I’ve been on a psychic spree lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shortly after I woke up yesterday, The Sundance Kid came to mind. That’s a movie character from old black & white Westerns – Butch Cassidy’s sidekick. I’ve never actually seen one of his movies. My grandmother told me about them. So The Sundance Kid probably last popped into my mind 35 years ago. I found it strange that he did yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got dressed and went to Bardog, as I often do on holidays. Allie Cat had the Game Show Network on. It was a show where if you beat the other contestants, you go heads-up against trivia guru Ken Jennings for big money. Guess what the answer to one of the trivia questions was?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sundance Kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freaky, man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast-forward to about 10 last night. I was parked on a stool at Blind Bear, about one-third of my PBR can left, getting ready to order another. Just for shits & giggles I decided to check the radar on my phone. “Let’s see if i’m gonna get pelted with a few drops of rain on the way home.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nope. Not a few drops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A line of torrential rain was about 10 minutes west of Downtown. “CHICO. TAB. NOW!” I said. I apologized to Chico for barking at him and explained the situation. He understood. I hoofed it home as fast as I can, texted the butt sluts that I made it safely, and crawled under the covers. As I did I heard heavy rain hit my window. Made it. Thank goodness for intuition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since I mentioned Chico… let’s do a list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DOWNTOWN BARTENDERS WHO HAVE SERVED ME THE LONGEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All right… let’s get on to the news…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Grizzlies, on a 10-game winning streak, have risen to #3 in the NBA Power Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have a few more days. Go vote<\/a> for Ja, Jaren, and Des for the NBA All-Star Game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know that Ja leads the NBA in dunks among guards? He now has dunks against every other NBA team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Missed the Earl Young Sports Legacy Symposium that preceded the Grizzlies game yesterday? Watch it here.<\/a> NOTE: Fast-forward to 2:50 to get past the title graphic<\/p>\n\n\n\n Congrats to Keun “KD” Anderson, the Big Guy, who has been appointed Executive Chef at Loflin Yard. He plans to make the place a culinary destination as much as it is a spot to hang out and drink in the open air. (hat tip to Edible Memphis<\/a> for the info)<\/p>\n\n\n\n There will be a Gene Bartow bobblehead giveaway Thursday to the first 1000 fans at FedExForum when Penny’s Memphis Tigers host Wichita State. Tip time is 6 PM. TV will be ESPNU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stand-up comic Wanda Sykes<\/a> comes to the Orpheum Friday. Tickets are $39.50-$89.50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exciting news! The Portable Sanitation Association Convention & Trade Show<\/a> comes to Downtown Memphis January 31-February 3. That’ll surely be a fun group of people to hang out with in the evening after their presentations are over. I can’t wait to hear about the latest advances in urinal cakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today is Judgment Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus has been charged with kidnapping.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Action News 5 has coverage of the MLK Day parade<\/a>, which returned Downtown yesterday after a pandemic break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Strong storms are possible tomorrow.<\/a> Forecast radar indicates 5 PM may be the hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Star & Micey<\/a> play Loflin Yard Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SugaShack at 392 Beale has Blues in the Basement<\/a> this Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blind Mississippi Morris<\/a> plays Blues City Cafe Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Broom Closet will host a Revive. Renew. Thrive. group hypnosis session<\/a> Saturday from 2 to 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Butt Slut #1 just joined me at the Monroe Avenue Branch Office. I did the impossible last night. I made her so mad that she blocked my texts for a few hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember, Sunday night I referenced one of her body parts (a part I don’t have) in the most lewd language possible, shocking our friends sitting with us. Did she block me for that? No. She shrugged it off and said, “That’s just the way Paul and I talk to each other.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Monday night I did something far worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I texted her “Go Bucs!” as they kicked off against her Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That got me blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Okay. The Showcase Showdown is about to come on, so I’m gonna hit Publish. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been on a psychic spree lately. Shortly after I woke up yesterday, The Sundance Kid came to mind. That’s a movie character from old black & white Westerns – Butch Cassidy’s sidekick. I’ve never actually seen one of his movies. My grandmother told me about them. So The Sundance Kid probably last popped into … Continue reading “Tuesday update”<\/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\/26346"}],"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=26346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26347,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26346\/revisions\/26347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}