{"id":29393,"date":"2025-12-18T11:36:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29393"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:36:16","slug":"thursday-update-370","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/18\/thursday-update-370\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a slow news day, so let&#8217;s have a look at the Gasparilla Bowl in which the Memphis Tigers play tomorrow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Founded 2008<\/li>\n<li>Originally the St. Petersburg Bowl<\/li>\n<li>Renamed in 2017 for <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Gaspar\">Jos\u00e9 Gaspar<\/a>, a Tampa-area pirate<\/li>\n<li>Memphis Tigers (8-4) vs. NC State Wolfpack (7-5)<\/li>\n<li>Friday, Dec. 19, 1:30 PM Central, TV: ESPN<\/li>\n<li>Memphis a 53.7% ESPN FPI favorite to win; but currently +160 at the sports books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gasparillabowl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gasparilla_Bowl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Breaking news this morning: Memphis International Airport will be renamed after FedEx founder Fred Smith, who died in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>AutoZone is looking for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/jobs\/view\/4344234724\/?trk=eml-email_job_alert_digest_01-primary_job_list-0-jobcard_body_1735255419&amp;refId=0GeUiBwamEx%2FPCUaOiaNqQ%3D%3D&amp;trackingId=%2BesxvJ%2BVKziYqm6hT4h%2BsQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creative content editor and designer<\/a> specializing in photography and videography. Part-time\/freelance.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/things-to-do\/memphis-tennessee\/places\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlas Obscura&#8217;s list of places to visit in Memphis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Xbox Bowl (Missouri State vs. Arkansas State) is today. I wonder if every player gets a complimentary Xbox?<\/p>\n<p>Edible Memphis has published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ediblememphis.com\/shop-local-holiday-guide-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shop local holiday guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back tomorrow with a Frupdate.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><em><strong>I gratefully accept tips:\u00a0<\/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>It&#8217;s a slow news day, so let&#8217;s have a look at the Gasparilla Bowl in which the Memphis Tigers play tomorrow. Founded 2008 Originally the St. Petersburg Bowl Renamed in 2017 for Jos\u00e9 Gaspar, a Tampa-area pirate Memphis Tigers (8-4) vs. NC State Wolfpack (7-5) Friday, Dec. 19, 1:30 PM Central, TV: ESPN Memphis a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/18\/thursday-update-370\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday 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\/29393"}],"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=29393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29395,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29393\/revisions\/29395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->