{"id":7020,"date":"2010-06-09T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T17:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=7020"},"modified":"2010-06-09T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T17:44:27","slug":"wed-update-plush-club-tony-awards-watch-party-do-i-need-therapy-and-thoughts-on-conference-realignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/09\/wed-update-plush-club-tony-awards-watch-party-do-i-need-therapy-and-thoughts-on-conference-realignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed update: Plush Club, Tony Awards watch party, Do I need therapy?, and thoughts on conference realignment"},"content":{"rendered":"

GREAT NEWS!!!! The Plush Club has been closed as a nuisance. It will stay closed at least until a hearing is held on the matter. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Westin has announced a Tony Awards Watch Party in their lobby bar Sunday night. It’s a big year for the city, with Memphis the musical receiving 8 nominations and Million Dollar Quartet receiving three. Happy hour prices, and hors d’oeuvres from Sole. Bar opens at 5, awards begin at 7.<\/p>\n

A few months ago, I talked with noted therapist Doctor Harold Toboggans<\/a> at the “I Love Memphis” party at South of Beale. Doctor Toboggans counsels people and cures them of urges to volunteer, to make their community a better place.<\/p>\n

At one time, Dr. Toboggans told me, I was badly in need of his help. I was a real do-gooder, serving on the board of MPACT Memphis, and leading a movement to fight panhandling Downtown. However, lately I’ve mainly lived a life of selfishness and hedonism, and Dr. Toboggans thought I seemed to have overcome my do-gooder ways. Still, he gave me a card in case I ever find myself backsliding.<\/p>\n

Recently, I’ve been wondering if I need to call him. Yeah, I started Tube Top Month because of my\u00a0perverted appreciation of tube tops, but lately I’ve been using phrases like “make Memphis a more beautiful place” when speaking of the month. Uh oh. That sounds like I’m trying to better the community. This could be the beginning of a slippery slope. What if this helping-others thing leads to next month being “Volunteer at the Church Health Center Month?” Or “Deliver Meals for MIFA Month?” Help, Doctor Toboggans!<\/p>\n

So, I was thinking this morning… if the big conference realignments do indeed take place, what if we ended up in a conference that looked something like this: Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor, Iowa State, Memphis, UAB, Cincinnati, Marquette, Houston, and SMU? Yeah it’d be a sucky conference for football, but it’d be a basketball powerhouse. Could add UTEP and Rice if it needs to be a 12-school conference. Or UTEP and Southern Miss. Not real sure Rice adds any real value, other than what little prestige it has from being a former member of the Southwest Conference.<\/p>\n

Then again, money drives realignment, and the big money is in football, not basketball, so this is all just wild speculation.<\/p>\n

Time for a quick lunch then a 2 PM meeting.\u00a0 I love meetings almost as much as I love cubicles.\u00a0 After work:\u00a0 Beer, somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"