{"id":9614,"date":"2011-05-07T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T14:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=9614"},"modified":"2011-05-07T11:23:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T16:23:26","slug":"tomorrow-is-a-very-important-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/07\/tomorrow-is-a-very-important-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow is a very important day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is a big day. It&#8217;s load-in for the BBQ teams. Now, in past years I&#8217;ve had a very important and unique role on the team. &#8220;Paul, we need one team member to stay behind at the Saucer, and handle anything that comes up,&#8221; the team captains told me. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/09\/saturday-recap-holding-down-the-fort-for-the-bbq-team-at-the-flying-saucer\/\">Here&#8217;s a recap of what I did last year.<\/a> On Saturday, first day of load-in, I had a key meeting with fountain of wisdom John D; I checked world financial news and thought how it might impact the Ques Brothers; and I met with a beverage consultant and ordered nine of her recommended beverages in 16-ounce amounts. I also gave advice to the captain of a new team. All of this could not be done anywhere but the Saucer.<\/p>\n<p>When I heard that BBQ Fest had been moved to the fairgrounds, I talked to the our captains. &#8220;Surely you don&#8217;t need me to hold down the fort at the Saucer, when load-in is 5 miles away,&#8221; I protested. &#8220;I never get to have any fun at load-in. I&#8217;m ready to sweat, I&#8217;m ready to lift, I&#8217;m ready to get my hands dirty. I&#8217;m ready to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The captains wouldn&#8217;t hear of it. &#8220;NO, Paul,&#8221; they told me firmly. &#8220;It is just too risky to leave the Saucer uncovered the entire day. We need you there. Now, you don&#8217;t have to stay the whole day. If you want to walk over to Bar None and show our sponsor some support by drinking a half yard of beer, that&#8217;s fine. Or if you want to spend a little time at Max&#8217;s gathering inside infomation on how to beat Squeal Street at cornhole, that&#8217;s good too. But most of the day, it is imperative &#8211; I can&#8217;t stress this enough, Paul &#8211; absolutely imperative that you be at the Saucer for load-in Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The team has spoken, and I must obey.<\/p>\n<p>On another note&#8230; where are my manners? Fourth post of the day and I haven&#8217;t mentioned the GRIZZLIES yet??? I have tickets, and the Grizzlies expert who doesn&#8217;t get invited to parties has confirmed that the start time is 4 PM. Going to make a stop by the Chris Vernon Show booth outside, and pick up a Z-Bo shirt, as well as Tony Allen shirt if they still have any left. For those not going, game will be broadcast on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>You may notice a different look to the blog this morning. I&#8217;m playing around with Google web fonts. There&#8217;s a plug-in for WordPress, giving bloggers over 100 font options, instead of just the dozen or so Web-safe options we&#8217;ve had for the past 15 years. Hope you enjoy the new look once I get it tweaked; for a while today it will be under construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is a big day. It&#8217;s load-in for the BBQ teams. Now, in past years I&#8217;ve had a very important and unique role on the team. &#8220;Paul, we need one team member to stay behind at the Saucer, and handle anything that comes up,&#8221; the team captains told me. 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