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Perfect Pizza

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This was written for another venue but I'm not one to ignore a gauntlet. How to Make Perfect Pizza (and Why You Really Don’t Want to) When I was 24 years old, I made perfect pizza. Pizza: The Americanized version. If you’re Italian, all that follows will be heresy. I’m talking standardized, reproducible, served on an aluminum pan, sitting around the table with a bunch of friends and a pitcher of beer, watching the game on the big screen, pizza. I other words; I had a pizza joint. My journey to perfect pizza began when I was 17 and landed a job as busboy in a local restaurant. Over the next five years, and several locations, I worked my way up from busboy to cook to dough roller to assistant manager to delivery manager. I made manager at the ripe old age of 21when the company I worked for opened a new store in the little town where I had attended high school. It was the nicest restaurant in town. The position also brought with it certain karmic benefits. The small minded losers who

Does hypocrite have a past tense?

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Peace to whoever follows guidance. Ditto.

What's your civics IQ?

I scored 90% 54 out of 60. Most of what I got wrong were real D'oh! questions. Jamestown, Federalism, the Monroe Doctrine.

Necessity is a mother

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My brisket is snug and dry, thank you very much.

I prefer clean burning propane.

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Happy Labor Day!

What's 20% off half-price?

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About 60 bucks. Every Labor Day weekend, my favorite book store has a sale. I was able to show some self control this year. I've learned my lesson. I ain't playin' "mine's bigger than yours" with Tam. I'll keep what pride I still have. But I wanted to show off my recent conquests. The Heinlein and Cherryh are mine. (Alas, no Pratchett. They only had a couple of titles and they were from the middle of a series.) The true crime and Mayan history are for momma. DaughterQuatro bought a diary. (The blue book.) She can't write yet but that won't stop her from filling this book with her hieroglyphes. DaughterTres got a book on codes and cyphers. She wants to be a spy. The Horror Tales was DaughterDos' choice. Of course, SonUno had to break ranks and get a Dragonball video. The real find is on the bottom. Shelby Foote. They didn't have the whole series so I just got volume 1.

A blast from the past