The Grizzlies are back on TV tonight. They have a pre-season road game against the San Antonio Spurs tonight at 7:30 that will be broadcast on Fox Sports Southeast. Suggestions for bar owners\/managers who have Comcast: Put a sticker on the back of your remote that says “Grizzlies are on 831” so bartenders won’t have to hunt through the channels to find it.<\/p>\n
We’re a week away from regular season Opening Night at FedExForum. The Grizzlies will take on the Chicago Bulls on Friday, October 25 at 7 PM and all fans in attendance will receive a Grizzlies growl towel.<\/p>\n
Bruce V of the Memphis Flyer has an excellent op-ed piece in this week’s issue: Take me to the PILOT.<\/a> It seems that poor little Raymond James, which wanted to move its offices out east, couldn’t afford to do so on the measly $7.2 billion it brought in last year. So it had to panhandle the city to finance its move, getting a $3.2 million PILOT. This is not why the PILOT program was created. Shame on the EDGE board for pandering to corporate America.<\/p>\n While we’re on the topic of corporate America, here’s a list of the most hated terms among engineers and developers<\/a>. Yes to every single one of these. “Agile” most of all. About 80% of companies that say they’re “doing Agile” aren’t actually doing Agile, although there are a few that get it right, like Lokion<\/a> down the street from me at Main and Union. My one minor gripe with this list: They forgot that “action items” has a brother named “deliverables.”<\/p>\n Here comes Rusty aaaaannnnnddddd… they’re off. But Rusty isn’t going to come much longer and the greyhounds aren’t going to get off much longer. We’re approaching the end of an era. An agreement between Southland Casino Racing and the Arkansas Greyhound Kennel Association specifies that live dog racing at the park will be phased out entirely<\/a> by 2022. The move shouldn’t hurt Southland much, since these days it is so much more casino than dog racing track. Besides, from what I’ve heard recently, it’s kicking all the Tunica casinos’ asses.<\/p>\n As you know, I have not been the biggest fan of Bird and similar e-scooters down here. However, this new development is one I can get behind:<\/p>\n We’re thrilled to partner with OjO Electric to bring a network of station-based seated scooters to Memphis, and we want you along for the ride. Volunteer to help get scooters docked at stations throughout the city next Wednesday. pic.twitter.com\/pkiBHSOLb8<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Explore Bike Share (@ExploreMemphis) October 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n