Aug29

pi3 = pizza, pickles and pineapple.

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digiorno is dropping a pizza topped with both pineapple and pickle in an effort to enrage the entire internet. which side are you on?

If you thought ordering pineapple on your pizza was divisive, just wait until you hear what DiGiorno is cooking up next. Following the viral success of #PicklePizza, a hashtag that has more than 16 million views on TikTok to date, the fine folks at DiGiorno thought it would be a good idea to bring that creation to life. But, rather than just present a pizza that would surely enrage people who think pickles have no business being on a pizza, the brand is splitting this pizza 50-50, topping the opposite side with pineapple because, sure, let’s make everyone mad while we’re at it.

According to a statement provided to Food & Wine, the pizza is made with “a hand-tossed crust, with those all-important toppings. While we’d love to say we all get to try it, we can’t. Because DiGiorno knows this is just too explosive for a true mass-market release.

Instead, DiGiorno will give people the chance to snag one frozen pizza for free at shopdigiorno.goodnes.com via weekly drops. But please note that the website will not go live until September 5, so bookmark the URL for future use.

The pies will be limited to one per person, only available while supplies last, and shipping will only be available within the United States. We are very sure these pickle and pineapple frozen pizzas will go quickly.

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“but magic is like pizza: even when it’s bad, it’s pretty good.”
― neil patrick harris
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credits: foodandwine.com, stacey leasca
Aug28

enthusiasm.

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found these two hanging out amidst the clover

 seven+ months until st. patrick’s day

 they started celebrating a bit early

while they look a little worn

it doesn’t seem to matter.

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“years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

– samuel ulman

 

Aug27

deli.

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relaxed dinner from the deli

such an easy delight 

picnic by the river

ice cream just right.

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“there’s a deli around the corner from my office where I’d get a bag of chips with my sandwich,

and I was hiding them under my sandwich because I was embarrassed.

when I had this epiphany that I was hiding the potato chips from myself,

I realized there was an opportunity there.”

-keith belling

 

 

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zingerman’s deli, ann arbor, michigan, usa – 2023

Aug26

dog days.

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on international dog day

deep into the dog days of summer

i’m reminded of one of my all time favorite movies

‘dog day afternoon’

incredible acting

unbelievable

and inspired by

a true story.

photo from the actual crime scene, 1972

 

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sonny: “is there any special country you wanna go to?”

sal: “wyoming.”

sonny: “sal. wyoming’s not a country.”

-salvatore ‘sal’ naturale – dog day afternoon 

 

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credits: warner brothers pictures, 1975, avenue magazine, life magazine, the boys in the bank

 

 

 

 

Aug25

mocking – birds.

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they are way too clever and a have a flair for sarcastic humor

 

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” at a wildlife rehab facility i met two crows that said, ‘caw’ in a human accent.

they said it like a human reading the word ‘caw’ aloud.

the tech shook her head and said,

“they’re making fun of us. people say ‘caw’ to them all day,

so they’ve started impersonating us.”

-cryptonaturalist

 

 

 

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Aug24

new paths.

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some paths just wait to be discovered

 

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“we keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things,

because we are curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

-walt disney

 

 

 

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leslie park, ann arbor,michigan, usa

Aug23

move-in.

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it’s that time of year again

move-in week

the uni students have newly arrived or returned

for a year of who knows what lies ahead

 the stores, the streets, the students

are full of excitement, fear, questions, hopes

and a broom, a  big mirror, and a case of ramen noodles or two.

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“i move in the university of the waves.”

-pablo neruda

 

Aug22

goat in the garden.

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it’s not often that one happens upon a goat riding a bicycle in a garden
but when i did
i knew how i would love to find a goat riding a bicycle in my garden.
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“ i saw goats. a party can’t be all bad when you have goats,” lucy said.”
― Mary Jane Hathaway,  Persuasion, Captain Wenworth and Cracklin’ Cornbread
Aug21

dove.

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why does the dove sit and visit

day after day

her answer is

this rustic nest

built atop the rail

tucked way beneath the tomato plant

a safe and shaded home

for the baby doves

soon to be welcomed into the world.

 

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“and there my little doves did sit

with feathers softly brown

and glittering eyes that showed their right

to general nature’s deep delight.”

-elizabeth barrett browning

Aug20

so, how’s a poet to even try to keep their days straight?

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yo!

rainbow

hello

don’t go!

 

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an original, in honor of bad poetry day

which i just missed 

but now

it’s very nearly national poets day

and before too long will be national poetry day.

and so

see below.

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Hard on the heels of Bad Poetry Day on August 18

Comes National Poets Day on August 21

Presumably we celebrate good poets for this day.

Although Poets Day could certainly refer to any poets, good or bad.

It could even mean you! If you’re a poet …

So on August 21, celebrate the poet in you. Or in your friend. Or your favorite poet. It’s all up to you.

This day is different from yet another day celebrating poets and poems: National Poetry Day in October.