{"id":28664,"date":"2025-05-21T08:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28664"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:47:02","slug":"wednesday-update-295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/21\/wednesday-update-295\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Union Mission has informed its clients that effective the second week of July, there will be no more free stays, with limited exceptions. From that point forward, the price will be $6 per night to stay there, charged from 9 AM to 7 PM, the entire time the cashier\u2018s window is open.<\/p>\n<p>Admission policy has changed over the past year and a half:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior to September 2024, it was free to get in between 9 AM and 2 PM, and six dollars per night from 2 PM to 7 PM.<\/li>\n<li>Since September 2024, it\u2019s been free to get in between 9 AM and 11 AM and six dollars per night from 1 PM to to 7 PM (the cashier\u2019s window is closed between 11 and 1).<\/li>\n<li>Starting in approximately November 2024, clients who have a guaranteed monthly income, such as Social Security or Social Security Disability, have had to pay six dollars a night regardless of the time they checked in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now everyone, with limited exceptions, is going to pay six dollars a night regardless of the time they check in.<\/p>\n<p>The limited exceptions are referred to by staff as \u201ctracks.\u201d For example, if you are in the Mission\u2019s drug and alcohol recovery program, you\u2019re on a track and not charged daily admission. If you\u2019re a veteran awaiting housing, that\u2019s considered another track. There are a total of 6 tracks.<\/p>\n<p>And now, on to the rest of the news\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Chess Club has added Exclamburgers to the menu. Get a single, double, or triple patty. They are messy and melty. They come with the chess club\u2019s secret sauce and a side of golden tots.<\/p>\n<p>The DM reports that councilman Jeff Warren wants to see more public bathrooms downtown. He complained in a meeting about people doing their business, including \u201cnumber two,\u201d in alleys.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/google-takes-aim-at-ai-firms-challenging-its-search-dominance-917633a0?mod=hp_lead_pos2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google is rolling out a new search feature.<\/a> It will answer questions with AI chatbot-like queries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/20\/arts\/television\/george-wendt-dead.htmlhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/20\/arts\/television\/george-wendt-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIP George Wendt.<\/a> (Norm from Cheers)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/whatnow.com\/memphis\/restaurants\/new-dive-bar-gussied-up-aims-to-bring-burgers-beers-and-community-to-downtown-memphis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a> on Gussied Up, the dive bar coming to The Edge.<\/p>\n<p>DJ A.D. and The Vibe Tribe headline this Thursday&#8217;s Peabody rooftop party.<\/p>\n<p>The Double D&#8217;s play Live at the Tracks at Central Station Thursday 6:30-9:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to the Grizzlies&#8217; Zach Edey and Jaylen Wells, who have been named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><em><strong>I gratefully accept tips:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span>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>The Union Mission has informed its clients that effective the second week of July, there will be no more free stays, with limited exceptions. From that point forward, the price will be $6 per night to stay there, charged from 9 AM to 7 PM, the entire time the cashier\u2018s window is open. Admission policy &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/21\/wednesday-update-295\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday 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\/28664"}],"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=28664"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28670,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28664\/revisions\/28670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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