{"id":26228,"date":"2022-11-27T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T16:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26228"},"modified":"2022-11-27T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T16:20:20","slug":"sunday-update-156","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/27\/sunday-update-156\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1gMQ_q3FSM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RIP Irene Cara. &#8220;Fame&#8221; was one of my very favorite songs of the disco era.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s Georgia, Michigan, TCU, and USC in the next CFP poll. If Ohio State had kept it close in their loss to Michigan, I&#8217;d have them edging out USC for the 4 spot. 45-23 was not close.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sportsmemphis-tigers-football\/article\/32524\/university-of-memphis-tigers-football-bowl-outlook\">The DM has an update<\/a> on what bowl the football Memphis Tigers could go to. Independence Bowl (Shreveport) reps were in town for this week&#8217;s game, but the Tigers&#8217; loss failed to impress.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s projected to come to the Liberty Bowl?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/bowls\/predictions\/\">CBS Sports<\/a> has Baylor vs. Arkansas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/LongFormArticle\/Bowl-projections-College-football-postseason-picks-news-after-rivalry-weekend-198593713\/#198593713_3\">24\/7 Sports<\/a> has Missouri vs. Baylor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/bowl-projections-college-football-playoff-111457428.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJvbhoDw9ggzfHxZjcLrW6Y_DRyoUFAoLEtFXUiUW2OaL4PCuHHs0XKiU3w-gLhqv029Egram4cTs-VJArsrsSm2eMVNsX3_cHOuVz3YaDLMEUUW5s0FgzDKTUy6BkUmpEofqxY2UTrj-n0SlOefo8vcDjC1QWOXMkdeU91rNas-\">Yahoo! Sports<\/a> has Oklahoma vs. Ole Miss<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/college-football\/bowl-projections-2022\">Athlon Sports<\/a> has Missouri vs. Baylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/02717083b7c1b3bc49fd3551fb49521b\/small-brewery-sunday\">Small Brewery Sunday<\/a>. Plenty of choices Downtown to celebrate: Two Ghost Rivers, Wiseacre HQ, High Cotton, Soul &amp; Spirits, Grind City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2022\/11\/25\/first-alert-severe-storms-potential-tuesday\/\">Memphis is in the Enhanced Risk zone<\/a> for severe storms on Tuesday. The afternoon\/night is the time frame.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/local\/memphis-union-mission-accepting-christmas-box-donations-mens-shelter\/CCP6XNKNGZH53IF5YWCNSSM4HI\/\">The Union Mission is accepting Christmas box donations<\/a> for their men&#8217;s shelter.<\/p>\n<p>From U.S.News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/tennessee\/articles\/2022-11-26\/downtown-memphis-still-working-on-comeback-from-pandemic\">Downtown Memphis still working on comeback from pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I heard Bardog is going to open at 8 AM Saturday (three hours earlier than normal) for the St. Jude marathon. Melissa and Allie Cat will be your bartenders.<\/p>\n<p>Any other bars gonna open early Saturday? I don&#8217;t do Bardog on race day (way too crowded) but if Jessica could be talked into opening Local early, I&#8217;d strongly consider going there.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was the last day the Saturday brunch gang will be together for a few weeks. My friends Randy and Theresa are off to Melbourne, Australia for a Billy Joel concert. It&#8217;ll be late spring there, equivalent to early June where we are. Just for kicks, let&#8217;s check out Melbourne&#8217;s weather forecast for tomorrow:<\/p>\n<p>Partly sunny, high 65, low 53<\/p>\n<p>Wow, I would have guessed 90 for the high. Looks like Melbourne has a climate similar to San Francisco. Looking at it on the map, it very much is in its own &#8220;Bay Area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Safe travels to Randy and Theresa. I hope you two see many kangaroos and wallabies and dingoes and koalas and bandicoots and numbats. And I hope you don&#8217;t see any saltwater crocodiles.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you see a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thylacine\">thylacine<\/a> too and get a photo. I&#8217;m convinced they&#8217;re not extinct.<\/p>\n<p>Randy and Theresa were going to put their two adorable papillons, Zorro and Bella, in doggie daycare while they were overseas. However, Butt Slut #1 offered to stay in their house so the dogs can remain in the comfort of their own home. &#8220;That&#8217;ll save us $600,&#8221; Randy and Theresa said.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled them aside. &#8220;Are you sure you want to do that?&#8221; I asked. &#8220;Because it absolutely won&#8217;t save you $600. I&#8217;ve been to your house. You have way more than $600 worth of alcohol in there. And let&#8217;s face it, you give that girl the keys for 2 weeks and not a drop of it will be left when you get home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s okay. We&#8217;ll buy more,&#8221; Randy replied.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time ever, I actually upset Butt Slut #1 for a brief moment yesterday. (Keep in mind, I routinely address her as &#8220;BUTT SLUT&#8221; in a roomful of strangers and that doesn&#8217;t upset her.) I commented that the USA-England 0-0 (nil-nil) draw in soccer was kinda boring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ARE YOU SAYING SOCCER IS NOT A REAL SPORT???&#8221; she asked, repeating our friend Shrek&#8217;s comments from this week. &#8220;THAT IT&#8217;S JUST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE RUNNING UP AND DOWN A PITCH FOR 90 MINUTES WHO NEVER SCORE?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t saying that at all,&#8221; I backtracked. &#8220;I enjoy watching soccer. I don&#8217;t hate watching it the way I do tennis or golf or that stupid horse racing channel some of the regulars put on the TV here (at Bardog). It&#8217;s just that USA-England wasn&#8217;t the most exciting match I&#8217;ve ever seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then Butt Slut #1 revealed to me that she had a full ride to college on a soccer scholarship. She might still be playing today if not for her knees. So that explains her passion for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>For the benefit of my single male readers, I&#8217;ll start a &#8220;keys to Butt Slut #1&#8217;s heart&#8221; list on here. Here&#8217;s what I have so far: 1) Feed her lentil soup; 2) Watch soccer with her. I&#8217;ll add to this list as I figure out more.<\/p>\n<p>Time to put on my &#8220;I (heart) Sunday school&#8221; shirt and head to Sunday school at the Blind Bear. I haven&#8217;t figured out how to turn water into wine like Jesus did, but I&#8217;m quite adept at turning PBR into urine. 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>RIP Irene Cara. &#8220;Fame&#8221; was one of my very favorite songs of the disco era. I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s Georgia, Michigan, TCU, and USC in the next CFP poll. If Ohio State had kept it close in their loss to Michigan, I&#8217;d have them edging out USC for the 4 spot. 45-23 was not close. 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