{"id":29468,"date":"2026-01-08T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29468"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:00:15","slug":"thursday-update-371","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/thursday-update-371\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today would have been Elvis\u2019 91st birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like Momoya is no \u201cMo.\u201d I walked by there yesterday afternoon and workers were throwing &#8211; literally THROWING &#8211; furniture in the back of a big truck. Downtown will have to get by without a restaurant that serves upscale Asian fusion cuisine and a 10 pc hot wings with fries.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Made Brewing will host a <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/memphis-comedy-night-cold-brew\/26498972693036049\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis Comedy Night<\/a> 7:30-9:00 Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Today from 5\u20137 PM is the monthly Meet Your Neighbors Mixer at Cordelia\u2019s Market. Snacks, beers, mingling.<\/p>\n<p>Reader Q:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Have you seen The Ratter lately?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hey, hey, The Ratter! I haven\u2019t seen him, but one night when I stayed out recently, way off in the distance I heard MRAAWRAWWRRR and some squeaking. Got one!<\/p>\n<p>You can look for The Ratter yourself. He looks like the cat in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woman_yelling_at_a_cat?wprov=sfti1#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cwoman yelling at cat\u201d Internet meme<\/a>. He\u2019s most active right after sunset and before sunrise. The Main Street Mall between Exchange and Madison is his territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Brass Door is resurfacing the bar today and tomorrow and will reopen Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Fiesta Bowl: 10 Miami vs. 6 Ole Miss, CFP semifinal, is tonight. 6:30 on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a new Girl Scout Cookie flavor this year: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlscouts.org\/en\/cookies\/cookie-flavors\/exploremores-cookies.html?ck_subscriber_id=3201412392&amp;utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Buzzworthy%20legal%20news%20-%2020299579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exploremores.<\/a> Think rocky road.<\/p>\n<p>Soul &amp; Spirits Brewing will have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2067622583991059\/2067622590657725\/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a speed dating series<\/a> on consecutive Fridays later this month.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan. 16: boy\/girl<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 23: girl\/girl<\/li>\n<li>Jan. 30: boy\/boy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>Today would have been Elvis\u2019 91st birthday. Looks like Momoya is no \u201cMo.\u201d I walked by there yesterday afternoon and workers were throwing &#8211; literally THROWING &#8211; furniture in the back of a big truck. Downtown will have to get by without a restaurant that serves upscale Asian fusion cuisine and a 10 pc hot &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/thursday-update-371\/\" 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\/29468"}],"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=29468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29470,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29468\/revisions\/29470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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