{"id":26680,"date":"2023-05-29T08:21:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T13:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26680"},"modified":"2023-05-29T08:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T13:21:18","slug":"monday-update-210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/29\/monday-update-210\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I checked out and read my first e-books from the Memphis Public Libraries&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphislibrary.org\/ecollection\/\">online collection<\/a> yesterday: <em>A Brief History of Memphis<\/em> by G. Wayne Dowdy. A good read, and it was indeed brief: I finished it in a few hours. I could keep the book checked out for 21 days but returned it early in case someone else (maybe one of you?) wanted to read it.<\/p>\n<p>On this day in Memphis history: Bluesman Furry Lewis collapsed while performing at a gig at the Cotton Pickin&#8217; Music and Crafts Jubilee. Furry was 84 at the time and would live another four years. This tidbit came from another Dowdy book I checked out, <em>On This Day in Memphis History<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I also checked out a book on digital marketing so I could brush up in case a company where I applied for a job calls me for an interview this week.<\/p>\n<p>And, one more: I checked out <em>Ham on Rye<\/em> by Charles Bukowski. Normally I&#8217;m not big into fiction, but people have told me I&#8217;d like Bukowski&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Memorial Day! Today is also the day that is considered the anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/13a179ad0d7aafa043e664f015f80cf6\/end-of-the-middle-ages-day\">end of the Middle Ages<\/a>. On May 29, 1453, the Ottoman Empire captured the city of Constantinople, the capital and last stronghold of the Byzantines. The city is known in modern times as Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Three Memphis restaurants made AllTrails&#8217; list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelawaits.com\/2885496\/best-bbq-restaurants-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 14 best BBQ restaurants in the U.S.<\/a>: The Bar-B-Q Shop, Central BBQ, and the Rendezvous.<\/p>\n<p>The DM has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/metrospirit-of-memphis\/article\/36328\/discover-memphis-naturally-promotes-outdoor-yoga-pilates-reiki-zumba\">an article<\/a> about Discover Memphis Naturally, an organization that links folks up to local outdoor fitness classes and activities. I just gave them a follow on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturallyMEM\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/naturallymem\/\">Insta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The American Contract Bridge League, the nonprofit that sanctions the card game duplicate contract bridge, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/subscriber\/section\/suburbsnorth-mississippi\/article\/36392\/american-contract-bridge-league-new-executive-director-bronia-jenkins\">has a new executive director<\/a>. I don&#8217;t play bridge myself, but that Horn Lake-based organization is near and dear to my heart because I worked in the marketing and IT departments there from 2009 to 2018. The COVID pandemic caused their membership to decline because no one could safely play face-to-face bridge at a club or tournament for about a year. I hope they claw their way back with flying colors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/health\/reduced-mata-bus-rides-memorial-day-due-to-poor-air-quality\/article_378c9e8e-fe17-11ed-9c9a-f3624e021e1d.html\">All MATA rides are discounted to 25 cents today<\/a> due to poor air quality. I believe that includes trolleys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/sports\/memphis-penny-hardaway-kiyan-anthony-carmelo-anthony-son\/522-7fbad3c2-bd17-4452-ad2a-efc2c17a04fc\">There&#8217;s a chance Penny will land Carmelo Anthony&#8217;s son<\/a> Kiyan in the\u00a0 U of M men&#8217;s basketball incoming class of &#8217;25.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. 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I could keep the book checked out for 21 days but returned it early in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/29\/monday-update-210\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday update&#8221;<\/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\/26680"}],"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=26680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26682,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26680\/revisions\/26682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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