{"id":20361,"date":"2017-11-30T06:43:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T12:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=20361"},"modified":"2017-11-30T06:43:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T12:43:54","slug":"dances-with-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/30\/dances-with-trolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Dances with Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Photo-Apr-25-6-48-07-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19584\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Photo-Apr-25-6-48-07-PM.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Photo-Apr-25-6-48-07-PM.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Photo-Apr-25-6-48-07-PM.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Photo-Apr-25-6-48-07-PM.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Photo-Apr-25-6-48-07-PM.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Photo-Apr-25-6-48-07-PM.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>I usually take days off from work around my birthday, but this year I had projects hitting at work and decided it wasn&#8217;t the best idea. So I delayed the time off until this weekend. I&#8217;m taking a half day off tomorrow and full days Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Back on the Friday before BBQ Fest, at the start of a full week vacation, I started a new tradition at happy hour at the Silly Goose: I pulled out my little green-haired troll and danced with her. Ever since, any time I have extra days off, I dance with the troll.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see me dance with the troll, I&#8217;ll be at Silly Goose not long after it opens at 2 tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>But, enough about me. On to the news:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PAINT THE TOWN TIGER BLUE!<\/p>\n<p>Big River Crossing will go blue in support for the Memphis Tigers as they play for an AAC Championship this weekend.&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cUmleolFRw\">https:\/\/t.co\/cUmleolFRw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lFSnt0CNIe\">pic.twitter.com\/lFSnt0CNIe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WMC Action News 5 (@WMCActionNews5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WMCActionNews5\/status\/935946526010077186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For those in the mood for an easy-drinking, post-race beer on Saturday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In celebration of the St. Jude Marathon, we were asked to brew a beer for running. We made Tarahumara Dry Hopped Pale Ale, a lean chugger named for the famed distance runners of northern Mexico. Available this Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uv5rvfw2OV\">pic.twitter.com\/Uv5rvfw2OV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WISEACRE (@wiseacrebrew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiseacrebrew\/status\/935967644498489344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From WREG: <a href=\"http:\/\/wreg.com\/2017\/11\/29\/downtown-church-rises-again-after-2006-fire\/\">First United Methodist rises again<\/a> after a 2006 fire. The church is located at Poplar and N. Second and rebuilding is about 70% complete.<\/p>\n<p>Ghost River&#8217;s Thirsty Thursday club kicks off today in the taproom. Drink 10 pints and become a member. Members get $4 pints.<\/p>\n<p>Friday from 4 to 8 PM Sabor Caribe at 662 Madison will offer a $10 Arepas Combo (with a side) to St. Jude runners. They will also have $3 local beers.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. Back tomorrow (or maybe lunchtime today) with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I usually take days off from work around my birthday, but this year I had projects hitting at work and decided it wasn&#8217;t the best idea. So I delayed the time off until this weekend. I&#8217;m taking a half day off tomorrow and full days Monday and Tuesday. Back on the Friday before BBQ Fest, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/30\/dances-with-trolls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dances with Trolls&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20363,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361\/revisions\/20363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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