Need beer for New Year’s Eve parties? Don’t forget about the cash & carry

If you’re having people over for New Year’s and you plan on serving beer, don’t forget that there’s a wholesale cash & carry on Carolina (at Second) that sells beer by the case.  Prices tend to be better than what you’d find at normal grocery stores, and they have some beers that can be hard to find around here, especially in tall-boy 24 oz. cans.

Only thing is, the store is not open on Sunday and closes at 3:45 PM weekdays, so you’ll have to find somebody who has time off work to go shopping this week.

The candy store across the street on Carolina is worth a visit too.

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and France

It’s 10:40 PM on a Saturday night… not quite the new week yet, but close enough.  It’s time for a new “Brick” Quote of the Week.

We all hung out on the rail for trivia Tuesday night, and Brick was our server.  She does such a good job letting us know where she’s going to be.  For example, at one point she told us, “If anyone needs anything, come knock on the break room door.  I’m going to make a phone call.”

Then she thought about it for a minute and said, “I’m probably going to smoke a cigarette too.”

After she finished her phone/smoke break, she came back out, and a question came up which I immediately knew called for Brick’s expertise.

“What continent’s highest point is the Vinson Massif?”

Brick knew the answer right away.  “Is it France?” she said.

It makes me think, our trivia team had better thank our lucky stars that we won as much as we did for 4 years without Brick’s help.  Sheer luck I guess.  Thank goodness we now have our secret weapon.  With Brick we’re unstoppable.

Wow really not much going on tonight

I just did a search to see what’s going on tonight, and there’s really not much.  Probably the event I’d most recommend if you’re looking to hear some good Memphis-area music would be Blind Mississippi Morris and Brad Webb, at the Center for Southern Folklore.  $5 cover, show starts at 9 PM.

If you want to search for yourself to see what’s going on, here are some resources I’d recommend:

“Brick” responds to Quote of the Week

A couple of week I posted a quote from waitress “Brick” where she told us that she’s getting her IQ re-done so that it’s almost a 4.0.

One of the managers was teasing her about that quote.  “F*** you,” she responded.  “You know I didn’t mean IQ.  I meant GPS.”

As my friend Clay says, you can’t write this stuff.  Back tomorrow with a new Brick quote.  I have two waiting in the queue, and who knows what she’ll come up with today.

Memphis Roller Derby is homeless – can anyone help?

A member of the Memphis Roller Derby e-mailed this morning, asking for help.  They’ve lost their home, the Youth Building on the fairgrounds.  They’re desperately looking for a permanent home where they can have practice and bout space.

Ideally they need a large open expanse without poles, that can accommodate their 107 foot by 75 foot track.  A space of 12,000 to 15,000 square feet with restrooms and parking would be perfect.

If you have or know of a space they could use, shoot me an e-mail at paul@paulryburn.com and I’ll pass the info along.  Thanks.

Scratch Calhoun’s from the list of places I might go tonight…

…because I’m now hearing from some of their regulars that Max said they won’t be open today.  Apparently the Calhoun’s regulars are texting around trying to figure out what to do tonight.

I’m going to take the netbook home at 5 when the Saucer closes, then come back out and probably park myself at the Silly Goose.  Come join me if you’re looking for something to do.