{"id":19351,"date":"2017-02-28T13:01:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T19:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=19351"},"modified":"2017-02-28T13:01:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T19:01:19","slug":"tuesday-update-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/28\/tuesday-update-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lying in bed early this morning drifting between sleep and wakefulness, I thought about the seven new exoplanets that have been discovered orbiting a star 39 light years away<\/a>, three of which are in the star’s habitable zone. I thought, well, the three dimensions of space exist on them, but what if they have one or more other dimension(s), unfamiliar to the human race, instead of the dimension of time? I then thought that games similar to baseball, tennis and golf must be more likely to exist on those planets than games like basketball, soccer, hockey, and football that rely on a clock.<\/p>\n

Just in case you were wondering what kind of random stuff goes through my mind…<\/p>\n

On to the news… Mayor Strickland’s task force wants you to help shape the future of the Memphis Riverfront. Take this brief survey<\/a> and let them know what you would like to see.<\/p>\n

There’s a Mardi Gras carriage parade tonight on Beale Street beginning at 5:00.<\/p>\n

Beautiful – the Carole King Musical<\/a> is at the Orpheum today through Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Beer Bracket has hit the final round<\/a>, and it’s two Ghost River beers facing off against one another. That Grindhouse cream ale is pretty yummy. I had a couple when I visited their taproom the day after Thanksgiving. Great people-watching at the taproom that day.<\/p>\n

Yum Brands has expanded its parental leave fully paid time off to 18 weeks<\/a> for corporate employees. Those employees also get half-day Fridays. That makes me feel a little better about ordering the Colonel’s original or a Doritos Locos Taco. Nice to see a corporation doing the right thing, even though the government is giving them every opportunity to do the wrong thing.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph won a well-deserved NBA Cares Community Assist Award<\/a> for the month of January. The entire Grizzlies team fed 200 homeless people at the Union Mission on MLK day, but Z-bo went above and beyond, making a personal donation of socks, gloves and hats. He also made a $20,000 donation to MIFA Emergency Services Plus-1 program, keeping the power on for those who find themselves unable to pay their bill. See Zach and the rest of the Grizzlies at FedExForum at 7 tonight as they host the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n

More awards for Memphis athletes: Tigers kicker Jake Elliott has been chosen as the American Athletic Conference 2016 Football Scholar-Athlete of the year. While being one of the top kickers in the country, he maintains a 3.85 GPA as a marketing management major.<\/p>\n

This didn’t happen in Downtown Memphis, but it could have: Kind horse shares its food with pigeons<\/a><\/p>\n

Everyone pay attention to the weather tonight, because there is a threat of tornadoes after dark. Points north and west of Memphis are under even more of a threat, with St. Louis in particular in the path of bad weather.<\/p>\n

The soft opening of Lisa’s Lunchbox is happening right now. 116 South Front.<\/p>\n

That’s it for now. I’ll be out celebrating Fat Tuesday somewhere tonight, not sure where yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"