{"id":29414,"date":"2025-12-26T11:44:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29414"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:44:52","slug":"frupdate-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/26\/frupdate-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Frupdate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Earnestine &amp; Hazel\u2019s yesterday, I was told about a Christmas delight I\u2019d never before heard of: A Baltimore lemon stick. It\u2019s a thick (nickel diameter) stick of peppermint inserted inside half a lemon, then pulled out and sucked on. Anyone else heard of this holiday treat?<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies host the Milwaukee Bucks tonight at 7. Giveaway: City Edition scarf. TV: FanDuel Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/65faf93151b8f0cde0002d1cd8f8eaf1\/national-whiners-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Whiners Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Work for \u201cthe U Club\u201d: The University Club of Memphis seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ziprecruiter.com\/jobs\/a\/b?lk=XK9qy5fRcRkDKKRfwg8LHQ&amp;tsid=111000153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tennis pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mid-South Dueling Pianos <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/live-music-with-mid-south-dueling-pianos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provide the live music<\/a> at the Saucer tonight. 8-10.<\/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:\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>At Earnestine &amp; Hazel\u2019s yesterday, I was told about a Christmas delight I\u2019d never before heard of: A Baltimore lemon stick. It\u2019s a thick (nickel diameter) stick of peppermint inserted inside half a lemon, then pulled out and sucked on. Anyone else heard of this holiday treat? The Grizzlies host the Milwaukee Bucks tonight at &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/26\/frupdate-25\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Frupdate&#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\/29414"}],"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=29414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29416,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29414\/revisions\/29416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29414"}],"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! -->