{"id":30114,"date":"2026-07-20T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=30114"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:30:16","slug":"monday-update-310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/20\/monday-update-310\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s Spain-Argentina final was proof that low-scoring soccer matches can still be thrillers.<\/p>\n

For those of you who spent halftime wondering “How OLD is Madonna, anyway?”, she’s 67.<\/p>\n

In an age-related milestone closer to home, Thomas Richardson AKA Memphis wrestling legend Tommy “Wildfire” Rich – turns 70 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nBeer recommendation: <a href=\"https:\/\/untappd.com\/b\/wiseacre-brewing-company-unicornicopia-2026\/6677804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wiseacre Uniconucopia<\/a>. I had that beer last night and it was tasty. It’s only one of two local beers the Flying Saucer rates “Transcendent.” $8.50 list price at the Saucer, but get it for $5 Sundays (local beer night) or Mondays (Pint Nite).<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whatnow.com\/memphis\/restaurants\/gussied-up-bringing-good-vibes-to-hard-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gussied Up<\/a>, the speakeasy in the back of Hard Times Deli, will be open by the end of the summer.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/handofyou.app\/?ck_subscriber_id=3201412392&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spotting%20wildfires%20before%20they%20spread%20-%2022582283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turn your handwriting into a computer font<\/a><\/p>\nBack soon with more news.<\/p>\nI gratefully accept tips:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> \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) \nCash App: $PaulRyburn1 \nZelle: paul@paulryburn.com \nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yesterday’s Spain-Argentina final was proof that low-scoring soccer matches can still be thrillers. For those of you who spent halftime wondering “How OLD is Madonna, anyway?”, she’s 67. In an age-related milestone closer to home, Thomas Richardson AKA Memphis wrestling legend Tommy “Wildfire” Rich – turns 70 on Sunday. Beer recommendation: Wiseacre Uniconucopia. I had … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/20\/monday-update-310\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading “Monday update”<\/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\/30114"}],"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=30114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30116,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30114\/revisions\/30116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}