{"id":30102,"date":"2026-07-15T11:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=30102"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:12:52","slug":"wednesday-update-343","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/15\/wednesday-update-343\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis Chess Club has blondie brownies this week. They&#8217;re made with yellow brownie mix (as opposed to traditional chocolate mix) and contain nuts and chocolate chips. PRO TIP from a barista: You can ask for whipped cream with your brownie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.songvest.com\/how-it-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Songvest<\/a> &#8211; buy a piece of a song&#8217;s royalty stream &amp; get paid for decades &#8211; also <a href=\"https:\/\/royaltyexchange.com\/instant-offer?ads_cmpid=1011106690&amp;ads_adid=49202678785&amp;ads_matchtype=b&amp;ads_network=g&amp;ads_creative=265215974561&amp;utm_term=%2Broyalty%20%2Bexchange&amp;ads_targetid=kwd-394969080372&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;ttv=2&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=1011106690&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADbb7z7f_91t9Lez-DTzfSzeOQzk3&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw39zSBhDhARIsANammDupuQxNiLer7w0v64rQnIYqFJv70wARx0OnmtuU8vZ_xc1UypeB91caAgj7EALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royalty Exchange<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simpletix.com\/e\/peabody-rooftop-saturday-sunset-tickets-268445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday Sunset<\/a> headlines this Thursday&#8217;s Peabody rooftop party. $15 gen adm \/ $40 VIP. 6 to 10 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Fun fact I read on Quora: Per a post-nup, the Trumpster must pay Melania an appearance fee whenever she accompanies him to public events. How SAD must that be, to have to pay your WIFE an appearance fee?<\/p>\n<p>England vs. Argentina, World Cup semi, 2:00 PM, FOX. Winner plays Spain on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The drawing for that Duvel beer cooler\/foosball table that&#8217;s been on display at the Saucer for months is this Sunday at approximately 4. You must be present to win. (You won&#8217;t win, though. Gary Smith will win. Gary wins everything.)<\/p>\n<p>In other Saucer news, they&#8217;ve been bought out for a private party tonight. You have &#8217;til 5 to get in there and drink your beer and watch the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Max&#8217;s Sports Bar is staffing up for the busy (football) season. They&#8217;re hiring a part-time cook\/barback. 15-25 hours per week, competitive pay, tip pool. Apply in person.<\/p>\n<p>MLB home run derby champ Jordan Walker is a former Memphis Redbird. The &#8216;birds will celebrate his longest HR with $4.70 lower bowl tickets all weekend.<\/p>\n<p>My left foot feels like it&#8217;s roommates with Edward Scissorhands in my left shoe.<\/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 has blondie brownies this week. They&#8217;re made with yellow brownie mix (as opposed to traditional chocolate mix) and contain nuts and chocolate chips. PRO TIP from a barista: You can ask for whipped cream with your brownie. Songvest &#8211; buy a piece of a song&#8217;s royalty stream &amp; get paid for decades &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/15\/wednesday-update-343\/\" 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\/30102"}],"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=30102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30104,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30102\/revisions\/30104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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