Yesterday morning, a friend bought me a 20 ounce bottle of Mountain Dew at the Exxon at Poplar and Danny Thomas. I happily drank it as I walked downtown.<\/p>\n
I finished it as I cut across a parking lot between Adams and Jefferson. I thought to myself, I could just throw the empty bottle down on the asphalt as most other homeless people would do. I see that kind of behavior most every day, especially on Sundays when a church hands out free wrapped breakfast sandwiches and cups of coffee.<\/p>\n
Then I thought that Mama may be looking down at me, and how disappointed she\u2019d be if she saw me throw that bottle on the ground.<\/p>\n
I carried the empty bottle another block and a half until I found a trash can in front of the Aloft Hotel.<\/p>\n
No matter how difficult my circumstances become, I refuse to become bitter and disconnected from the world.<\/p>\n
From Lifehacker: 8 apps you can use to get a ton of free stuff.<\/a> Some give you free food from places like McDonald\u2019s and Dunkin; some send you free samples; some reward you for things you\u2019re probably doing online already. Free food? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will sign up.<\/p>\n There will be a South Main Mixer sponsored by Old Dominick Tuesday, June 17 at 6 PM at Max\u2019s Sports Bar. $10 cocktails, giveaways, scavenger hunt.<\/p>\n There will be a special History of Memphis Beer tour<\/a> at Memphis Made Saturday. Reserve your spot.<\/p>\n Israel launched air strikes on Iran Friday morning.<\/a><\/p>\n Free country music series KIX on Beale returns Thursday<\/a>. The Neon Mooners will perform in Handy Park at 7 PM.<\/p>\n Jasper Float Spa presents Global Wellness Day<\/a> in River Garden Park Saturday. Health vendors, free, massages, activities for kids.<\/p>\n Big Cypress Lodge inside Bass Pro at the Pyramid is hiring for multiple positions<\/a>.<\/p>\n That\u2019s all I\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n I gratefully accept tips:<\/strong><\/em> Yesterday morning, a friend bought me a 20 ounce bottle of Mountain Dew at the Exxon at Poplar and Danny Thomas. I happily drank it as I walked downtown. I finished it as I cut across a parking lot between Adams and Jefferson. I thought to myself, I could just throw the empty bottle down … Continue reading “Friday 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\/28767"}],"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=28767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28770,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28767\/revisions\/28770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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