{"id":26204,"date":"2022-11-18T07:45:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26204"},"modified":"2022-11-18T07:45:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:45:31","slug":"all-i-wanted-for-my-birthday-was-shorts-weather-and-i-didnt-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/18\/all-i-wanted-for-my-birthday-was-shorts-weather-and-i-didnt-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"All I wanted for my birthday was shorts weather – and I didn’t get it"},"content":{"rendered":"

MemphisWeather.net calls for a high of 44 with northwest winds at 10 MPH. Yeah that’s not shorts weather.<\/p>\n

That won’t stop me from doing some birthday day drinking, though. If you’re off work, feel free to come join! My tentative schedule for today:<\/p>\n

8:00 AM to 11:40 AM: Bardog (Allie Cat’s bar)<\/li>\n
11:45 AM to 3:00 PM: Local on Main (Jessica’s bar)<\/li>\n
3:00 PM to ????????: Blind Bear (Cinnamon’s bar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I don’t anticipate it being a super late night because I have to conserve my energy for one of those tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are back at home tonight, where they’ll face off against the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight at 7.<\/p>\n
Mas’s Sports Bar has announced an opening time of noon for all Team USA World Cup games. The schedule as it stands now is<\/p>\n
- Monday, November 21 vs. Wales<\/li>\n
- Friday, November 25 vs. England<\/li>\n
- Tuesday, November 29 vs. Iran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
 The Flying Saucer has announced its annual Turkey of the Year glass, to go on sale next Wednesday at 7 PM. The theme this year is Will Smith – “Slapsgiving.”<\/p>\n
 <\/iframe><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2022\/11\/17\/901-fc-head-coach-leaves-job-with-charleston-battery\/\">Memphis 901 FC is looking for a new head coach.<\/a> Ben Pirmann has left to become the head coach of Charleston Battery.<\/p>\nToday is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/6f07386198945adc4d5512ef67f40618\/married-to-a-scorpio-support-day\">Married to a Scorpio Support Day<\/a>.<\/p>\nIt’s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/f7e491a62d860fc98e24a6429c0c2e08\/mickey-mouse-day\">Mickey Mouse Day<\/a>. Yep, I share a birthday with the Mouse.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2022\/11\/18\/memphis-coalition-provide-free-brake-light-repairs\/\">Get your brake lights repaired for free<\/a> tomorrow.<\/p>\nThe Green Beetle food truck will be in Health Sciences Park from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM today.<\/p>\nBuffalo, NY could get 5 feet of lake-effect snow this weekend. The forecast is so bad that Sunday’s Bills NFL home game has been moved to Detroit.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stayhappening.com\/e\/18th-annual-stumbling-santa-E2ISV2IWX8X\">The Stumbling Santa pub crawl<\/a> returns Saturday, December 3. Meetup point is the Flying Saucer at 7 PM. Bring an unwrapped toy for Porter-Leath and dress up as Santa (or Mrs. Claus, an elf, a reindeer, a Christmas tree, etc.) This is far and away Downtown’s best pub crawl of the year.<\/p>\nMy friend who works in an Olive Branch liquor store alerted me to a new flavor of moonshine yesterday:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/butter-pecan-moonshine.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26205\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/butter-pecan-moonshine.jpeg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/butter-pecan-moonshine.jpeg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/butter-pecan-moonshine.jpeg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/butter-pecan-moonshine.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/butter-pecan-moonshine.jpeg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/butter-pecan-moonshine.jpeg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nPhoto credit: Butt Slut #1<\/em><\/p>\nButter pecan! I showed the photo to a guy who was taking inventory at Blind Bear and said “Y’all need to get this.” He said he thought he had just seen it in the cooler. Here’s a suggestion for you: Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/783581342970650\">the Christmas tree lighting<\/a> at Main and Peabody Place tomorrow afternoon. Grab a free cup of hot chocolate, take it to Blind Bear, and spike it with a shot of butter pecan.<\/p>\nBIRTHDAY!!!!!! Time for some drankity dranks. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n<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":"MemphisWeather.net calls for a high of 44 with northwest winds at 10 MPH. Yeah that’s not shorts weather. That won’t stop me from doing some birthday day drinking, though. If you’re off work, feel free to come join! 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