{"id":30314,"date":"2026-10-08T11:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=30314"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:29:49","slug":"thursday-update-400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/thursday-update-400\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Memphis will see some rain and 30-35 mph wind from the remnants of <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/2026\/10\/08\/storms\/hurricane\/tropical-storm-hurricane-isaias-gulf-coast-louisiana-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Isaias<\/a>.\u00a0 Saturday night is the most likely arrival time.<\/p>\n<p>Before Isaias gets here, it&#8217;ll hit Tuscaloosa, possibly still a hurricane. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/50126396\/alabama-georgia-prepare-storm-hit-saturday-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preparations are happening<\/a> for 2 Georgia vs. 6 Bama<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re old school if you remember legendary Marshall Ave. nightclub Six-1-Six. There&#8217;s going to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/961748942881918\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reunion<\/a> of the club&#8217;s regulars and employees at Lafayette&#8217;s Saturday, October 17.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like I should be there. Can anyone give your favorite blogger\/disco godfather a ride to the reunion and back Downtown, and let me store my backpack in your trunk during the event? paul.ryburn@gmail.com or HMU on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>South Main is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/local\/south-main-street-bridge-falling-concrete\/522-3233d3d5-c365-45b4-8cda-e5c1eefcca04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed indefinitely<\/a> from Carolina to Crump due to falling concrete from a brIdge.<\/p>\n<p>The Dame, the bar inside Hotel Pontotoc, seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/the-dame-bar-memphis-81-cocktail-server\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cocktail server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/video\/136946200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mystery vacations<\/a>, where you don&#8217;t know the destination until after it&#8217;s booked, are a hot new trend.<\/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@icloud.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Memphis will see some rain and 30-35 mph wind from the remnants of Hurricane Isaias.\u00a0 Saturday night is the most likely arrival time. Before Isaias gets here, it&#8217;ll hit Tuscaloosa, possibly still a hurricane. Preparations are happening for 2 Georgia vs. 6 Bama You&#8217;re old school if you remember legendary Marshall Ave. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/thursday-update-400\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday 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\/30314"}],"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=30314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30316,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30314\/revisions\/30316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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