{"id":30160,"date":"2026-08-05T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=30160"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:37:43","slug":"wednesday-update-344","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/05\/wednesday-update-344\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It makes me VERY, VERY HAPPY to walk past Downtown restaurants\/bars and see a new house rule posted near the entrance:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>No speakers on phones<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>YES YES YES. Talking on your g-damn speakerphones is RUDE to those seated near you. This includes FaceTime! Finish your conversation before coming inside! Or learn to use text to converse! I, for one, am THRILLED to see neighborhood businesses FINALLY cracking down on this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simpletix.com\/e\/peabody-rooftop-third-coast-tickets-268448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third Coast<\/a> headlines this Thursday&#8217;s Peabody rooftop party. 6-10 PM. $15 to get in, $40 to go VIP. VIPs get a buffet of chicken Rotel, tortilla chips, and fried potato skins.<\/p>\n<p>Redbirds host Nashville at 6:45 tonight. Our &#8216;birds whooped dat ass last night 13-2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graceland.com\/elvis-news\/posts\/elvis-week-2026-gets-bigger-new-guests-and-new-events-announced?utm_campaign=gs-2018-10-26&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=smart_campaign&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22715754192&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAC65OUOTHQ_JMQdCxEHoJ2JAsvFxQ&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwvsvTBhBaEiwAmf-3nktrx43vHPmK2vEu2GKVJUFOyCHmd3X3uDe-ZUEp02PxsYRzCDmvqhoCF_gQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elvis Week 2026<\/a> kicks off Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Back soon 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>It makes me VERY, VERY HAPPY to walk past Downtown restaurants\/bars and see a new house rule posted near the entrance: No speakers on phones YES YES YES. Talking on your g-damn speakerphones is RUDE to those seated near you. This includes FaceTime! Finish your conversation before coming inside! Or learn to use text to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/05\/wednesday-update-344\/\" 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\/30160"}],"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=30160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30161,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30160\/revisions\/30161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30160"}],"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! -->