{"id":28997,"date":"2025-08-25T12:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28997"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:19:51","slug":"monday-update-275","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/25\/monday-update-275\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I need to start off this post with some IMPORTANT PBR NEWS. If you tried to order the best beverage in the world, Pabst Blue Ribbon, at a Memphis-area bar this past weekend, you were probably told they were out. <strong>This is an issue at the distributor level\u00a0<\/strong>and not a matter of bars failing to order enough PBR. So, please, cut &#8217;em some slack.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m told PBR will make its return Tuesday, although I don&#8217;t know what time.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at this coming weekend&#8217;s college football games of interest to Memphians and readers of this blog.<\/p>\n<p>Friday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auburn at Baylor, 7 PM, FOX<\/li>\n<li>Georgia Tech at Colorado, 7 PM, ESPN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Texas at 3 Ohio State, 11 AM, FOX<\/li>\n<li>Syracuse at 24 Tennessee, 11 AM, ABC<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi State at Southern Miss, 11 AM, ESPN<\/li>\n<li>8 Alabama at Florida State, 2:30 PM, ABC<\/li>\n<li>Alabama A&amp;M at Arkansas, 3:15 PM, SEC Network<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chattanooga at Memphis, 3:30 PM, ESPN+<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>SE Missouri State at Arkansas State, 6 PM, ESPN+<\/li>\n<li>9 LSU at 4 Clemson, 6:30 PM, ABC<\/li>\n<li>Georgia State at 21 Ole Miss, 6:45 PM, SEC Network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 Notre Dame at 10 Miami, 6:30 PM, ABC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TCU at North Carolina, 7 PM, ESPN. Bill Belichick&#8217;s college coaching debut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Loflin Yard will host a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1096449672084788\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A1855757982014188%7D%7D]%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vols watch party<\/a> at 11 on Saturday. Game on big screen TVs with sound, brunch menu, family-friendly. Now, readers, please don&#8217;t hate on Loflin for this &#8211; they&#8217;re providing a valuable service. They&#8217;re providing a space for those orange-and-white gingham-wearing ass-clown UT fans to gather so they don&#8217;t crap up the rest of Downtown&#8217;s bars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0035.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28702\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0035.jpeg?resize=500%2C459\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0035.jpeg?resize=500%2C459 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0035.jpeg?resize=300%2C275 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0035.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1101 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0035.jpeg?w=1534 1534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is Motorist Consideration Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/fab3ddad47395f0ffc0788cbe66e0b24\/motorist-consideration-monday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Checkiday:<\/a> &#8220;Motorist Consideration Monday is dedicated to being considerate, patient, and courteous while traveling, no matter what one&#8217;s mode of transportation is\u2014whether it be by car, bike, public transportation, or even by walking.&#8221; This holiday is not observed in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheum-memphis.com\/events\/ladies-r-b-kickback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ladies R&amp;B Kickback<\/a> comes to the Orpheum Friday. $63.45-$207.65.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encanto<\/em> is the free movie this week at Slider Inn Downtown 7:30 PM Wednesday, part of the Downtown Neighborhood Association&#8217;s summer movie series. Show your DNA membership card for 20 percent off food.<\/p>\n<p>Alley Dayz returns to Barboro Alley at Main this Wednesday 5:30-7:30 PM. Live music, local vendors, discounts at local neighborhood hotspots. 50 people will receive tickets for a free drink from Belle Tavern &#8211; look for the DMC staff in blue shirts handing these out.<\/p>\n<p>Back tomorrow with more news.<\/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>I need to start off this post with some IMPORTANT PBR NEWS. If you tried to order the best beverage in the world, Pabst Blue Ribbon, at a Memphis-area bar this past weekend, you were probably told they were out. This is an issue at the distributor level\u00a0and not a matter of bars failing to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/25\/monday-update-275\/\" 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\/28997"}],"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=28997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29006,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28997\/revisions\/29006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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