{"id":25387,"date":"2021-12-11T09:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25387"},"modified":"2021-12-11T09:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:02:23","slug":"saturday-update-193","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/11\/saturday-update-193\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Memphis Tigers suffered a 74-72 loss to Murray State, which came into the game as a double-digit underdog, last night. That&#8217;s four in a row, and this one would qualify as a &#8220;bad loss&#8221; in the eyes of the NCAA tournament committee. Bruce V has some advice for Coach Penny that I agree with.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m not a coach, but if I were I\u2019d play my five best players until they got tired, then sub in a few for a while, then put the five best guys back in.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bruce VanWyngarden (@sylamore1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sylamore1\/status\/1469507982987870215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How many more times can the Tigers lose and still have even a chance of making the tournament? Seven? Eight? The next two games are against 9 Alabama (Tuesday) and 13 Tennessee (Saturday), so those are probably two of those seven or eight, right there.<\/p>\n<p>In a move we all saw coming, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sportsmemphis-grizzlies\/article\/25841\/nba-fines-grizzlies-guard-dillon-brooks-25000?\">the NBA fined Dillon Brooks $25,000<\/a> for &#8220;aggressively coming at an official&#8221; and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Thursday night&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Former Grizzly Zach Randolph is the grand marshal of today&#8217;s Memphis Holiday Parade on Beale Street from 3:00 to 4:30. After that, Z-bo&#8217;s number will be retired at the Grizzlies&#8217; home game vs. Houston tonight. Tip-off for that game is 7 PM.<\/p>\n<p>A tornado warning was issued for Memphis in the 12:00 hour overnight as radar indicated a possible tornado over West Memphis. 60 MPH wind gusts and penny-sized hail were also indicated.<\/p>\n<p>From Local 24: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/local\/memphis-medical-district-revitalization-work-planned\/522-0fac20d2-5d53-419b-a2be-0e101c1e8d8f\">How Memphis&#8217; Medical District is being transformed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can learn push-pull swing for free this evening at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/583057282708464\/\">Fall Back Fall Dance Series<\/a> at Fourth Bluff Park from 6:00-7:15. Get down to old-school music with instruction from the folks at Cat&#8217;s Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/4734459499937568\/\">Memphis Modern Market<\/a> is back with a pop-up shop at Loflin Yard today 11-5 for your holiday shopping needs.<\/p>\n<p>The only college football game on today is Army-Navy at 2 PM on CBS. Max&#8217;s Sports Bar would be my recommended place to watch that game.<\/p>\n<p>Grind City Brewing Co. is hosting an Ugly Sweater Party today with prizes for the best pet, kid, individual, and couple. There will also be pictures with Santa, a water pong tournament, and a food truck. Live music by Elevation Memphis 6-9. Here&#8217;s the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/427040422254747\">schedule of events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Art news: The opening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/863438107662225\/\">reception<\/a> for &#8220;Shim&#8221; by Joel Parsons and Melissa Dunn is today noon-3 PM at 55 S. Main.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/236990985187569\">Holiday Market Sip &amp; Shop<\/a> at 66 Union today 2-8 PM.<\/p>\n<p>I had the coolest dream last night!<\/p>\n<p>A hotel hired me to be its concierge. &#8220;We want you to be your blog, but in person,&#8221; they said. &#8220;We want you to excite our guests about all there is to do in Memphis, and point them in the right direction and give them lots of insider tips.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My &#8220;office&#8221; was a hotel room that had been designated for the concierge. &#8220;Your hours are 1 to 9 PM Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays,&#8221; the HR person for the hotel told me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wait, this is a full-time job, but I&#8217;m only expected to work 24 hours a week?&#8221; I asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes,&#8221; the HR person said. &#8220;Guests will come to you when they want to talk Memphis. When you&#8217;re not helping guests, feel free to bring your laptop and surf the Internet, write your blog, write on Medium, whatever you want to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Part of my compensation included my own suite, my own living space, in the hotel. I had full guest privileges, so I had maid service every day. Every morning, a continental breakfast of muffins and pastries was delivered to my room.<\/p>\n<p>On my first day at work, the HR person stopped by to see how I was doing and share some additional information. &#8220;In August 2022, we&#8217;ll be sending you to our company convention in Tampa. You and your girlfriend will have a suite in our resort there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That sounds awesome,&#8221; I replied. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a girlfriend, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No problem,&#8221; the HR person smiled. &#8220;We&#8217;ll set you up with a girl in Tampa. When it gets closer to time, I&#8217;ll show you some photos and descriptions and you can pick whoever you like. I recommend Janet, though. She&#8217;s a blast to hang out with and a lot of fun in bed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hold on,&#8221; I said. &#8220;Are you telling me that the company is going to pay for a <em>hooker<\/em> for me for the entire week?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We prefer to think of them as companions,&#8221; replied the HR person. &#8220;But yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Behold, I have seen the future of work.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. I plan to hit the Blind Bear and Silly Goose and then possibly the holiday parade. If I go to the parade I&#8217;ll probably hang out at the King&#8217;s Palace Tap Room but not drink there because their beer prices are high. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com\/1.0.0\/button.prod.min.js\" data-name=\"bmc-button\" data-slug=\"paulryburn\" data-color=\"#FF813F\" data-emoji=\"\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-text=\"Buy me a PBR\" data-outline-color=\"#000\" data-font-color=\"#fff\" data-coffee-color=\"#fd0\" ><\/script><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Memphis Tigers suffered a 74-72 loss to Murray State, which came into the game as a double-digit underdog, last night. That&#8217;s four in a row, and this one would qualify as a &#8220;bad loss&#8221; in the eyes of the NCAA tournament committee. Bruce V has some advice for Coach Penny that I agree with. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/11\/saturday-update-193\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saturday update&#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\/25387"}],"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=25387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25388,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25387\/revisions\/25388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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