{"id":21870,"date":"2018-12-08T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T16:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=21870"},"modified":"2018-12-08T10:08:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T16:08:51","slug":"sat-update-troll-recruits-another-bbq-member-and-lots-of-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/08\/sat-update-troll-recruits-another-bbq-member-and-lots-of-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat update: Troll recruits another BBQ member and lots of news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, I had koozies ordered with our BBQ team name and logo on them, hoping they&#8217;d be a conversation piece. I bring them out with me every day and use them on my PBR cans. I hoped people would ask about them and then say, &#8220;Hey, can I join your BBQ team?&#8221; However, in six months (granted, it&#8217;s the offseason) that hasn&#8217;t happened a whole lot, and has not led to any new members or sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>So yesterday, I took my troll out for her 2nd birthday. For those of you who don&#8217;t know, the troll serves as deputy director of public relations for the BBQ team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4517-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21871\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4517-1.jpg?resize=443%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4517-1.jpg?resize=443%2C500 443w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4517-1.jpg?resize=266%2C300 266w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4517-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C1355 1200w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4517-1.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4517-1.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 85vw, 443px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went to the Blind Bear and then the Silly Goose, with the troll standing on the bar by my beer. And I&#8217;ll be damned if she didn&#8217;t recruit a new member.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can I be on the team next year?&#8221; I was asked by the person to my left, a former member of a team that was disbanded after 2015. Officially I don&#8217;t have the power to say yes, because we&#8217;ve got to give our existing team members the chance to renew and then vet people for remaining spots. This is someone I would vet though, if there&#8217;s room.<\/p>\n<p>I just continue to be amazed at what this little troll brings to the table. You know, I have a meeting with team president John D this morning at Bardog, and I am going to recommend she be promoted to <strong>Senior Deputy Director of Public Relations<\/strong>. She&#8217;s earned it.<\/p>\n<p>I mistakenly thought 99 Cent Soul Food on South Main was closed, because I saw an ad on Facebook that the building was to be auctioned. I have now been told the restaurant has been open as recently as this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Streetdog Foundation event at Carolina Watershed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/190667791870634\/\">Sippin&#8217; with Santa Paws<\/a> where your dog can get a photo with Santa, has been postponed from today until tomorrow due to weather. Silent auction, adoptable pups, and Memphis Made special-release &#8220;Pawliday Plaid&#8221; beer.<\/p>\n<p>Early opening time for the Grizzlies vs. L.A. Lakers at FedExForum tonight: MVP and Premium 5:00, general admission 5:30. Everyone wants to see LeBron I guess.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed a premium giveaway for the game next Friday: A Mike Conley Elf on the Shelf. Normally I hate Elf on the Shelf but for that one I&#8217;d make an exception.<\/p>\n<p>The Redbirds are offering free dugout tickets when you spend money in their online store:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pick up today&#8217;s featured item for the littlest Redbirds fan in your life!<\/p>\n<p>You get two free Dugout tickets with a $100 purchase!<\/p>\n<p>&#x2139;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EUdhASabrD\">https:\/\/t.co\/EUdhASabrD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tto1lgErFO\">pic.twitter.com\/tto1lgErFO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Memphis Redbirds (@memphisredbirds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/memphisredbirds\/status\/1071068661996314629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Memphis Made Brewing Co. will have four vendors on site Sunday afternoon for Handmade with Memphis Made. Note that they will be closing the taproom early at 5 on Sunday for their annual holiday party.<\/p>\n<p>I just got back from my morning trip to Walgreens where I saw <a href=\"https:\/\/hothands.com\/\">HotHands<\/a> disposable hand warmers on the bottom shelf beneath the cash register. I read recently that these are a useful and inexpensive gift to give the homeless during these cold winter months. They&#8217;re only about 50-60 cents apiece. The hand warmers, I&#8217;ve been told, are something the homeless wouldn&#8217;t think of buying for themselves, but they sure do appreciate them when given to them.<\/p>\n<p>The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/367219000504963\/\">Liberty Bowl parade<\/a> has been announced for Beale Street the afternoon of Sunday, December 30. Although this parade is more corporate than the locally-produced parades (St. Pat&#8217;s\/Christmas), the fun is in mingling with the fans in town for the game &#8211; in this case Missouri and Oklahoma State. Both of those schools travel well and it should be a festive day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/death-cab-for-cutie\">Death Cab for Cutie<\/a> will play an Orpheum show on April 7.<\/p>\n<p>The application period is open for <a href=\"https:\/\/memphistn.gov\/government\/careers\/internships\/urban_fellows\">Urban Fellows<\/a> working as interns for the City of Memphis. These are for college students or recent graduates, and interns work part-time on challenging projects in areas of the city they are interested in. This is a way to get a first-hand look at how city government works and make some valuable connections that can be useful as you advance your career.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t read the Mueller memos on Cohen and Manafort yet but I am about to. The headlines (except Fox News) are all like &#8220;This is bad, bad news for Trump,&#8221; so I have an idea what to expect from the memos.<\/p>\n<p>Off to Bardog for that meeting with John D. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, I had koozies ordered with our BBQ team name and logo on them, hoping they&#8217;d be a conversation piece. I bring them out with me every day and use them on my PBR cans. I hoped people would ask about them and then say, &#8220;Hey, can I join your BBQ team?&#8221; However, in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/08\/sat-update-troll-recruits-another-bbq-member-and-lots-of-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sat update: Troll recruits another BBQ member and lots of news&#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\/21870"}],"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=21870"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21873,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21870\/revisions\/21873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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