Life In & Around Memphis

Random blog of my life and times in/around Memphis, TN. I'm a single, Caucasian male who may or may not get into trouble. I write about the social scene around town, various shows I watch, and whatever I feel like bitching about. Enjoy.

3/10/2009

Quick notes

A few things I've learned lately: - if you are into the whole "brunching" thing but you don't want to go to certain locati...

1/27/2009

Polar Bear Plunges around Memphis

Are you looking for something really interesting that you've never done before? Might I recommend crack or meth. Not interested? Good...

Speed Dating in Memphis or Nashville

Are you tired of the BS in the dating scene in Memphis? The immature people. The games. Probably not, but I did get this emailed to me by...

1/22/2009

Spalding! Noooooo!!!!

Last week I had a Caddyshack moment. I was swimming laps at the gym in "Cowtown" when I noticed the majority of the people in the...

12/31/2008

The Pages Practically Turned Themselves

So this year (2008) I spent a lot of time reading. Specifically I spent my lunch breaks reading. At the last job and the current job, I ha...

12/24/2008

Tamales - An Xmas Tradition

(Editor's note: sorry, but I thought I posted this Christmas Eve.) Years ago when I was in college, we went to San Antonio to visit my ...

12/22/2008

Hangover Season

The Times Online (Great Britain) recently published an article that was linked onto digg.com. It's about hangovers and hangover cures. ...

12/10/2008

Random Songs from the Ipod

The following songs have been played on my Ipod while on random lately. These aren't all of them, but these are the ones that stand out...

11/29/2008

Sore

So I've been doing the swim thing like I said. But I came home from work so tired on Monday and Tuesday of this week that I didn't ...

11/15/2008

A little tired, but very proud

So I am up way too early for a Saturday, but it's game day so I can't go back to sleep. In my last post I talked about the swimming...

11/10/2008

Keep It on the Tracks

So the YMCA is doing a "Keep on Track Through the Holidays" program in the aquatics area. You can choose one of three tracks and ...

10/19/2008

Ted, Strange Things Are Afoot at the Circle K

So last night I went to Ruthie's birthday party at Colleen's house. There was an eclectic group of people there to celebrate her (a...

8/22/2008

Soooooooooo y eah

This is what the Romans call a drunk post. Tonight/today was an anniversary for a familial unit. That's why I blew off the Ptolemy mem...

8/10/2008

Olympic Triathlons

I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out when and where I can watch the Olympic triathlon races. It's so diff...

Another Race Done - FitCity Triathlon Recap

Yesterday was the FitCity Triathlon at Herb Parsons Lake . I'm not sure exactly where it is though. Everything I saw said it was just no...

8/04/2008

Thank you, Paul Ryburn!

Downtown Paul , he of the more-urban-than-you crowd, has done a great service to this town. Hell, he's done a great service to most ev...

7/30/2008

Umm...no comment

I've watched "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" recently. It's a great flick. I love the line when Mandy (Allison...

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