.

Pints for Pits, the annual fundraiser for Memphis Pets Alive, is moving to a new venue this year. It will be at Crosstown Brewing Co. on the afternoon of Saturday, October 20.

I saw an El Camino hearse yesterday driving down Monroe. Wonder if it’s going to be the Halloween raffle prize at Bardog this year?

High Ground News has a great interview with Libby Campo, owner of Your Inner Yogi yoga studio at 10 N. Second. YOGA!

High Ground also interviewed some of the elders of Uptown about the changes they have seen in the neighborhood over the past 50 years.

There’s an Event Services Coordinator position open at the Liberty Bowl.

And that’s it for now. Back tomorrow.

Yesterday I attended the inaugural Butcher Board Festival at the 409 South Main food hall. There have been many food festivals in Memphis, but this was a first. It was a celebration of charcuterie, meat and cheese trays. I am a big fan of both meat and cheese and was quite pleased to get to go.

Every guest got their own mini butcher board, with a cutout for a wine/beer/cider tasting glass, a thoughtful touch that let people navigate the festival with one hand full rather than two.

They let media people in at 3 to photograph the food and interview the companies providing food and drink. I got a chance to chat with Chef Michael Patrick of Rizzo’s, who had posted a video yesterday morning encouraging people to come to brunch at his restaurant. Among the offerings he mentioned were eggy weggys. “Eggy weggys, Chef? Really?” I asked him, and he told me that really is a thing, from the movie A Clockwork Orange.

I had a very hungry troll on my hands who kept asking me “When do we eat, Paul?” I was relieved when the feeding frenzy began a few minutes before 4.

That stuff in the cup in the upper left was in my opinion THE hit of the entire festival. This was just an entire butcher board of yummy goodness.

Yes, that’s a big ol’ slice of brie on my butcher board, along with some meats and a second cup of the good stuff.

What a wonderfully creative and fabulous festival. Thank you so much to the organizers for inviting me. This needs to come back for a second year.

Just a good day overall. I started off at D-RANKS with B-RAD at Pontotoc Lounge and discovered a new sport: Rugby Sevens. Unlike traditional rugby, there are seven to a side and the game is played in seven minute halves. Halftime is only 2 minutes long, and the conversion must be kicked within 30 seconds of scoring a try (the equivalent of a touchdown in American football). I like a game that hurries up and gets over with.

Pontotoc was short a server due to a nasty spill on a Bird scooter. I have not ridden on one of those things and the more I think about it, the less inclined I am to do so. One of my Facebook friends pointed out that because people park those things wherever the hell they want, they often don’t leave enough room on the sidewalk for someone who is wheelchair-bound to navigate by safely, which is a serious ADA compliance issue.

Lifehacker has a very important public service announcement which is all the more relevant in these days of butcher board festivals: Bacon is a dipping food. Yes yes yes yes yes it is. Bacon dipped in lobster bisque. Just trust me on this.

That’ll do it for this post! Back tomorrow with more news.

Today is Halloween in July with the Redbirds. Kids attending today’s game are encouraged to wear full costumes and line up at 1:15 for a pre-game costume parade. After the game (first pitch 2:05) there will be a Halloween candy drop from a helicopter. There are two specialty tickets for this game, one of which gets you a color-your-own Halloween bag, and the other which gets you the bag and a membership in Rockey Redbird’s Kids Club.

Local Gastropub will be having a patio party this afternoon beginning at 3. They’ll be featuring their sister catering company Hogtown Oyster Company, shucking some oysters and boiling crab and shrimp. Live music as well.

New Memphis themed website that’s worth a bookmark: Bluff City Weekend

South of Beale has a server position available. They’re looking for someone with experience in a high-volume restaurant.

The Daily News has a good article about the Heritage Building Supply store that opened recently in The Edge.

That’ll do it for now. Butcher Board Festival this afternoon!!!

A horse carriage threw two riders last night Downtown. A driver picked up two passengers near Main and Gayoso. After they boarded, the driver got one foot in the carriage when the horse took off. The driver chased after the horse and carriage but the horse sped away. It turned onto Beale and then Second, going the wrong way on Second, throwing one passenger at Peabody Place and the other at Union.

Sad to hear of the death of a Memphis wrestling legend. Brickhouse Brown passed away yesterday at age 57 following a long battle with prostate cancer.

I was at Bardog Tavern yesterday as details of the Breakaway Bardog 5K and Monroe Avenue Festival were being planned. Less than a month away – Sunday, August 19, 2018. I got some good news from Melissa. They’re going to have misters this year to help keep festival attendees cool.

Primas Bakery and Boutique, the new shop at 523 South Main, will have a preview party next Friday 5-9 PM for South Main Trolley Night next Friday.

Taking the kids to the Redbirds tonight? You’ll want to get there early, because the first 700 kids 12 and under get a pack of Topps baseball cards. Plus, you won’t mind being there early with $2 beers in the Plaza before the game. Gates at 5, first pitch 6:35. There’s an Aldo’s Pizza specialty ticket you can purchase. As is the case every Saturday there will be fireworks after the game.

I tried the Turkey Burger from the Silly Goose for the first time last night.

I didn’t expect much from a turkey burger but the taste was outstanding. It’s topped with pepper jack, jalapeno pesto, lettuce, and tomato. It comes with a nice side salad too. At $9 this is an excellent value.

That’ll do it for now. Time to get out and about. Back tomorrow.

I finally got the phone number from my friend Shun who operates “The Lifter,” a golf cart shuttle service that will take you wherever you need to go Downtown in a timely fashion. The number is 901-304-5449 and I would recommend you save it in your phone contacts for when you need it. Speedy as an Uber but you don’t need an app. No physical effort involved to get where you need to go, and no risk of injury as there is with some other forms of transportation.

This is going to be a short news post, partly because I’ve already posted a recap of the Rendezvous’ 70th birthday party and partly because I suffered from equipment failure yesterday. My Lightning to USB cable I connect to my external charger broke, keeping me offline for a significant portion of the day.

Enjoy live music by Jeffy & The Choosy Moms every Tuesday at the Silly Goose:

A reminder to my readers: It’s convenient to leave what I call Taco Bell change in the center console of your car, but don’t do it. Taco Bell change is that extra change you leave in your car for when your order comes to $3.07. I used to do this all the time, probably having $5 in coins in my car at any given time. To you, that change may look like a Doritos Loco Taco, but to a crackhead, that change looks like a rock… a rock he’ll do anything to get. I bring this up because there have been car break-ins at Harbor Town recently.

Felicia Suzanne’s patio will be the site of the monthly Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting this coming Tuesday, July 24. You’ll get to hear the melodic voices of Opera Memphis, and there will be a presentation by Ned Canty of Opera Memphis and 30 Days of Opera.

Ned Canty… sounds like he should be a Simpsons character, doesn’t it? Anyway, 5:30 social, 6:00 presentation, and if it rains the meeting will be moved to an indoor location. Free for DNA members, $10 for guests.

First 1500 fans in AutoZone Park tonight get a Car-Scent Kelly air freshener courtesy of AutoZone. One lucky fan gets to roll the dice for the prize nobody seems to be able to win, currently at $70,000. $2 beers and entertainment in the Plaza before the game.

As your #1 source of news and information about The Edge, I am pleased to link you to this Choose901 article about a Shab Chic pop-up shop at 607 Monroe tomorrow from 11 AM to 5 PM. Shop the shipping containers while eating and networking.

Enjoy some classic skating rink vibes at Summer Skate tonight at RiverPlay pop-up park on the river tonight at 7:30. There will be a skate trail and food trucks as well.

Summer Movie Series: Selena plays the Orpheum tonight at 7.

WEEKEND! Having the Rendezvous’ birthday party and the Butcher Board Festival just days apart makes for a yummy July. Not much else to get excited about though. Back tomorrow with more news.

Iconic Downtown BBQ destination Charlie Vergos’ Rendezvous celebrated its 70th birthday yesterday with a huge party. My troll received an invitation and I was lucky enough to tag along as her +1.

The event started off with a reception upstairs, with a buffet of cheese, sausage, pepperoncini peppers, and pickles.

Love that famous Rendezvous rub on the cheese. My troll liked the pepper the best because it was the same color as her hair. The sausage and cheese plate, by the way, is in my opinion the sleeper menu item at the Rendezvous. Even if you don’t have time for dinner, stop by for some sausage and cheese and a local craft beer. I had a Wiseacre Tiny Bomb that paired perfectly.

They had a prayer, a quick memorial to Charlie Vergos, and a video tribute to the restaurant.

A big part of the video tribute was the servers whose personalities have made the Rendezvous a place that is talked about around the world. Work 30 years at the Rendezvous and you’re still considered a newcomer. Mention was made of the recently-retired Big Robert and Percy, who combined have put in 101 years at the restaurant.

Afterward it was time to eat! We went downstairs where there were multiple stations serving the very best the Rendezvous had to offer.

I started off with some pulled pork. While not normally a slaw person, their slaw was amazing. Definitely do not pass it up when you dine at the Rendezvous. The pulled pork was so good that I went back for an extra serving to take to my friend Jessica who was working down the street.

The Rendezvous’ legendary ribs and sauce were a can’t-miss item at the birthday party.

Two shrimp, five napkins. This is another hidden secret of the Rendezvous… they have a five-pound BBQ shrimp skillet that you have to call and order a day in advance. Two of my BBQ teammates have been talking about getting a group together for this for a while.

The list of people who have been to the Rendezvous is endless. Peyton Manning had his rehearsal dinner there. The Rolling Stones came there in 1964 and liked the place so much that they’ve returned every time they’ve been in Memphis. Prince William and Prince Harry have been there. President George W. Bush treated the prime minister of Japan to lunch there and my friends The Dempseys performed.

The Rendezvous is remarkable in that it survived, and indeed thrived, in a period when Downtown was struggling. Although there are many great BBQ restaurants in Memphis, it can be argued that the Rendezvous was responsible for putting Memphis on the map as the premier BBQ city. In fact, had the Rendezvous not come before us, it’s possible I might not spend 1 of my 52 weeks of the year in a muddy park competing for a trophy in pork shoulder.

Cheers to the Rendezvous! Happy birthday and thank you for having me yesterday.

Big Thursday at the Redbirds. A special ticket gets you all-you-can-eat beef tacos and fixins’ plus hot dogs. Also it is Ole Miss Night where if you buy a special ticket you get access to a social and the Rebel Road Trip program featuring Head Football Coach Matt Luke, Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Ross Bjork, Chancellor Jeff Vitter, and Head Women’s Basketball Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, with the two ticket options also including Club Level seating for the baseball game, a hot dog/soda voucher, and one of two Redbirds hats. Special ticket or not, you get $2 Thirsty Thursday beer throughout the bar, Redbirds in throwback Memphis Chicks gear, and a $5 bluff ticket if you’re a college student.

That’s not all the news from AutoZone Park though. On September 1, soccer legend Tim Howard and the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer will play an exhibition game against the Tulsa Rapids FC of the United Soccer League at 7 PM. Memphis’ USL team and logo will be revealed at that time.  Wanna go ahead and purchase your 2019 USL Memphis season tickets? Do it. Do it do it.

There’s a special Sunset Skate Night in Tom Lee Park tomorrow night, Friday, July 20, courtesy of the Memphis River Parks Partnership. The Memphis Education Fund will be there to collect donations to buy school supplies, to be handed out at the next skate night August 3. Food trucks will be on site if you’re hungry.

Downtown favorites Pam and Terry will be playing a couple of songs on Local Memphis Live on ABC 24 tomorrow at 9 AM.

Nashville South rocks the Peabody rooftop party tonight. Hotel guests and ladies free before 7. $10 admission, $20 VIP. Admission gets you a buffet of pigs in blankets and potato chips. VIP gets a second buffet of Chicago, Memphis, and New York style hot dogs.

You just can’t make this up: Axe throwing is coming to Memphis. Civil axe throwing. I’m not allowed to pick who I want to throw an axe at? Well that sucks.

Downtown’s Toyota Centre signed on another lessee, an agricultural tech firm named Indigo AG.

High Ground News is presenting an evening of storytelling about the Uptown district Tuesday, August 2 at 6:30 PM at 61 Keel Avenue. Residents, small business owners, and kids will share their stories of what the Uptown/Pinch neighborhood means to them.

Songwriter Night will be back at South Main Sounds, 550 S. Main, this Friday from 7 to 9. It will be A Fistful of Franks as Frank McLallen Sr. and Frank McLallen Jr. take the stage. Joining them will be Stephen Sciarra and special guest Daniel Brown.

Marilyn Manson is coming to the Cannon Center on October 25. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 AM.

For my trivia team name last night, I gave my opinion on whether Vladimir Putin would rig the trivia contest:

I learned the meaning of benching as a relationship status thanks to Charles’ questions last night.

I also learned that Hollywood is the third biggest -wood in terms of movie-making. Most people knew the biggest – Bollywood over in India. The second, however, was a total surprise to me. It’s Nollywood, in Nigeria.

From Lifehacker: How to hide your accidental your Instagram “Like” if you’re stalking someone’s page and accidentally fat-finger the heart image underneath one of their photos. LOL. I got an accidental Instagram “Like” in December 2016 about a week after I got the troll. More recently I got an accidental, quickly deleted Facebook friend request from the same person, most likely stalking my friends list to see who I unfriended last week.

Well this is interesting… Special Counsel Mueller submitted his evidence list against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Guess whose name was all over the list? Tad Devine, who was a chief strategist for a 2016 presidential candidate… BERNIE.

And that’ll do it! Back tomorrow.

 

The Memphis Flyer reported some disappointing news yesterday afternoon… there will be no Memphis Music & Heritage Festival this year. The festival, normally held the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend, is a celebration of regional heritage in all its forms, including music, art, cooking, and storytelling. Folks with the Center for Southern Folklore, the regular presenter of the festival, say it is taking a hiatus this year as they plan for new and big things to be announced soon. I look forward to those announcements, but I sure will miss the music, food and fun this September.

It’s all-inclusive night at the Redbirds. This special $20 ticket gets you a Club, Dugout, or Field Box seat along with free hot dogs, hamburger baskets, chips and cheese, popcorn, and small fountain sodas. First pitch is 7:05 with gates opening at 6.

WEVL has made Memphis Made Brewing Co. its beer sponsor for the 30th annual Blues on the Bluff, held this Saturday from 6 to 11 PM on the grounds of the Metal Museum. In addition to the popular Fireside, Memphis Made will be bringing cans of a new, limited-edition beer to the event. Head Brewer Drew Barton brewed a batch of Junt cream ale with lime juice to give it a summertime flavor. Blues on the Bluff will have live music from Kenny Brown Band, Marcella & Her Lovers, and Lightnin’ Malcolm. There will be a silent auction and Central BBQ will be on site. Following the event, Memphis Made will have the beer available on draft and in six-packs at its taproom.

In other brewery news, Memphis Made is having a Community Day benefiting Playback Memphis this Saturday, July 21 from 5-7 PM. Playback Memphis brings stories to life in a safe space to unlock healing, transformation, and joy. Saturday’s event is free but you are encouraged to come have a pint and make a donation to Playback Memphis and share in the fun and fellowship.

There will be a book signing by author Cheryl Mattox Berry at South Main Book Juggler on Trolley Night, Friday, July 27, from 6 to 9 PM. Berry will be signing copies of her book Memphis Blues. The story is sent in the Memphis of the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, and follows three people making amends and learning to make better choices in hopes of improving their lives.

High Ground News is hiring a Project Editor for their On the Ground series.

Wiseacre Brewing Co. is having a pretend-it’s-not-hot Christmas in July party on Saturday, July 28 starting at 1 PM with special beers on tap. Want to pre-game for the party? At noon that day they’ll have a “wine” and cheese pairing: Not really wine, but beers that relate to wine, including

Snowbeard 2015 Barleywine
Symphonic 2016 American Wild with Berries
Symphonic 2017 American Wild with Montmorency Charries
Charlemayne 2017 Belgian Stout aged in Congac Barrels with Cocoa Nibs
Beach within Reach 2018 Berliner Weisse Mimosas

Your $25 ticket includes not only these beers but cheese, charcuterie, crackers, pastries, and (to keep it classy) a Pancho’s cheese dip fountain and chips. Make your reservation here.

Sleep Out  Louie’s has announced all-you-can-eat crab legs Sundays from 4 to 8 PM. They also have oyster Mondays with all oyster dishes $9.99.

It still feels weird to be writing about Sleep Out Louie’s in 2018.

Oh. My. God. It’s not even 8 AM yet and we have this:

Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2018

I have no words. No, wait, I have one word: COVFEFE!

With that, I’m outta here. Back tomorrow with more news.

I am very, very excited to hear that a new publication, by Memphians, about Memphians, and for Memphians, will launch this fall. The Daily Memphian will feature writing by well-known names including Chris Herrington, Geoff Calkins, Jennifer Biggs, Otis Sanford, Clay Bailey, Wayne Risher and many more. This online-only publication will have new content 7 days a week and the subscription price will be $7 a month. The Daily Memphian will be somewhat unique in journalism because it will be a not-for-profit. I plan on being among the first to subscribe.

Reporter @kyleveazey tweeted that the issue of the civil rights mural at South Main and MLK Avenue made it to Mayor Strickland’s desk yesterday morning, and he was very quick to make the call that the mural will not be painted over.

Woj from ESPN tweeted that the Sacramento Kings are finalizing a trade deal with the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies get shooting guard/small forward Garrett Temple, and the Kings get Ben McLemore, Deyonta Davis, and cash. So the Grizzlies traded two bad players for one good one and got their roster down to the size it needs to be. Nice!

The Orpheum and Halloran Centre for the Performing Arts are offering tour opportunities three Mondays in August. Docents will tell you all about the history of the Orpheum, how it was saved from demolition in the 1980s, and about Mary the ghost. Then you’ll see how the Halloran Centre puts their nonprofit education mission into practice, serving 50,000 a year.

The Redbirds take the field at 7:05 tonight, and there are $1 hot dogs courtesy of Polk’s. Iowa is the opponent.

Downtown Yoga will be hosting two upcoming chakra workshops. YOGA!

The Redbirds are hiring a manager of field operations.

Somewhat lost in all the news yesterday about the Trump-Putin summit was the arrest of Maria Butina, a Russian national. Although her story is that she is in the U.S. on an F-1 student visa to attend graduate school, she is actually a Russian operative who worked to arrange a back-channel of communication between the GOP and Russia, using the NRA as a conduit, for the purpose of advancing Russian interests in the United States. She did not register with the Attorney General as a foreign agent, which is a criminal offense. The indictment (the second document embedded in this CNN article) is a fascinating read. The interesting thing is, this arrest did not happen through Special Counsel Mueller’s office.

The Daily Beast has one easily-overlooked note about the indictment: Butina’s proposal was dated March 24, 2015. Donald Trump was a private citizen at the time and was not expected to run. So their plan to infiltrate the GOP was not based on the notion of Trump running and becoming the eventual Republican nominee.

Couple of more notes about this Butina thing: U.S. Person 1 in the indictment is believed to be conservative activist Paul Erickson. Also, there’s a viral photo that claims to show Butina in the White House meeting with Trump. The woman in the photo is not Butina.

That’ll do it for now. Back tomorrow with more news.

Normally I save political stuff for the end of posts, but today, I just can’t. The president of the United States announced that he believes Vladimir Putin, a former Soviet KGB agent, more than he believes the findings of America’s own intelligence agencies on the subject of whether Russia hacked the 2016 elections.

National Intelligence Director Dan Coats said a few days ago that the warning signs are all there that something bad is going to happen with Russia soon, just as the signs were there right before 9/11. You know, up until now I didn’t think our democracy was in serious danger. I always thought, patriotic Americans will fix this in the 2018 midterms, or the 2020 election, or Special Counsel Mueller will fix it. If Congress doesn’t wake up and remember that it is supposed to act as a check on the executive branch, I fear that America’s darkest days are ahead.

In the post-summit news conference, I wonder if any reporters asked Putin, “Does Donald spit or does he swallow?”

Sunday morning as I walked to Pontotoc Lounge, I was stopped by a TV reporter at Main and MLK Avenue. She asked if I was familiar with this mural:

I said, “Sure, I walk past it most every day.” The reporter then asked if I knew the city was considering repainting over it. I declined to be on camera – I had just gotten out of the shower and my hair was wet – but I hate to hear a repainting is being considered. I have enjoyed looking at this mural as I have walked back north from the Farmers Market, Pontotoc Lounge, and my other South Main spots the past 2 years. The CA has an article on why the repainting is under consideration.

Beale Street Caravan is launching a new initiative called I Listen to Memphis, a weekly video series that takes Memphis artists beyond public radio and on to new media. A donation of $50 or more gets you a commemorative screen print, access to the season 1 ILTM videos before release to the public, a 25% discount on merchandise, and invites to donor parties and shows.

There will be a groundbreaking for Arrive Hotel this Friday, July 20 at 2 PM. That’s the new boutique hotel going in at 477 South Main, the former Memphis College of Art graduate school space. The hotel will have 62 rooms, 2 restaurants, and meeting space. Wine and refreshments will be served at the groundbreaking.

Here’s a draft of the shared mobility ordinance that will be in front of the City Council.

That’s all I can muster today. So deeply embarrassed to have that vile orange treasonweasel in office.