{"id":2651,"date":"2008-10-12T11:05:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T16:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2008-10-12T11:05:18","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T16:05:18","slug":"2651","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/12\/2651\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The South Main Association meeting is Tuesday at Safari Tapas, on South Main just south of Huling.\u00a0 Lynn Sitler, Memphis Film and Television Commissioner, will speak about Memphis’ role in the movie industry.\u00a0 Leslie Gower from the CCC and Fran Carpenter, Chair of the Memphis Holiday Parade, will talk about holiday plans for Downtown.\u00a0 Marcy Siebert will talk about the SMA Food Drive to fill the Memphis Food Bank for Thanksgiving, culminating in a packing party on November 15.\u00a0 Complimentary food and beverages.\u00a0 Free for members, $5 for non-members.\u00a0 ATTN TRIVIA TEAM:\u00a0 I’m going to attend this one, because I’ve never been in Safari and want to see the place.\u00a0 So I won’t make it to trivia until about 8:00.<\/p>\n

The third presidential debate is Wednesday night at 8:00.\u00a0 I know a lot of people plan on attending the mini-Goner Fest in Barboro Alley that evening, with Jack Oblivian, The Limes, and a couple of other bands; if you want a place nearby to watch the presidential debate afterward, the Flying Saucer has had the last two on their big screen, with sound, and I believe they’ll have the third debate on too.\u00a0 It’s Woodchuck Cider “Buy the Beer, Keep the Glass” night, so if you’ve always dreamed of owning a glass with a large brown rodent on it, you can get one while you watch the debate.<\/p>\n

Also – two good bands at the Saucer this week:\u00a0 The Dempseys (Thursday, October 16) and Funk de Ville (Saturday, October 18).\u00a0 Both start at 9:30.<\/p>\n

A member of my trivia team visited Denver recently and e-mailed me this picture.\u00a0 These meters are all over the streets of Downtown Denver:<\/p>\n

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Why can’t we get something like this all over Downtown Memphis?\u00a0 Actually, we do have meters that take donations to help the homeless, but there are only like 3 of them, and they’re in obscure locations – I believe there’s one at Main and Jefferson, and one at the convention center, and one by Westy’s.\u00a0 Plus, the ones we have look terrible – they’re not eye-catching and just look like ordinary parking meters.\u00a0 Denver’s meters stand out and grab attention.\u00a0 If we had these all over Downtown – I’m thinking especially on Peabody Place, Second, Main, and the part of Beale that is open to traffic – it would be a LOT harder for professional panhandlers to operate, and we’d get a lot more money to distribute to legitimate organizations that help the homeless.<\/p>\n

Attn Mid-South Peace and Justice Center:\u00a0 If you want to do something constructive to help the homeless, why don’t you campaign for these meters to be installed?<\/p>\n

Plans for today:\u00a0 I’ve finally got past a blocking point for a major new website I’m about to roll out.\u00a0 So I’m going to work on it all day.\u00a0 Most likely I’ll take the laptop to Bardog (they open at noon).\u00a0 As far as I know they don’t provide Wi-Fi, but in that area I’m guessing someone has an open wireless network I can MoochNet from.\u00a0 If I can get a few more things done on the site, I’ll announce its launch today.\u00a0 In any case, I’ll probably find something else to post about later this afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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