Shepard (1923-1998) was not only the first U.S. astronaut in space, but he’s also the patron saint of misspelled pie.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll open with an easy way to brighten the lives of the homeless, based on my past 4 months\u2019 experience staying at Room in the Inn<\/a> churches:<\/p>\n A surprising number of homeless people love a good Arnold Palmer.<\/p>\n No, not the deceased golfer. Rather, the drink named after him. Half iced tea and half lemonade. They find it refreshing on a hot summer day, but they\u2019ll drink it in the winter too.<\/p>\n Another random fact I learned yesterday: Mercedes makes tennis shoes<\/a>, or at least licenses its logo to be used on tennis shoes. I discovered this in Union Mission chapel last night.<\/p>\n Penny Hardaway will be back next season<\/a> as the Memphis Tigers head coach, but three of his assistants and the team’s strength coach won’t be with him.<\/p>\n The immersive Baron Von Opperbean exhibit on Mud Island is now looking at an opening date<\/a> of May 1.<\/p>\n Check out the Orpheum’s 2026-27 Broadway season lineup<\/a>.<\/p>\n Slider Inn Downtown is hosting a South Main neighborhood mixer<\/a> tonight starting at 5:30. 2-for-1 margaritas.<\/p>\n The Peaky Grinder is the burger of the week at Momma’s – Angus beef topped with Canadian bacon, sharp white cheddar, lettuce, tomato, and Guinness mayo.<\/p>\n Cordelia’s 11-2 hot lunch specials this week:<\/p>\n New Edition<\/a> with Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton play FedExForum Thursday.<\/p>\n Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n I gratefully accept tips:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> Shepard (1923-1998) was not only the first U.S. astronaut in space, but he’s also the patron saint of misspelled pie. I\u2019ll open with an easy way to brighten the lives of the homeless, based on my past 4 months\u2019 experience staying at Room in the Inn churches: A surprising number of homeless people love a … Continue reading “Happy Alan Shepard Day”<\/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\/29706"}],"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=29706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29708,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29706\/revisions\/29708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n<\/span>Venmo:\u00a0@Paul-Ryburn<\/a>\u00a0(8113 if it asks for digits)
\nCash App: $PaulRyburn1
\nZelle: paul@paulryburn.com
\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"