{"id":29128,"date":"2025-10-02T12:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29128"},"modified":"2025-10-02T12:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:19:19","slug":"thursday-update-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/02\/thursday-update-360\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know it\u2019s October in downtown Memphis when one of these shows up on Monroe Avenue. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can win this 2003 Cadillac DeVille funeral hearse at Bardog’s Halloween party on Friday, October 31, but you can go ahead and buy raffle tickets now. 1 for $2, 3 for $5.<\/p>\n

Even if you don’t want a hearse, you should still plan to attend the party to get your share of $350 in costume contest prizes.<\/p>\n

And in fact, even if you don’t want a hearse, you should buy raffle tickets because they always offer the option of taking the cash value of the hearse. Last year I think it was $1000.<\/p>\n

… And yes, I have the model name of the hearse right. DeVille. Cadillac didn’t re-badge its full-size car DTS until 2005.<\/p>\n

… DTS stands for “DeVille Touring Sedan.” Would the 2005 version of this vehicle be a DTH, then?<\/p>\n

… And if that 2005 version of that car had Four-Wheel Drive, could you say it was DTF?<\/p>\n

… F it, let’s get on to the rest of the news…<\/p>\n

The metal museum seeks a marketing manager<\/a> and a director of finance and HR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The CA has a look in photos<\/a> at Memphis restaurants that have appeared on the Food Network.<\/p>\n

Movie night! Catch a screening of The Wild Robot<\/em> for free 5:30-7:30 this Saturday at Mud Island River Park. There will be free frozen treats while supplies last.<\/p>\n

The Monster Market<\/a> returns Oct. 10-16 to The Medicine Factory, 81 W. Virginia. “Weird art and hand-picked oddities, strange apparel, and bizarre home decor sourced from makers of all kinds.”<\/p>\n

From Action News 5: Memphis Tourism reacts<\/a> to the closure of Downtown’s Doubletree Hotel. The restaurant King & Union Bar Grocery is closing too.<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday of this week, AOL dial-up Internet is no more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have no first-hand account of what the Safe Memphis Task Force did on Downtown’s streets last night. I was too tired to stay out. I checked in at the Memphis Union Mission and got 11 hours sleep, a shower, and clean clothes. For dinner they fed us chicken & rice, green beans, baked potatoes, bread, and mini-cupcakes.<\/p>\n

Back tomorrow with a Frupdate.<\/p>\n

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