{"id":27578,"date":"2024-02-15T08:42:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27578"},"modified":"2024-02-15T08:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:42:57","slug":"thursday-update-296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/15\/thursday-update-296\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PBR &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/fedexforum.com\/events\/pbr-memphis-230217\">Professional Bull Riders<\/a> &#8211; comes to FedExForum this Saturday. In PBR, not only are the riders rated, but the bulls are too.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/998db2e7f10a48bd62ca0a992caf5bf1\/national-hippo-day\">National Hippo Day<\/a>. Do you have a stuffed hippo named after you? I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1286.jpg?resize=486%2C500\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27577\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1286.jpg?resize=486%2C500 486w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1286.jpg?resize=292%2C300 292w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1286.jpg?resize=1493%2C1536 1493w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1286.jpg?resize=1200%2C1235 1200w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1286.jpg?w=1944 1944w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1286.jpg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 85vw, 486px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>StyleBlueprint has a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/styleblueprint.com\/memphis\/everyday\/best-soup-in-memphis\/\">10 soul-soothing soups<\/a> to try in Memphis. Downtown restaurants Bishop, Good Fortune Co., Slider Inn, Ben Yay\u2019s, RawGirls, Flame Ramen, and The Nine Thai Sushi (closed until March) each had a soup on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grizzlies host the Milwaukee Bucks tonight at 7:30. The first 5900 fans get a 2024 Player Pet Calendar. Tv: TNT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last night the Grizzlies defeated Dillon Brooks and the Houston Rockets, improving Memphis\u2019 playoff chance to 0.002. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nannylane.com\/en-us\/family-listing\/the-akin-family-a0587a25\">part-time nanny job<\/a> open Downtown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheum-memphis.com\/all-events\/performance\/concerts\/memphis-songwriters-series-february-2024\/\">Memphis Songwriters Series returns <\/a>to the Halloran Centre tonight. $10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Momma\u2019s has live music by Hillbilly Mojo tonight. No cover. Ladies get 20 percent off 7-10 pm. $8 Dive Tais, Highway Haulers, and Express-O Martinis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/william-bill-post-inventor-pop-tarts-dies-96-rcna138784?utm_campaign=mb&#038;utm_medium=newsletter&#038;utm_source=morning_brew\">The inventor of Pop-Tarts has died  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slider Inn Downtown has team trivia tonight at 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CA has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/02\/15\/memphis-riverbeat-music-festival-lineup-2024-performer-gueses\/72599913007\/\">guesses<\/a> who will play the new music festival on the river in May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students and teachers get 20% off at both Aldo\u2019s Pizza Pies locations with valid ID on Thursdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it. Back tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Readers\u2019 generosity helps keep this blog afloat. Donations:<\/strong><br \/>Venmo: @Paul-Ryburn<br \/>Apple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apologies for typos, doing this on my phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBR &#8211; Professional Bull Riders &#8211; comes to FedExForum this Saturday. In PBR, not only are the riders rated, but the bulls are too. Today is National Hippo Day. Do you have a stuffed hippo named after you? I do. StyleBlueprint has a list of 10 soul-soothing soups to try in Memphis. Downtown restaurants Bishop, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/15\/thursday-update-296\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday 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\/27578"}],"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=27578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27579,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27578\/revisions\/27579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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