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The Japanese make doing pizza wrong into an art form. Potato salad pizza. American pizza consists of ham and corn. Yes, corn. On pizza. And they also commited the mortal sin of producing an asparagus and mayonaise pizza, consisting of 10 spears of asparagus like spokes of a wheel, with an entire spoonful of mayonaise plopped between each asparagus spear.
It was an offense to god and man.
That is all.
O_o
*twitch*
*twitch twitch*
The man has seen the un-seeable. Heard the un-speakable. He'll never be right in the head again.
As long as I can find pulled pork BBQ with a vinegar based sauce I'm good. If not, I'll buy a cooker and make my own. ;)Houston has an AWESOME restaurant scene. While you will never be short of Tex-Mex options, we have an unbelievable range of restaurants.
Also, I love all pizza. I don't judge. :P
Mustard or ketchup based?
Diane makes a great mustard based sauce!
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As long as I can find pulled pork BBQ with a vinegar based sauce I'm good. If not, I'll buy a cooker and make my own. ;)Houston has an AWESOME restaurant scene. While you will never be short of Tex-Mex options, we have an unbelievable range of restaurants.
Also, I love all pizza. I don't judge. :P
Mustard or ketchup based?
Diane makes a great mustard based sauce!
Mustard base isn't bad, half the state is mustard base, but I was brought up on the vinegar base so I'm kinda partial. :)
Am I the only one who's really never had that much of a desire to go to NYC?come to ny. I will show you things beyond imagining.My big problem with NY is that it is the Urban of Urbans. It is the biggest, boldest, and most glaring example of "metropolis" in the entire country. It is the extreme example of everything implied by "city".
I don't like big cities.
Too many people. Too much traffic. Too many buildings too close together. Too many lights. Too much noise. Too much... stuff. Just too much.
Tempe was bad enough, tolerable but still crowded and cramped. The few times I had to actually visit downtown Phoenix I was utterly miserable and never once thought, "You know, it would be nice to live here." Phoenix doesn't hold a candle to NYC. It's a speck, a drop in an ocean in comparison.
Growing up, I always wanted to leave my rural, tiny hometown and move to the nearby big city, Victoria. (Which compared to Phoenix is tiny, so NYers probably wouldn't even recognize it as more than a suburb.) After actually living in a city for eight years while I was in Arizona, I learned that no, I really like living in a rural community with lots of space and lots of quiet and very little of urbanization.
I don't think I could stand being in NY for more than a couple of hours. =/
Victoria TX? My uncle lives there.
I don't mind visiting big cities for the most part, but working in them makes my brain itch!
The only reason I can imagine for me to want to go to NYC at this point in my life would be to meet CH and FHDM. I expect that would be very cool.
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Am I the only one who's really never had that much of a desire to go to NYC?come to ny. I will show you things beyond imagining.My big problem with NY is that it is the Urban of Urbans. It is the biggest, boldest, and most glaring example of "metropolis" in the entire country. It is the extreme example of everything implied by "city".
I don't like big cities.
Too many people. Too much traffic. Too many buildings too close together. Too many lights. Too much noise. Too much... stuff. Just too much.
Tempe was bad enough, tolerable but still crowded and cramped. The few times I had to actually visit downtown Phoenix I was utterly miserable and never once thought, "You know, it would be nice to live here." Phoenix doesn't hold a candle to NYC. It's a speck, a drop in an ocean in comparison.
Growing up, I always wanted to leave my rural, tiny hometown and move to the nearby big city, Victoria. (Which compared to Phoenix is tiny, so NYers probably wouldn't even recognize it as more than a suburb.) After actually living in a city for eight years while I was in Arizona, I learned that no, I really like living in a rural community with lots of space and lots of quiet and very little of urbanization.
I don't think I could stand being in NY for more than a couple of hours. =/
Victoria TX? My uncle lives there.
I don't mind visiting big cities for the most part, but working in them makes my brain itch!
The only reason I can imagine for me to want to go to NYC at this point in my life would be to meet CH and FHDM. I expect that would be very cool.
Having had FHDM as our guest, I can say it would be worth it. Helluva great guy to hang with.
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Mustard base isn't bad, half the state is mustard base, but I was brought up on the vinegar base so I'm kinda partial. :)As long as I can find pulled pork BBQ with a vinegar based sauce I'm good. If not, I'll buy a cooker and make my own. ;)Houston has an AWESOME restaurant scene. While you will never be short of Tex-Mex options, we have an unbelievable range of restaurants.
Also, I love all pizza. I don't judge. :P
Mustard or ketchup based?
Diane makes a great mustard based sauce!
I grew up with Texas style barbecue which is all about the slow smoking, and I love it. I also enjoy the KC style quite a bit.
I had never heard of the south eastern mustard based sauces until I met Diane. I actually kind of thought she was messing with me at first, but them she made some and slow cooked some pork in it until the pork was tender enough to cut with a spoon! The left over sauce soaks up flavor from the pork and it's crazy good on ham and cheese sandwiches!
Man I love Diane's cooking (among other things). :)
But yes. Pizza is meant to be thick, soft, and stuffed with flavor. Thin crust pizza is barely a third of what pizza is meant to be, if that.
No place around here serves good deep dish that I'm aware of, though. Sadness.
BLASPHEMER!
'Good Deep Dish' is an oxymoron. Like 'Jumbo Shrimp'. ;P
Lies and slander. On both parts. Jumbo Shrimp is also awesome.
You can have your sauce-covered cracker. You will never be able to convince me it is superior to deep dish. Me, I'm going to stick with this thick, soft, flavor-slathered fluffy deep dish dough.Pizza is meant to be thin and crispy, and just barely able to hold all of the yummy goodness that is the pile of sauce and toppings you pile on top said thin crust.
Did I mention that the crust should be thin?
I think there is a pizza hut down the street...I'll give them your number.
For those that don't have FB.
Customer: "I don't see why everyone is so worried that the Wayans predicted the end of the world, they're just actors."
Me: "Mayans, not Wayans."
Customer: "Oh...... what did they play in?"
Yup, the human race is screwed.
Brilliant.
:)
Having had FHDM as our guest, I can say it would be worth it. Helluva great guy to hang with.Am I the only one who's really never had that much of a desire to go to NYC?come to ny. I will show you things beyond imagining.My big problem with NY is that it is the Urban of Urbans. It is the biggest, boldest, and most glaring example of "metropolis" in the entire country. It is the extreme example of everything implied by "city".
I don't like big cities.
Too many people. Too much traffic. Too many buildings too close together. Too many lights. Too much noise. Too much... stuff. Just too much.
Tempe was bad enough, tolerable but still crowded and cramped. The few times I had to actually visit downtown Phoenix I was utterly miserable and never once thought, "You know, it would be nice to live here." Phoenix doesn't hold a candle to NYC. It's a speck, a drop in an ocean in comparison.
Growing up, I always wanted to leave my rural, tiny hometown and move to the nearby big city, Victoria. (Which compared to Phoenix is tiny, so NYers probably wouldn't even recognize it as more than a suburb.) After actually living in a city for eight years while I was in Arizona, I learned that no, I really like living in a rural community with lots of space and lots of quiet and very little of urbanization.
I don't think I could stand being in NY for more than a couple of hours. =/
Victoria TX? My uncle lives there.
I don't mind visiting big cities for the most part, but working in them makes my brain itch!
The only reason I can imagine for me to want to go to NYC at this point in my life would be to meet CH and FHDM. I expect that would be very cool.
Have you met Pat, AZ, or Jess in person? Paizocon was awesome!
The Japanese make doing pizza wrong into an art form. Potato salad pizza. American pizza consists of ham and corn. Yes, corn. On pizza. And they also commited the mortal sin of producing an asparagus and mayonaise pizza, consisting of 10 spears of asparagus like spokes of a wheel, with an entire spoonful of mayonaise plopped between each asparagus spear.
It was an offense to god and man.
That is all.
and yet...I want to try it....
For those that don't have FB.
Customer: "I don't see why everyone is so worried that the Wayans predicted the end of the world, they're just actors."
Me: "Mayans, not Wayans."
Customer: "Oh...... what did they play in?"
Yup, the human race is screwed.
LMAO!
Lies and slander. On both parts. Jumbo Shrimp is also awesome.
Jumbo shrimp IS awesome, actually. In a variety of ways.
It is still an Oxymoron. ;PActually, I don't really hate deep-dish. I'll eat almost any kind of pizza. (Except for those above-mentioned Japanese concoctions, that's just wrong)
I just have a problem with paying more for a deep-dish, and getting more bread, when what I really want is toppings! Lots and lots of toppings, preferably sauce, meat and cheese. You can toss a few veggies on there if you must, as long they are merely color compliments for the REAL toppings :)
How about this?
while I am humbled by the praise, I must defend my hometown. there is more here than just the awesomeness that is CH and the magnificence that is my black manliness(still trying to get a zagat rating on that last part!) we have amazing food, nightlife, culture, and sights. I may eternally botch that Giuliani sold Times square to Disney, but I cannot deny its beauty, especially at night. we are also friendlier than tv would have you believe, and our sale prices are better than you might think. come visit. I guarantee youwill find something that will make you want to come back. or go black. or both!
Am I the only one who's really never had that much of a desire to go to NYC?come to ny. I will show you things beyond imagining.My big problem with NY is that it is the Urban of Urbans. It is the biggest, boldest, and most glaring example of "metropolis" in the entire country. It is the extreme example of everything implied by "city".
I don't like big cities.
Too many people. Too much traffic. Too many buildings too close together. Too many lights. Too much noise. Too much... stuff. Just too much.
Tempe was bad enough, tolerable but still crowded and cramped. The few times I had to actually visit downtown Phoenix I was utterly miserable and never once thought, "You know, it would be nice to live here." Phoenix doesn't hold a candle to NYC. It's a speck, a drop in an ocean in comparison.
Growing up, I always wanted to leave my rural, tiny hometown and move to the nearby big city, Victoria. (Which compared to Phoenix is tiny, so NYers probably wouldn't even recognize it as more than a suburb.) After actually living in a city for eight years while I was in Arizona, I learned that no, I really like living in a rural community with lots of space and lots of quiet and very little of urbanization.
I don't think I could stand being in NY for more than a couple of hours. =/
Victoria TX? My uncle lives there.
I don't mind visiting big cities for the most part, but working in them makes my brain itch!
The only reason I can imagine for me to want to go to NYC at this point in my life would be to meet CH and FHDM. I expect that would be very cool.
As long as I can find pulled pork BBQ with a vinegar based sauce I'm good. If not, I'll buy a cooker and make my own. ;)Houston has an AWESOME restaurant scene. While you will never be short of Tex-Mex options, we have an unbelievable range of restaurants.
Also, I love all pizza. I don't judge. :P
Mustard or ketchup based?
Diane makes a great mustard based sauce!
Vinegar based?
There was a restaurant in New Orleans that you would have loved. (I don't know if it survived Katrina or not) There's was a vinegar base. Very good. Buut my family & friends (from Oklahoma) did not enjoy it. As they are partial to texas or KC style. :)Considering that you cannot find real barbeque in New Orleans to save your soul, it really was about the only choice for BBQ around.
Thank you, my friend. I loved visiting you and your beautiful family, and I hope to return next summer.
Having had FHDM as our guest, I can say it would be worth it. Helluva great guy to hang with.Am I the only one who's really never had that much of a desire to go to NYC?come to ny. I will show you things beyond imagining.My big problem with NY is that it is the Urban of Urbans. It is the biggest, boldest, and most glaring example of "metropolis" in the entire country. It is the extreme example of everything implied by "city".
I don't like big cities.
Too many people. Too much traffic. Too many buildings too close together. Too many lights. Too much noise. Too much... stuff. Just too much.
Tempe was bad enough, tolerable but still crowded and cramped. The few times I had to actually visit downtown Phoenix I was utterly miserable and never once thought, "You know, it would be nice to live here." Phoenix doesn't hold a candle to NYC. It's a speck, a drop in an ocean in comparison.
Growing up, I always wanted to leave my rural, tiny hometown and move to the nearby big city, Victoria. (Which compared to Phoenix is tiny, so NYers probably wouldn't even recognize it as more than a suburb.) After actually living in a city for eight years while I was in Arizona, I learned that no, I really like living in a rural community with lots of space and lots of quiet and very little of urbanization.
I don't think I could stand being in NY for more than a couple of hours. =/
Victoria TX? My uncle lives there.
I don't mind visiting big cities for the most part, but working in them makes my brain itch!
The only reason I can imagine for me to want to go to NYC at this point in my life would be to meet CH and FHDM. I expect that would be very cool.
LMAO!For those that don't have FB.
Customer: "I don't see why everyone is so worried that the Wayans predicted the end of the world, they're just actors."
Me: "Mayans, not Wayans."
Customer: "Oh...... what did they play in?"
Yup, the human race is screwed.
O_o
Oh my,...
Just when I get my hopes up for humanity, I read something like this,...
;P
Lies and slander. On both parts. Jumbo Shrimp is also awesome.
Jumbo shrimp IS awesome, actually. In a variety of ways.
It is still an Oxymoron. ;PActually, I don't really hate deep-dish. I'll eat almost any kind of pizza. (Except for those above-mentioned Japanese concoctions, that's just wrong)
I just have a problem with paying more for a deep-dish, and getting more bread, when what I really want is toppings! Lots and lots of toppings, preferably sauce, meat and cheese. You can toss a few veggies on there if you must, as long they are merely color compliments for the REAL toppings :)
How about this?
Oh yeah baybay! Now THAT's a Pizza! ;)
But yes. Pizza is meant to be thick, soft, and stuffed with flavor. Thin crust pizza is barely a third of what pizza is meant to be, if that.
No place around here serves good deep dish that I'm aware of, though. Sadness.
urgh,
Pizza has to be paper thin with a hard crunchy crust, tomatosauce, salami, cooked ham and a very thin layer of cheese, that's pizzauntil two weeks ago I would have sworn that the german pizza is exactly like the italian original, but after a week in rome I must tell you:
american pizza and german pizza are both far away from the original but on different sides of the scale
hm, makes me wonder what the italians sold the british as "original itailan pizza"
urgh,
Pizza has to be paper thin with a hard crunchy crust, tomatosauce, salami, cooked ham and a very thin layer of cheese, that's pizza
until two weeks ago I would have sworn that the german pizza is exactly like the italian original, but after a week in rome I must tell you:
american pizza and german pizza are both far away from the original but on different sides of the scale
hm, makes me wonder what the italians sold the british as "original itailan pizza"
Hm,...
I'm no expert, but my wife's grandparent's both came over from Italy to get away from Mussolini. (Well, Grandad did, I think Grandma was born here about the time he landed)ANYway, I'm pretty sure I remember them telling me that Italians did not invent pizza. I heard it was a concoction of another country (probably America) that took some italian sauce, meat and cheese and put it on a bread crust. ???
EDIT- I'm willing to believe that my brain is mixing and matching different conversations from over the past 20 years and telling me things it knows aren't true too! ;P
At precisely 12:03 pm of today, the 12-12-2012, I turned 28. Missed the world-ending mark by just 3 minutes!
In other news, I took my sister's cat to the vet and he pissed all over me. I'll be smelling funny for a few days, it seems.
happy birtday Klaus!!!!!
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As long as I can find pulled pork BBQ with a vinegar based sauce I'm good. If not, I'll buy a cooker and make my own. ;)Houston has an AWESOME restaurant scene. While you will never be short of Tex-Mex options, we have an unbelievable range of restaurants.
Also, I love all pizza. I don't judge. :P
You'll usually find beef brisket BBQ here, but I found an epic pulled pork bbq recipe that I do all the time. I have yet to have someone not love it. I"ll make 5 pounds of pork for 6-7 people, and it'll be gone except for maybe enough for one sandwich that same day.
It's vinegar based, with tons of awesomely delicious goodness. We'll have to have a cook off sometime, invite a bunch of people and hang out. :D
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Am I the only one who's really never had that much of a desire to go to NYC?Nope. Only place in the country I'd rather visit less is California. Though admittedly CA does have better weather.
I took a lot of pains to go to this places :-)
New York was awesome, but I ciuld not really live there or in any other city, I am a country boy
May your olives be bountiful.O_o
Is this code? ;)
Klaus is a olive oil producer
Victoria TX? My uncle lives there.
Yup. I grew up in Yoakum, about 45 minutes north of Victoria.
My mom is part of the huge Stevens family that makes up about a third of the town. About a quarter of my 150-or-so-student graduating class were third or fourth cousins of mine.
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urgh,
Pizza has to be paper thin with a hard crunchy crust, tomatosauce, salami, cooked ham and a very thin layer of cheese, that's pizza
until two weeks ago I would have sworn that the german pizza is exactly like the italian original, but after a week in rome I must tell you:
american pizza and german pizza are both far away from the original but on different sides of the scale
hm, makes me wonder what the italians sold the british as "original itailan pizza"Hm,...
I'm no expert, but my wife's grandparent's both came over from Italy to get away from Mussolini. (Well, Grandad did, I think Grandma was born here about the time he landed)ANYway, I'm pretty sure I remember them telling me that Italians did not invent pizza. I heard it was a concoction of another country (probably America) that took some italian sauce, meat and cheese and put it on a bread crust. ???
EDIT- I'm willing to believe that my brain is mixing and matching different conversations from over the past 20 years and telling me things it knows aren't true too! ;P
Pizza originated in Naples, but there are other things they could have been describing. Dishes like spaghetti & meatballs and chicken parmesan arose among Italian-American communities in the States, not in Italy.
Also, fortune cookies were invented in San Francisco.
Oh yeah baybay! Now THAT's a Pizza! ;)How about this?
*yum-yum*
Why when I sleep or nap and have some great dream I must be roused from sleep by someone knocking on my door and get whole dream shattered and erased from memory? :(
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Why when I sleep or nap and have some great dream I must be roused from sleep by someone knocking on my door and get whole dream shattered and erased from memory? :(
Because the perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum?
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Have you met Pat, AZ, or Jess in person? Paizocon was awesome!Having had FHDM as our guest, I can say it would be worth it. Helluva great guy to hang with.Am I the only one who's really never had that much of a desire to go to NYC?come to ny. I will show you things beyond imagining.My big problem with NY is that it is the Urban of Urbans. It is the biggest, boldest, and most glaring example of "metropolis" in the entire country. It is the extreme example of everything implied by "city".
I don't like big cities.
Too many people. Too much traffic. Too many buildings too close together. Too many lights. Too much noise. Too much... stuff. Just too much.
Tempe was bad enough, tolerable but still crowded and cramped. The few times I had to actually visit downtown Phoenix I was utterly miserable and never once thought, "You know, it would be nice to live here." Phoenix doesn't hold a candle to NYC. It's a speck, a drop in an ocean in comparison.
Growing up, I always wanted to leave my rural, tiny hometown and move to the nearby big city, Victoria. (Which compared to Phoenix is tiny, so NYers probably wouldn't even recognize it as more than a suburb.) After actually living in a city for eight years while I was in Arizona, I learned that no, I really like living in a rural community with lots of space and lots of quiet and very little of urbanization.
I don't think I could stand being in NY for more than a couple of hours. =/
Victoria TX? My uncle lives there.
I don't mind visiting big cities for the most part, but working in them makes my brain itch!
The only reason I can imagine for me to want to go to NYC at this point in my life would be to meet CH and FHDM. I expect that would be very cool.
Sadly I have not yet had the pleasure, one of the things I hope to do is meet as many of my fellow Fawtlies as I can before I become a cantankerous anti-social recluse. ;)
Thank you very much, guys. Much appreciated.
And I still smell like cat piss. I think I'll order sushi today and go out with the family tomorrow. Party is this friday at 21:00, in case anyone happens to be walking around the southern edge of the planet by chance. FaWtLers are all invited.
Back from my second final. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the calc final was. They could have made it much harder. Glad they didn't. :)
Now I just have to write this last program (it's due tomorrow and I've barely started >.<) and then study like mad before taking the orgo final on Monday. So close to the end of the semester from hell.
What are your studies about, Lynora?
And best of luck with the final finals.
...one of the things I hope to do is meet as many of my fellow Fawtlies as I can before I become a cantankerous anti-social recluse. ;)
Too late for me then <_<
I'm not far behind you. :/...one of the things I hope to do is meet as many of my fellow Fawtlies as I can before I become a cantankerous anti-social recluse. ;)Too late for me then <_<
Heh.
I think that's why the big allure of big cities - "There's so much to DO/SEE/etc.!" - doesn't work on me. I'm incredibly boring. I don't drink, I don't go to parties, I very much don't like crowds and anything else that involves a lot of people or a lot of noise, I have a very limited scope of interests, and the vast majority of the time my idea of "a good time" is sitting in bed/at my computer reading, playing video games, or doing Pathfinder stuff. Even if I were to visit other FAWTLies at anything other than PaizoCon I'd probably not be interested in 90+% of the entertainment they'd have to offer >_>
What are your studies about, Lynora?
And best of luck with the final finals.
Thank you. :)
This term was C++, calculus, and organic chemistry. I was going for chemical engineering, but a really bad experience with organic chemistry has convinced me to switch to math major. At least math makes sense. Well, that and my ear problems (I have menniere's disease) make me a safety risk in the lab as the experiments get more and more complicated. Made me realize it wasn't really a viable career option and I should switch while I still could.
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Just got surprised with a birthday cake by co-workers at the main job. also got a lotto ticket! things are starting to look up!
Thank you very much, guys. Much appreciated.
And I still smell like cat piss. I think I'll order sushi today and go out with the family tomorrow. Party is this friday at 21:00, in case anyone happens to be walking around the southern edge of the planet by chance. FaWtLers are all invited.
Is it true that clocks run counterclockwise in the Southern hemisphere?
Now I just have to write this last program (it's due tomorrow and I've barely started >.<)don't hesitate to hit me up with any questions. :)
You know I won't. :)
That does not however guarantee that you'll still be awake by the time I have questions...since I have class tonight I'll probably be pulling an all-nighter. I miss sleep. But I should be able to get normal amounts of sleep again after Monday. Yay! :)
Wait until you know how much you won with that ticket... :P
Just got surprised with a birthday cake by co-workers at the main job. also got a lotto ticket! things are starting to look up!
Happy birthday FHDM.
Just got surprised with a birthday cake by co-workers at the main job. also got a lotto ticket! things are starting to look up!Happy birthday FHDM.
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+1Just got surprised with a birthday cake by co-workers at the main job. also got a lotto ticket! things are starting to look up!Happy birthday FHDM.
actually my birthday isn't until the 21st, but I am quite grateful for the recognition as I will be out of the office on that day!