{"id":28233,"date":"2024-10-26T10:39:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28233"},"modified":"2024-10-26T10:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:39:33","slug":"saturday-update-286","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/26\/saturday-update-286\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphiscomicexpo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis Comic Expo<\/a> is at the Renasant Convention Center today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jimmy-johns-reveals-picklewich-sandwich-with-giant-pickle-instead-of-bread-review-8732148?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Picklewich<\/a>, a sandwich with giant pickle slices in the place of bread, rolls out at Jimmy John\u2019s stores nationwide on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">The Grizzlies host the Orlando Magic tonight at 7:00. The first 10,000 fans will receive a Grizzlies Classic Edition Reversible Bucket Hat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/alley-ween-alley-dayz-finale\/1092407165923420\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The final Downtown Memphis Commission Alley Dayz party<\/a> of the season will be in The Edge at Ugly Art Co., 635 Madison, Wednesday starting at 5:30 PM. Dress up in costume for Alley Ween.<\/p>\n<p>I kinda want this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fyupthatexists%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0356sSa3NRTDGionGxY1VTDxn4j2uymJ4sE9yxSGFdxTMCyAEY4rxg5Judy7xB31scl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">The I-55 bridge is <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/i-55-bridge-to-close-for-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed<\/a> for construction for a few days beginning today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/dad0236bc805751e57b8ba9d28713391\/hug-a-sheep-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hug a Sheep Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/f0febf67a57bd4fc65e808b480ff2213\/texas-chicken-fried-steak-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day<\/a>. Because everything&#8217;s bigger in Texas, except the number of wins by the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Community Alliance for the Homeless seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/community-alliance-for-the-homeless-inc-memphis-tn-80-chief-executive-officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/moulin-rouge-the-musical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moulin Rouge, the Musical<\/a> is at the Orpheum next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannoncenter.com\/events\/cannon-center\/collage-dance-collectives-firebird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collage Dance Collective&#8217;s Firebird<\/a> is at the Cannon Center this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time since 1988, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/25\/nx-s1-5165353\/washington-post-presidential-endorsement-trump-harris?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Washington Post has elected not to endorse a presidential candidate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco&#8217;s light rail system <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2024\/10\/212-million-contract-will-finally-get-san-francisco-trains-off-floppy-disks\/?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">still depends on floppy disks<\/a> to operate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2024\/10\/25\/laid-off-mata-trolley-operators-return-bus-drivers-goal-is-return-them-former-roles-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MATA&#8217;s laid-off trolley drivers have returned as bus drivers<\/a>, but the goal is to get them back in their trolleys in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all. Back when I can be.<\/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>Memphis Comic Expo is at the Renasant Convention Center today and tomorrow. The Picklewich, a sandwich with giant pickle slices in the place of bread, rolls out at Jimmy John\u2019s stores nationwide on Monday. The Grizzlies host the Orlando Magic tonight at 7:00. The first 10,000 fans will receive a Grizzlies Classic Edition Reversible Bucket &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/26\/saturday-update-286\/\" 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\/28233"}],"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=28233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28235,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28233\/revisions\/28235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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