{"id":29509,"date":"2026-01-21T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29509"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:28:35","slug":"wednesday-update-324","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/21\/wednesday-update-324\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis Chess Club took down its Christmas tree yesterday, for those of you wondering when or if that was going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. Celebrate in Court Square, or \u201cSquirrel Park\u201d as it\u2019s informally known. Maybe stop by Walgreens and buy them a pack of peanuts or trail mix.<\/p>\n<p>Slider Inn wants you to know that if it does indeed snow this weekend, they\u2019ll be ready for you with the following specials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$5 Whiskey Wednesday prices<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 price chili dogs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 price chili bowls<\/li>\n<li>$3 Fireball if you show up in your PJs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Slider Inn&#8217;s sibling restaurant Momma&#8217;s will have snow-contingent specials as well:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$6 Jameson green teas<\/li>\n<li>$6 Whiskey Wednesday prices<\/li>\n<li>$10 grilled cheese and chili combo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The city has revealed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/local\/city-of-memphis-snow-ice-plan\/522-e1964467-35ac-4214-b3af-c548eec224a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snow and ice plan<\/a> it will implement this weekend if needed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/weather\/memphis-road-treatment-plan-for-winter-storm-january-2026\/522-22ea055d-d97d-4b07-b214-a5ec2ba140ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Map<\/a> of roads that will be treated<\/p>\n<p>Penny\u2019s Memphis Tigers are in Tulsa for a 7 PM game. TV: ESPN+<\/p>\n<p>No soup for you: <a href=\"https:\/\/champagnevideo.bigcartel.com\/no-soup-for-you-project?utm_campaign=olympic-scandal-adaptation-wars-and-the-seed-oil-debate&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=www.1-b-e-t-t-e-r.com&amp;_bhlid=84b05a52a5341944caaa5d8eb9ffbfe8c5778c1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recipes<\/a> for the <em>Seinfeld<\/em> Soup Nazi&#8217;s soups<\/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>Memphis Chess Club took down its Christmas tree yesterday, for those of you wondering when or if that was going to happen. Today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. Celebrate in Court Square, or \u201cSquirrel Park\u201d as it\u2019s informally known. Maybe stop by Walgreens and buy them a pack of peanuts or trail mix. Slider Inn wants &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/21\/wednesday-update-324\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday 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\/29509"}],"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=29509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29511,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29509\/revisions\/29511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29509"}],"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! -->