{"id":18839,"date":"2016-10-19T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T17:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=18839"},"modified":"2016-10-19T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T17:54:07","slug":"wednesday-update-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/19\/wednesday-update-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Television news: HBO has ordered a second season of its smash horror hit series The 2016 Presidential Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Early voting begins today in Shelby County. You can vote at any early voting location<\/a> from today through November 3. However, if you wait until Election Day to vote, you must do so at your neighborhood voting location.<\/p>\n

Those of you who have packages stolen off your front porch might want to take a look at this MakeUseOf article about Amazon Locker<\/a>. If you select this option at checkout, your package will be delivered to a Locker location rather than your home. You will be given a unique code, which you enter into the locker, which will open it and you can pick up your stuff. You can also use Lockers for returns.<\/p>\n

Not surprised that Taste of the South included Rizzo’s on its list of the South’s best chicken pot pies<\/a>. I have had the pot pie and it is the real deal. I’m going to have to plan a visit to Rizzo’s soon to get another chicken pot pie.<\/p>\n

And to steal the mayorship back. $\":mrgreen:\"$ <\/p>\n

The scariest costume of all this Halloween: The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall<\/a><\/p>\n

Food Truck Wednesday at Miss Cordelia’s tonight from 5 to 8 PM will have food trucks El Mero Taco and Monkey Train Grazing Co. They will also have Bartlett’s Long River Cider on hand to sample their hard cider.<\/p>\n

Thanks to an ordinance the City Council passed yesterday, there are new restrictions on panhandlers<\/a>. They now have to stay at least 25 feet away from intersections.<\/p>\n

Here’s a coupon<\/a> that will get you $6 lasagne at Spaghetti Warehouse tomorrow (Thursday, October 20).<\/p>\n

A cornhole challenge to strike out cancer<\/a> by former St. Louis Cardinal and Memphis Redbird Jason Motte is planned for The Columns at One Commerce Square on Saturday, November 5.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Flyer issue hitting the stands today is “The Chicken Issue.”<\/p>\n

Interesting read: The drug trafficker and thrice-convicted felon Donald Trump risked his casino empire to protect<\/a><\/p>\n

High Cotton has announced they will be showing the debate in their taproom tonight with Oktoberfest and Hefeweizen drink specials.<\/p>\n

Sports columnist and radio host Geoff Calkins has his new book After the Jump: Columns on the Best 20 Years in Memphis<\/a> available for sale on Amazon.<\/p>\n

Just purchased my ticket for Sinners for Saints Halloween Ball II<\/a>! Best Halloween party Downtown. You don’t want to miss it.<\/p>\n

That’s it for now. Eating chocolate mint ice cream for lunch like a proper adult should. Out at Silly Goose for happy hour later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"