{"id":22701,"date":"2019-09-30T08:24:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=22701"},"modified":"2019-09-30T08:24:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:24:32","slug":"monday-update-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/30\/monday-update-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you see this motorcycle around town, please call 545-COPS and report its location. It was stolen from a residential area in Midtown over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Happy birthday Lauren and thank you for making me part of your day. I posted the photo above to Facebook and Instagram, and people started wishing me happy birthday. I had to make it clear it was not MY birthday! “Just go with it, you’ll get free shots,” advised a friend of mine.<\/p>\n

Later in the day I walked down to Loflin Yard (damn that’s a long walk from the Downtown core) for Cerrito Bingo, called not by Cerrito but by one of his assistants.<\/p>\n

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There were 10 rounds of bingo, with various prizes including a beverage, a pint glass, queso, brisket tacos, anything with chicken (I would have got Loflin’s hot chicken sandwich had I won that round), a hat, and $10, $15, and $20 Loflin Yard gift cards.<\/p>\n

Why do the gods of bingo hate me so much? I NEVER win!!! At one point I counted 16 people playing, and with 10 rounds that gave me a better-than-even chance of winning something. But, no. I tied for a bingo in the 7th round ($10 gift card) but lost best 2-of-3 rock-paper-scissors in the tiebreaker. The winner of that round had the opportunity to play blackjack against the bingo host for double-or-nothing, a chance to turn his $10 gift card into a $20 gift card. He declined and I would have too.<\/p>\n

I also stopped at the Silly Goose where I picked up some inside information for my readers: They were talking about making 20 pizzas “for Tuesday night.” I bet those pizzas are going to National Night Out<\/a> at Malco Powerhouse. If you haven’t tried the Goose’s wood-fired pizzas yet, here’s your chance to do so for free. One request, though: If there’s one slice left and an MPD officer is behind you in line, let him or her cut ahead of you.<\/p>\n

The Monday night 3-course dinner is back at Paulette’s tonight. Here’s this week’s menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GREAT post by my friend, career coach Angela Copeland today – Learning is the New Loyalty<\/a>. If your job doesn’t allow you to keep your skills up to date, you’re likely falling behind.<\/p>\n

Time for work. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"