{"id":26338,"date":"2023-01-15T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26338"},"modified":"2023-01-15T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:50:14","slug":"sunday-update-159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/15\/sunday-update-159\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Blind Bear is trying something different at Sunday brunch today. They&#8217;re adding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/brunch-with-adam-levin\/843418533407810\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">live music by Adam Levin<\/a> starting at 1 PM. I don&#8217;t know who Adam Levin is but the Facebook event&#8217;s cover photo has him in front of a piano. And the Blind Bear has a piano. So there you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t make it due to other plans, but I am pleased to see the Bear trying a live musician for brunch. In my first days of going out for brunch Downtown &#8211; some 20 years ago &#8211; I&#8217;d go to Sleep Out Louie&#8217;s on Sundays where jazz musician Charlie Wood would play. I didn&#8217;t know a lot of the other regulars at first, but we bonded over singing along with Charlie and talking to him during breaks. Same thing with Pam &amp; Terry on Friday night. Live music can unify a roomful of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m all for the Bear trying new ideas, as long as they&#8217;re not ideas that will run off most of the bar&#8217;s existing regulars. * coughmaleburlesquecough *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My TV producer friend tells me that the Earl Young Sports Legacy Symposium will be broadcast live on Bally Sports Southeast Monday at 3:30, immediately preceding the MLK Day game broadcast. I should be at the Bear at that time and I&#8217;m gonna try to get the symposium on a TV with either sound or closed captioning. Because what else is there to watch at 3:30 on a Monday, Judge Judy? For those not familiar, the symposium is a panel discussion about sports and race, Always quite interesting to listen to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those of you off work for the holiday, I&#8217;ve confirmed with bartender Allie Cat that Bardog will open as normal at 8 AM Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/history\/riverside-drive-history-dowtown-memphis-city-beautiful-tom-lee-park-new-deal\/522-617e778f-7185-4c45-862d-95095f670f7e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riverside Drive used to be a garbage dump<\/a>? ABC 24 has details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well dammit II STILL can&#8217;t upload pics to this blog via WordPress. This has been going on for 3 weeks now. JSON error I think. Otto &#8211; if you&#8217;re reading this, any ideas? I&#8217;m running the current version of WordPress, taking the photos from my iPhone 11 (yes I know you hate iPhones) and uploading from my MacBook Air (yes I know you hate Macs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, I wanted to upload pics so you could see my Christmas presents that the butt sluts brought me yesterday. I&#8217;ll just link to the ones I can find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A Pabst Blue Ribbon &#8220;Milwaukee, Wis. Good-Time Flavor&#8221; shirt. It has an image of a skeleton\/Grim Reaper figure carrying a can of PBR and an &#8220;1844&#8221; flag. Like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wearyourbeer.com\/pabst-blue-ribbon-good-old-time-flavor-t-shirt\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a> but long-sleeved. Which is good because I needed a long-sleeved T-shirt that fits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Burp-Loading-Funny-Functions-Tee\/dp\/B07F8MBF1S\" target=\"_blank\">Burp Loading, Please Wait<\/a> T-shirt featuring the little spinner icon the computer shows you to let you know it&#8217;s busy. Butt Slut #2 hates it when I burp; Butt Slut #1 doesn&#8217;t care and simply says &#8220;burp&#8221; to acknowledge it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A pair of Christmas glasses with gold glitter and a snowman and a Christmas tree. READERS: If you ever see me wearing those things in public, you have permission to SHOOT ME DEAD on sight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A packet of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landolakes.com\/products\/cocoa\/hazelnut-and-chocolate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Land O&#8217; Lakes Classic Cocoa Mix, hazelnut &amp; chocolate flavor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/b448e70a158a8e13a39364d9bc2e3508\/national-strawberry-ice-cream-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Strawberry Ice Cream Day<\/a>. During the coldest part of the winter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grizzlies are still tied for the lead in the West after defeating Indiana last night. Technically, though, they&#8217;re second in the West because Denver holds the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='840' height='503' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DtiRJsGBhCQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/sports\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\/grizzlies-danny-green-return-memphis-tennessee-come-back-champion-acl-rehab-guard-grizz-901-when\/522-3a7b568a-8681-4991-a3bf-0abc622cd77e\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Green is getting closer to recovering from his injury<\/a>, participating in his first 5-on-5 practice with the Grizzlies this week. The 35-year-old is a 3-time NBA champion with a wealth of experience to offer. He&#8217;s been fitting in really well in the locker room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> today: 56\/no chance of rain today, 47 and rising\/10% chance of rain tonight. Oooh, for a white boy like me, that&#8217;s borderline shorts territory. Two problems though: The temp has to rise to 56 from a low around 30 last night. Also, we&#8217;ll be looking at winds in the 13-15 MPH range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nextdoor headline this morning: &#8220;Dog urine is ruining our pot and plant.&#8221; Man, if I smoked weed and had a dog and he pissed on it, he&#8217;d get a one-way ticket to Memphis Animal Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s now a location for the DNA meeting Tuesday, January 24 at 5:30 PM: The new event center at 111 Madison. I didn&#8217;t even know there was a new event center; right around the corner from me, guess I&#8217;ll have to go! Downtown news &amp; tips, Mud Island updates, safety updates, and a guest speaker still TBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I nailed all 5 specials at Bardog brunch yesterday, although Butt Slut #1 claimed I got one wrong because I had &#8220;Blackened snapper&#8221; on my blog and it read &#8220;Blackened red snapper&#8221; on the board. Whatever. Reminds me, though, of a famous story of Led Zeppelin ice fishing with a red-haired groupie. &#8220;Let&#8217;s see how your red snapper likes<em> this<\/em> red snapper.&#8221; No, really, they did that. Look it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, predictions for Bardog&#8217;s brunch specials today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Blackened RED snapper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strawberry or blueberry pancakes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lobster omelette<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chicken-N-Waffles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grilled pork chop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>SSDD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting my friend Randy there at 11. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blind Bear is trying something different at Sunday brunch today. They&#8217;re adding live music by Adam Levin starting at 1 PM. I don&#8217;t know who Adam Levin is but the Facebook event&#8217;s cover photo has him in front of a piano. And the Blind Bear has a piano. So there you go. 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