{"id":27689,"date":"2024-03-16T10:27:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27689"},"modified":"2024-03-16T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T15:27:11","slug":"saturday-update-272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/16\/saturday-update-272\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mississippi State 73, Tennessee 56. LOVE IT!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Has anyone been to the Makeda\u2019s Cookies location at 301 Jefferson? I know it\u2019s more of a warehouse, but do they sell individual cookies like the Airways location? It\u2019s on my walking route and I\u2019d love to support a great local business.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/a8bdcabfbe434d7b4642fbc301096a06\/national-corndog-day\">National Corn Dog Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s Wrestling Night at the Grizzlies as they play Oklahoma City at 7. Free luchador mask to the first 5000 fans. TV: Bally Sports. Desmond Bane is expected to return tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc Gasol\u2019s number 33 will be retired following the Saturday, April 6 home game vs. the Philadelphia 76ers with the following happening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The first 5000 fans get a commemorative vinyl record honoring Gasol <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Pre-game plaza party<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; In-game music by DJ Paul, 8-Ball &amp; MJG, and Al Kapone <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Gasol and Core 4 shirts in the team store starting April 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilovememphisblog.com\/tattoo-festival-2024\">The  Memphis Tattoo Festival <\/a> will be held at the Renasant Convention Center April 5-7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From The Takeout: <a href=\"https:\/\/thetakeout.com\/best-worst-peeps-new-flavors-easter-spring-2024-review-1851303264?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com\">Every new Peeps flavor in 2024, ranked<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mighty Lights on the river bridges will glow green tonight and Sunday to celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MBJ reports that a planned conversion of the Raymond James building into apartments is now off, and that the owners are open to selling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sabor Caribe has specials this weekend: green tea shots, emerald green tea, Paddy\u2019s sours, Irish mules, shamrock margaritas, and wines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/amp\/shows\/smackdown\/2024-03-15\/article\/results\">recap<\/a> of last night\u2019s WWE Smackdown from FedExForum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox 13 Memphis reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/expect-to-see-more-mpd-officers-in-downtown-memphis-in-the-near-future\/article_c2053ed6-e2dc-11ee-b4ca-bf78de5fa8e2.html\">you can expect to see more MPD officers Downtown <\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sheraton seeks an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/m\/viewjob?jk=022341d98c69d704&#038;from=jaf&#038;alid=647a23a13cd25d21cb940017&#038;tk=1hp1kti2slnhc801&#038;xpse=SoCc67I3DjyBKAy2D50LbzkdCdPP&#038;utm_campaign=job_alerts&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=jobseeker_emails&#038;rgtk=1hp1kti2slnhc801&#038;xkcb=SoDQ67M3DhkZ5uAJsD0LbzkdCdPP\">associate director of events <\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s an opening for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/m\/viewjob?jk=961a1381bc84ff48&#038;from=jaf&#038;alid=647a23a13cd25d21cb940017&#038;tk=1hp1kti2slnhc801&#038;xpse=SoCE67I3DjyV_HQYjR0LbzkdCdPP&#038;utm_campaign=job_alerts&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=jobseeker_emails&#038;rgtk=1hp1kti2slnhc801&#038;xkcb=SoAj67M3DhkZ5pAJsD0LbzkdCdPP\">college basketball scout<\/a> in Memphis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still working on my \u201cwhat living in a homeless shelter is like\u201d article which will be my return to professional writing platform Medium. This has the potential to be one of the strongest articles I\u2019ve ever written. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of homeless shelters, I took a shower in a handicapped stall at the Union Mission yesterday. The shower head was only four and a half feet high. That took some figuring out. Better than no shower at all, I guess. I\u2019m grateful for being in a facility that offers them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gonna go enjoy a few hours with friends. Probably back tomorrow with another post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Readers\u2019 generosity helps keep this blog afloat. Donations:<\/strong><br \/>Venmo: @Paul-Ryburn<br \/>Cash App: $Paulryburn1<br \/>Apple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apologies for typos, doing this from my phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi State 73, Tennessee 56. LOVE IT!!! Has anyone been to the Makeda\u2019s Cookies location at 301 Jefferson? I know it\u2019s more of a warehouse, but do they sell individual cookies like the Airways location? It\u2019s on my walking route and I\u2019d love to support a great local business. Today is National Corn Dog Day. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/16\/saturday-update-272\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saturday 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\/27689"}],"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=27689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27690,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27689\/revisions\/27690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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