This began as a Wednesday post but I didn\u2019t have time to finish it and hit Publish. The Cossitt Library was unexpectedly closed (power outage) and a thunderstorm was threatening to move through any minute, forcing me to hightail it back to the Union Mission for cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You wanna know what the hardest part of staying at the Memphis Union Mission is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me, it\u2019s walking past the Wendy\u2019s at Danny Thomas and Washington and seeing they have the Triple Berry Frosty for a limited time and not stopping in to get one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Really, though, the desserts served in the Mission dining room with dinner are not bad at all. Some recent examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m going to get one of those Frostys before summer ends, though. Maybe this Sunday\u2026. And now, on to the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ja Morant\u2019s second signature sneaker<\/a> will be out in October, just in time for the NBA regular season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s an emergency need<\/a> for Type O blood right now. Make an appointment at Vitalant <\/a>to donate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 22 arrests<\/a> in MPD\u2019s \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d traffic crackdown last week. The effort focused on the intersection of B.B. King and Gayoso. Charges included DUI, disorderly conduct, and possession of a stolen gun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Today (which was Wednesday when I typed this) is National Hot Dog Day<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Leadership Memphis seeks a President and CEO<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s what I got done before the thunderstorm. And now, here\u2019s the rest of the Wednesday news and the Thursday news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n CodeCrew seeks a Director of Development<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ingrid Andress has announced she\u2019s going into rehab<\/a> after singing the national anthem drunk at Major League Baseball\u2019s Home Run Derby. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Downtown Sheraton Hotel is hiring an Assistant Director of Finance<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ars Technica explores why major earthquakes occur<\/a> in the middle of the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s it for today\u2026 and yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips! <\/em> This began as a Wednesday post but I didn\u2019t have time to finish it and hit Publish. The Cossitt Library was unexpectedly closed (power outage) and a thunderstorm was threatening to move through any minute, forcing me to hightail it back to the Union Mission for cover. \u2014\u2014- You wanna know what the hardest part … Continue reading “Wednesday\/Thursday 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\/28054"}],"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=28054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28055,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28054\/revisions\/28055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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