Tag: blog
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Political Shenanigans
While I am a strong advocate of democracy, election season is my least favorite time of year primarily due to the over abundance of political ads. But, the bright side to this is the ads are getting more and more entertaining. Election season is that wonderful time where television commercials and social media feed transform…
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The Psychological Effects of Pizza and Implications on Well-Being
I was cleaning out some files on my computer when I cam across some forgotten papers that I wrote while working on one of my college degrees. I felt it would be appropriate to post, seeing as how it is timely and relevant to all of my other fine works of culinary writing (aka: pizza…
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How Pizza Saved a Nation
Pizza does so much more than satisfy hunger. It brings people together. In the not so distant past, in a small, vibrant nation we’ll call Pizzoria, a tremendous crisis had gripped the country. Political division and economic downturn had driven its citizens to the brink of despair. Discontent simmered on every street corner, and the…
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A Fun Fairy Tale
Rather than a pizza story, I thought I’d mix it up with a classic fairy tale rhyme: In a land where the dough trees sway,And the cheese clouds dance in the sun’s bright ray,Lived a jolly old chef with a twinkle in his eye,Who dreamed of a pizza that could soar in the sky. With…
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A Cheesy Intergalactic Journey (Pizza Stories #2)
Another story about the magic of pizza… Once upon a time, in a not-so-distant past, a group of aliens known as the Zogglings decided to embark on an intergalactic quest to a little known planet called Earth, where there was rumored to be a fabled delight tastier than anything else in the known universe. This…
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A Slice of Medieval Madness (Pizza Stories #1)
A story inspired by the greatness of pizza… Once upon a time in the quaint and quirky kingdom of Cheezonia, where the rivers flowed with molten mozzarella cheese and the trees grew pepperoni instead of fruit, the people were obsessed with one dish above all else: pizza. This delectable creation had sparked a peculiar yet…
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Pizza: The Last Affordable Food
With the cost of living going crazy since 2020, far too many things in our world have dramatically increased in price. Despite the rising costs of everything involved with making a pizza, the cost of a picking up pie from a pizzeria has not really risen much compared to other foods over the years. Why…
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I Went To Buc-ee’s (Oh My!)
If you haven’t heard of Buc-ee’s yet, you will… First, I have to let you know up front that Buc-ee’s is a highway travel stop, also known as a truck stop, or convenience store that is located primarily in Texas, but they also have other locations in the southern and Midwest United States. You may…
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A Motivational Post
When it comes to success in life, regardless of what you choose to do, you usually need to have luck or skill. It doesn’t hurt to have both, but what happens if you don’t have either? Life throws many variables at us which we can’t control, or have minimal control over. Luck falls into this…
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Merica!
It’s the time of year when we celebrate our freedom by blowing up as much stuff as we can… Those who live outside the United States probably get confused when they to try to understand why we do what we do here in America, but for that matter, there are many Americans who are confused…
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Vinyl Records – History Repeats Itself
You can’t find CD’s anymore, but nearly every store sells vinyl records now… Back in my younger days (waaaay back in the 1990’s), I was a professional DJ for many years of my life. . There was no internet yet (gasp!), so when we wanted to search for new music we had to go actually…
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The Cool Thing About Being A Writer
You probably wouldn’t recognize me standing next to you in an American grocery store, but people in third world countries know who I am… I don’t have a ton of followers, but I do have a lot of readers. Most of my readers are in the United States, but many are scattered all over the…
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Things I Didn’t Know I Needed (Part 2)
Life is so much better when you find something you don’t how you lived without… A while back I wrote a post about finding something that was the best thing ever – a flamethrower.(Flamethrowers…The Thing You Never Knew You Needed) Since I wrote that, I’ve had a few more more opportunities to experience that same feeling…
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True Story…
If you don’t believe it, try it. You’ll see…
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Conversations With My Dog
Sometimes dogs have pretty enlightening things to say… We look at dogs as our pets and we have historically referred to ourselves as their “masters”, or keepers, but my dog pointed out humans have completely misinterpreted this concept. My dog pointed out that we (humans) are clearly subservient to them (dogs)… We are at their…
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Tipping On Take Out Orders: Yes or No?
There is an increasing expectation to tip when picking up your take out orders, but should you? Should you tip when it comes to delivery? Absolutely. Should you tip when you’re dining in at a restaurant? Of course. Should you tip when you are picking up a simple to-go order? I’m often told I’m a…
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Pizza Travels: Gas Station Slices…
When you’re on the road and don’t have time to sit down in a nice restaurant for some pizza, a gas station just may be what you’re looking for… Pizza from a gas station? This statement may be a bit odd to a true pizza connoisseur, and maybe even a little concerning, but when done…
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Another Use For My Flamethrower…
Yellow jackets are mean, nasty, and have no place on this planet. My flamethrower helped make the planet, or at least my backyard, a little safer. I was walking through my some tall grass in my backyard on a fine summer day. As I took a step, I felt an intense pain in my right…
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I Saw an Amazon Train…
It may not seem very exciting that I saw a train, but it’s the back story that makes this interesting… Everyone has a seen a train at one time or another, but the train I saw was an Amazon train. This train was comprised of however many hundreds of flatbed rail cars stretched over what…
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Today’s Driving Lesson
If you drive a vehicle, please read this… Wherever you live in the world, and whether you ride a skateboard, a bike, a motorcycle, a car, a truck, or even a shopping cart at the grocery store for that matter, what I’m about to tell you is extremely important. We all know (or at least…
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The Tragedy of Frozen Pizza
Everything is getting expensive, but some things, specifically frozen pizzas, are just out of control. I wrote a post back in 2018 about frozen pizzas. I commented in the post about the rising high cost. At the time, I was complaining about how the average price of many grocery store frozen pizzas had jumped to…
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Life Really Is About The Journey…
People can learn a thing or two from dogs… There is a quote by American author Ralph Waldo Emerson in an essay he wrote in 1841 titled, Self Reliance, which said, “It’s not the destination. It’s the journey.” This has been twisted a few different ways over the years, but the most common saying now…
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Senseless Babble & Random Rants
It’s been a while since I’ve vented, so here we go with a few things: #1: I don’t like Whataburger. Our Super Bowl champion quarterback Patrick Mahomes loves Whatburger. It’s his favorite restaurant. When he came to Kansas City, the restaurant had no stores here. He wanted it, so he bought into the franchise and…
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Flamethrowers…The Thing You Never Knew You Needed
Sometimes in life you come across an item you didn’t know you needed, but once you have it, you can’t live without it. A flamethrower is definitely one of those things. I will admit my first thought when acquiring a flamethrower was simply adding another tool to my zombie apocalypse kit, but once I utilized…
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Pizza Travels: Las Vegas, Nevada
This edition of Pizza Travels takes us to the desert… In April of 2023, I found myself in the adult playground of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. I’ve been to Vegas many times before, but rather than just wandering aimlessly looking for food or just happening upon places like I typically have in the past,…
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Pizza Travels on the Old Route 66
My better half was yearning for a piece of old Americana, so we took a little road trip to the old Route 66 in Joplin, Missouri. There is not much left of the old Route 66, but there are still a few fun reminders remaining of what the popular road probably once was. Set within…
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Mom Knows Best
Our mothers do many things for us, but all too often we don’t realize it until it’s too late… I was in a grocery store check out line recently when the cashier asked me if I’d like my milk in a bag. I said “no, I like it in the bottle. It’s too hard to…
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Don’t Invite Pizza Eating Rats Into Your House
When a pizza restaurant has a rat as a mascot, you should probably be concerned. When they want to send the rat to your house with a pizza, you should probably be more concerned. The national franchise featuring the rat is Chuck E. Cheese, a place popular with little kids who have not yet developed…
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A Sure Way To Win The Lottery
There is absolute fool proof way to win every time, if you’re up for it. Who hasn’t dreamed of becoming mega rich? In January of 2023, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot in the United States rose up to 1.35 BILLION dollars. Make note of that number… 1.35 BILLION What could I have done with 1.35…
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The Life of a Writer – Part 3 (When)
Finding time to write can be as much of a challenge as figuring out what to write. I disappeared from the blogging world for much of 2022. I greatly appreciate all those who checked on me, but when asked why I wasn’t writing, the simple answer was, I didn’t have time. It’s a lame excuse…
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A Positive Thing About Video Games
Video games are often criticized because of senseless violence and inappropriate content, but there is an upside… Modern video games have introduced a multi-genre collection of classic music to kids that probably would never have been listened to otherwise. When I was a kid playing on my Atari 2600, the best I could hope for…
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Happy New Year!
Here’s to another successful circumnavigation of the sun! I normally post a pessimistic article on January 1st each year about how nothing really changes as the new year begins, but not this year! I’m going to start the year out on a positive note. This year, I want to point out that something DID change……
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They Don’t Make Clothes Like They Used To…
In another case of random oddity, I pose the question of, “What’s in your closet?“ As I was looking for something to change into recently, I chose an old pair of comfy sweat pants. I realized I got these particular pants in 1994, and they are just as comfortable as when I first wore them.…
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The Real Heroes of Society
We all know police officers, firefighters, medical people, and the military are all heroes, but there are other unsung heroes who get no credit for making society better for all of us. As I wrote this, a frostbite inducing blizzard was happening outside my window. The world was shut down. Schools and businesses were closed…
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I Found My True Calling In Life
I’ve decided I want to be a professional Duck Duck Goose player… Let’s face it, there are lots of really stupid sports in the world. In many of these “sports”, the participants call themselves “athletes”, even there is little or no athleticism involved. You can now earn a college scholarship for being an “e-athlete”, playing…
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A Sad Holiday Pizza Story
What would you put up with to get a free pizza? I had a coupon for a national pizza chain that I don’t usually eat at. I generally avoid the national chains because the pizza is not that good, but the coupon I had was for a free pizza. While the pizza may not be…
Words with Pizza - Featuring Marty the Pizza Guy 