{"id":29435,"date":"2026-01-01T08:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29435"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:23:39","slug":"2026-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/01\/2026-update\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year and happy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/b221270fa264f4e8c68ac80dd4c43d2a\/national-bloody-mary-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Bloody Mary Day<\/a>! It&#8217;s time for the professionals to get out and about. Amateur Night is over! Also, we made it through the darkest and historically the second coldest month of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Hurricanes punched their ticket to the CFP semifinals last night with a 24-14 <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25345031-carson-beck-miami-upset-ohio-state-cfb-playoff-stun-fans-cotton-bowl-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upset<\/a> of Ohio State.<\/p>\n<p>WREG has <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/water-skiers-to-brave-mississippi-river-for-ski-freeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a look at today&#8217;s SkiFreeze<\/a> event.<\/p>\n<p>Where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghfestivalcity.com\/inspiration\/523-facts-about-hogmanay?ck_subscriber_id=3201412392&amp;utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Try%20this%20practice%20before%20making%20resolutions%20-%2020228316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hogmanay<\/a> parties at??? Someone work on this for 2027 please!<\/p>\n<p>U.S. quarters, dimes, and nickels minted in 2026 will have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2025\/12\/12\/us-mint-2026-coins-america-250th-anniversary\/87732886007\/?ck_subscriber_id=3201412392&amp;utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Try%20this%20practice%20before%20making%20resolutions%20-%2020228316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special design<\/a> commemorating our nation&#8217;s 250th birthday.<\/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>Happy New Year and happy National Bloody Mary Day! It&#8217;s time for the professionals to get out and about. Amateur Night is over! Also, we made it through the darkest and historically the second coldest month of the year. The Miami Hurricanes punched their ticket to the CFP semifinals last night with a 24-14 upset &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/01\/2026-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2026 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\/29435"}],"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=29435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29437,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29435\/revisions\/29437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29435"}],"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! -->