{"id":29890,"date":"2026-05-06T12:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29890"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:06:01","slug":"wednesday-update-335","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/06\/wednesday-update-335\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Very cool online magazine I found yesterday: <a href=\"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Good Magazine: Science-Based Insights for a Meaningful Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is the day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/2cf9cb898133c899c9f4aad05f24cfaf\/great-american-grump-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great American Grump-Out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Vader time at Slider Inn Downtown tonight as they&#8217;ll show <em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em> at 7.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XqC3T_glk20?si=7USWKesuCygYdIKG\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, it&#8217;ll be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/singles-night-at-slider-inn-hosted-by-gettogethermemphis-tickets-1987090986632?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">singles&#8217; night<\/a> at Slider Inn. Pitch your friend, speed dating, match the red flag, build your dating profile, music, drinks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peabodymemphis.com\/grit-and-grind-music-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grit &amp; Grind Music Machine<\/a> headlines this Thursday&#8217;s Peabody rooftop party. 6-10 PM, $15 to get in, $40 VIP. If you&#8217;re a VIP, you get a buffet of crispitos, beef tacos, warm queso, chips and salsa, and churros.<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Flyer has published its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/news-you-can-booze\/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=News%20You%20Can%20Booze&amp;utm_campaign=05-06-2026%20MF%20New%20ish&amp;vgo_ee=75SH3WE5RVJembFcQkQuJ9J%2FuYbnn%2BNPTrFor5VTLjYcv6E%3D%3AkwoCUQhjSyeGDhv5z3RARwFUevaDEdfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spring beer guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/grizzlies\/news\/mikecheck-my-10-most-intriguing-prospects-as-grizzlies-approach-sundays-nba-draft-lottery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intriguing prospects<\/a> for the Grizzlies as the NBA draft lottery approaches<\/p>\n<p>I stayed safe from the rain at the Union Mission last night and got an unexpected treat &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/getwellchurch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getwell Church<\/a> served us hamburger steaks in gravy, mashed potatoes, YUMMY homemade rolls, green beans, and macadamia nut white chocolate chip cookies. Thank you for coming out!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll stay at the Mission again tonight and give the rain and cold one more day to get out of here. I&#8217;m starting to run low on money but have the $6 for tonight.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s a guest church feeding us tonight. Shall I take a pic of what an &#8220;average&#8221; meal looks like at the Mission, and post it tomorrow?<\/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>Very cool online magazine I found yesterday: Greater Good Magazine: Science-Based Insights for a Meaningful Life Today is the day of the Great American Grump-Out. It&#8217;s Vader time at Slider Inn Downtown tonight as they&#8217;ll show The Empire Strikes Back at 7. On Friday, it&#8217;ll be singles&#8217; night at Slider Inn. Pitch your friend, speed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/06\/wednesday-update-335\/\" 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\/29890"}],"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=29890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29892,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29890\/revisions\/29892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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