{"id":25863,"date":"2022-06-15T09:10:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25863"},"modified":"2022-06-15T09:10:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:10:58","slug":"wednesday-update-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/15\/wednesday-update-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My A\/C still hasn&#8217;t been fixed. It&#8217;s possible that a lot of residents submitted maintenance tIckets on the same day as the weather got super hot for the first time this year, and that&#8217;s why they haven&#8217;t got to me yet.<\/p>\n<p>To top it off, Xfinity is still in the neighborhood performing network upgrades, and they have texted me, telling me to expect &#8220;intermittent outages.&#8221; FML. How am I supposed to get anything done?<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Grizzlies&#8217; front office made another smart move this week, signing head coach Taylor Jenkins to an extension. He&#8217;s the man who&#8217;s going to get this city to the NBA Finals in future years.<\/p>\n<p>It was pointed out on Nextdoor that this coming Tuesday&#8217;s joint DNA\/SMA meeting offers a rare opportunity: A chance to ask a Memphis River Parks Partnership representative questions, to be responded to publicly, in real time. The meeting will be at Beale Street Landing. Pop some popcorn, this could be good.<\/p>\n<p>Daaaang, Bitcoin has dropped below $22,000! It was in the high $60Ks a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Redbirds host the Nashville Sounds at AutoZone Park tonight at 7:05. No special promotions tonight, just baseball at its finest.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/f89a0df3b7e2e683af1b7bbceaf0ac91\/national-lobster-day\">National Lobster Day<\/a>. My suggestion to celebrate would be Memphis&#8217; very first lobster roll, the one offered by Slider Inn. Their lobster is shipped in 3 times a week, and it is served on a buttered, grilled, split-top bun with a dill pickle spear and a lemon wedge.<\/p>\n<p>From WREG: <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/memphis-averaging-about-500-car-break-ins-a-month-this-year\/\">Memphis is averaging about 500 car break-ins a month.<\/a> Cops as well as break-in victims have told me that the criminals are mainly looking for guns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/local\/as-seen-on-tv\/find-it\/memphis-made-tennessee-midsouth-hueys-summer-frills-beer\/522-fe208a45-7881-4597-84b3-4a0f7a0c70de\">Summer Frills<\/a>, a Memphis Made Brewing Co. beer, is available only at Huey&#8217;s this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/memphis-legend-queen-ann-hines\/2408915769251399\/\">Queen Ann Hines &amp; The Royal Gents<\/a> play the Blind Bear 8-12 Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to two October FedExForum shows go on sale today at 10 AM.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fedexforum.com\/events\/john-mulaney-from-scratch-tour-221008\">John Mulaney: From Scratch Tour<\/a> Saturday, October 8<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fedexforum.com\/events\/mary-j-blige-good-morning-gorgeous-tour-w-ella-mai-and-queen-naija-221016\">Mary J. Blige: Good Morning Gorgeous Tour<\/a> featuring Ella Mai &amp; Queen Naija Sunday, October 16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tip from Lifehacker: It&#8217;s possible to get a free donut from Krispy Kreme every day through Labor Day. Just look for the &#8220;Hot Light.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(pulls up Krispy Kreme&#8217;s website)<\/p>\n<p>(searches to see if there&#8217;s a Krispy Kreme location near Park City, Utah)<\/p>\n<p>Yep, there is one. Free food? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up.<\/p>\n<p>This might be of interest to some Downtowners: <a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/why-you-should-consider-a-aaa-membership-even-if-you-d-1849050075\">Why you should consider getting a AAA membership even if you don&#8217;t have a car.<\/a> Reasons include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Car rental, hotel, and entertainment discounts<\/li>\n<li>Vision care and services<\/li>\n<li>Identity theft monitoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/322678446704037\/\">Andrew Cabigao<\/a> plays South Point Grocery&#8217;s porch Friday night from 5 to 7.<\/p>\n<p>Lydia Warren plays the Memphis Farmers Market Saturday from 9 to 11 AM.<\/p>\n<p>The Earthquake app on my phone is blowing up this morning. Apparently, there were a number of medium-sized quakes off the coast of Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Time to hit Publish and start work on my next professional writing project. Later today I&#8217;ll frequent a place that is a combination hair salon, phone booth, and lunchroom. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/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>My A\/C still hasn&#8217;t been fixed. It&#8217;s possible that a lot of residents submitted maintenance tIckets on the same day as the weather got super hot for the first time this year, and that&#8217;s why they haven&#8217;t got to me yet. To top it off, Xfinity is still in the neighborhood performing network upgrades, and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/15\/wednesday-update-200\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday 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\/25863"}],"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=25863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25864,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863\/revisions\/25864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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