{"id":28139,"date":"2024-08-19T11:46:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28139"},"modified":"2024-08-19T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:46:54","slug":"monday-update-249","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/19\/monday-update-249\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MATA announced yesterday that they are <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/mata-suspending-trolley-service-streamlining-staffing-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspending<\/a> trolley service indefinitely. The reason is said to be an issue with the brake lines that would be a very costly fix. They recommend the <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/explore\/groove-on-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Groove on Demand<\/a> rideshare service as an alternate. It costs about the same as the trolley and covers all of Downtown Memphis as well as surrounding neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/sports\/matsuyama-survives-late-collapse-to-clinch-fsjc-championship\/522-41be4127-d73c-4c73-b099-d1ea2ab4c4a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hideki Matsuyama won the FedEx-St. Jude golf tournament<\/a> held in Memphis this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Today is International <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/b9ff5064fdd93a57a3b5c28fb44235c2\/international-talk-like-jar-jar-binks-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>College football kicks off Week 0 this Saturday with four relatively inconsequential games. In the biggest of those games, Georgia Tech takes on 10 Florida State in Dublin, Ireland (11 AM, ESPN).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s now a Facebook event listing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/grand-opening-of-the-all-new-g\/1709029143263761\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grand opening<\/a> of the all-new Ghost River taproom September 13-15. Brand new menu, and of course Ghost River is still kid- and dog-friendly. Live music on the new large stage.<\/p>\n<p>Hot N Heavy Dogs will be back where it all started, the corner of Union and Main, Tuesday from 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Drive-by pickups can be arranged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/496495216369336\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_local_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soulin\u2019 on the River<\/a> featuring Deonna Sirod happens Friday evening at Fourth Bluff Park.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first day of the Democrats\u2019 national convention. We\u2019ll get to see if \u00a0Hillary Clinton rocks the lavender pantsuit as she speaks tonight. Also tonight: President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Some bad news for the Dems, though, as they start their big week: Arizona has flipped back to red in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/maps\/president\/2024\/no-toss-up\/electoral-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the RealClearPolitics averages (no toss-up states)<\/a>. That widens the Trumpster\u2019s projected electoral lead to 287-251.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019ll do it for now. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips!\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>Venmo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a>\u00a0(8113 if it asks for digits)<br \/>\nCash App: $PaulRyburn1<br \/>\nZelle: paul@paulryburn.com<br \/>\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATA announced yesterday that they are suspending trolley service indefinitely. The reason is said to be an issue with the brake lines that would be a very costly fix. They recommend the Groove on Demand rideshare service as an alternate. It costs about the same as the trolley and covers all of Downtown Memphis as &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/19\/monday-update-249\/\" 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\/28139"}],"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=28139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28140,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28139\/revisions\/28140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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