{"id":25453,"date":"2022-01-05T08:20:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25453"},"modified":"2022-01-05T08:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:20:08","slug":"wednesday-update-180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/05\/wednesday-update-180\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MemphisWeather.net has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphisweather.blog\/2022\/01\/first-week-of-2022-brings-another.html\">blog post<\/a> on the expected winter weather tomorrow. Long story short: Tomorrow morning we&#8217;re going to get precipitation. The question is, at what point during that precipitation will the temperature fall below freezing, causing the rain to convert over to a wintry mix and then snow.<\/p>\n<p>If it doesn&#8217;t convert over to ice and snow by 7 AM, then commuters are gonna have a real problem tomorrow morning. Offices will be open, but the roads will be icy for the drive home. If you&#8217;re a manager, I implore you to be understanding of employees who don&#8217;t want to risk coming in.<\/p>\n<p>The Majestic Grille will be closed this week (January 4-10) to give employees a little time to rest following a busy holiday season. They&#8217;ll be back open on the 11th.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2022\/01\/04\/lanes-i-40-mississippi-river-bridge-close-wednesday-inspection\/\">Lanes on the I-40 bridge will be closed today<\/a> for routine inspections by ARDOT.<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Tigers held off a late Tulsa rally to get a W, 67-64. The Tigers improve to 8-5, 2-1 in conference. They have a few days off before hosting Cincinnati on national TV Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Insomnia Cookies has two limited-edition vegan cookies to try this month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread &#8211; a double chocolate banana cookie with chocolate chips and nibs<\/li>\n<li>Vegan All of the Above &#8211; a brown sugar cookie with chocolate-covered pretzels, white and dark chips, coffee, and coconut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Protect your privacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/tag\/stop-google-android-listening\/\">Your phone is secretly always recording: How to stop Google from listening.<\/a> Several weeks ago I mentioned how I started seeing Billy Joel-related ads after riding in a car that had Billy Joel playing on the stereo.<\/p>\n<p>StyleBlueprint recently listed <a href=\"https:\/\/styleblueprint.com\/memphis\/everyday\/best-salads-in-memphis\/\">10 seriously good salads in Memphis<\/a> and two Downtown restaurants had salads that made the list: the Roasted Cauliflower Salad from Raw Girls and the Salmon Ni\u00e7oise at the Majestic Grille. The Gazpacho Salad from Maciel&#8217;s was listed too, but apparently, you have to go to the Midtown location to get it.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the City Council told Memphis Police that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wreg.com\/news\/local\/fast-furious-reckless-city-officials-work-with-mpd-to-slow-down-drag-racing\/\">more needs to be done to slow down drag racing<\/a>. The North Main Precinct, which covers all of Downtown, was one of four precincts seeing the biggest increase.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2022\/01\/05\/5-star-stories-look-inside-cotton-museum-memphis-cotton-exchange\/\">5 Star Story<\/a>, Action News 5 looks at the Cotton Museum inside the Cotton Exchange Building.<\/p>\n<p>Blind Bear is doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/3011643625750636\">a country DJ night<\/a> with DJ Superbrad Saturday. Yee haw. The tunes start at 9 PM. I&#8217;m not a country music fan but I&#8217;ll go just for the people watching.<\/p>\n<p>The Ja Morant Show continued last night as the Grizzlies beat Cleveland on the road, 110-106. Let&#8217;s get an update on the Western Conference standings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Grizzlies (25-14) remain in 4th place<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re 3 games back of the Utah Jazz (27-10)<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re 5 games ahead of 5th-7th place Denver, Dallas, and L.A. Lakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From Heavy.com: <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/brooklyn-nets\/ja-morant-grizzlies-nets-kevin-durant\/\">Kevin Durant sends a message to the NBA about likely Western Conference All-Star starter Ja Morant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the Dubois County (Indiana) Herald: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duboiscountyherald.com\/sports\/try-memphis-for-a-winter-outdoors-destination\/article_189c05fd-0fab-58ef-a232-769c7a818048.html\">Try Memphis for a winter outdoors destination<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/local\/local-family-warning-others-about-shelby-county-jail-conditions-after-inmate-attacked-with-brick\/L374L4C4XJGR3A4LO5HCWUPYOI\/\">Fox 13 investigates<\/a> an attack by an inmate with a brick on another inmate at 201. The attacker was jailed on capital murder charges; the victim was there for violating his probation. Lawyers say the two inmates should not have been housed together because of their vastly different charges.<\/p>\n<p>In the news: For the first time since 1931, GM is not the top-selling automaker in the US. Thanks to better supply chain management, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/01\/04\/toyota-dethrones-gm-to-become-americas-top-selling-automaker-in-2021.html?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\">Toyota passed GM in sales<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/1\/22862358\/winnie-the-pooh-sun-also-rises-enter-public-domain\">Winnie-the-Pooh has entered the public domain<\/a>, as have all original compositions published before 1926. You&#8217;re now free to obtain a copy without paying, and you can create your own books, films, TikToks, etc. based on Pooh without owning royalties to the author&#8217;s estate.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be interesting to see if copyright law changes in the next two years. If it doesn&#8217;t, a certain mouse will enter the public domain. Time for Disney to start paying the lobbyists in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the news for today. I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow with more.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/storage.ko-fi.com\/cdn\/widget\/Widget_2.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Tip Jar', '#29abe0', 'B0B57GDFG');kofiwidget2.draw();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MemphisWeather.net has a blog post on the expected winter weather tomorrow. Long story short: Tomorrow morning we&#8217;re going to get precipitation. The question is, at what point during that precipitation will the temperature fall below freezing, causing the rain to convert over to a wintry mix and then snow. 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