tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995549094711921881.post8659655368449433894..comments2023-10-18T07:43:35.991-05:00Comments on Middled: Richard Makes GoodRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16373701005620294556noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995549094711921881.post-344009892943070092007-08-31T14:56:00.000-05:002007-08-31T14:56:00.000-05:00I am coming to visit right now!Oh, and Molly's tal...I am coming to visit right now!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Molly's tales of working at Dewey's were immortalized on Maud Newton's book blog, where Molly wrote:<BR/><BR/>"I recently secured employment waiting tables at a small Midwestern pizza chain, where, in addition to using my degree in English and Creative Writing in a meaningful way, I am Taking Pizza to the Next Level. (Occasionally, I find that I am driven to take Sarcasm to the Next Level, as well. And Mock-Sincerity. And Snarkiness. But that is besides the point; when pressed, you can take just about anything to the Next Level. Last weekend, for instance, after taking Whiskey to the Next Level, I gather from family members that I took Dancing to the Next Level.) <BR/><BR/>But I digress. One of the specialty pizzas on the menu, nestled between the “X-Pepperoni” and the “Wild Mushroom,” is rather inexplicably called the “Edgar Allan Poe.” It is topped with a tasty combination of roasted garlic, kalamata olives, mushrooms, and goat cheese, but no one has yet given me a satisfactory explanation as to the reasoning behind the name, nor any understanding as to why a singular literary allusion, lacking any context, is burdening an otherwise standard and predictable menu — particularly since the customers often mistakenly refer to it as the “Woody Allen” or the “Ethan Allen.” If you ask me, to avoid such confusion, a pizza named the Edgar Allan Poe should be topped with opium and 14-year-old cousin-brides. <BR/><BR/>At any rate, it is a puzzle that I enjoy whittling away at while boxing up pieces of doughy crust for carb-shy dieters to “take home to their dogs,” or while rushing to fetch more soda for already hyperactive children. I have yet to arrive at a solid thesis, but right now I am leaning towards a correlation between the vast, pale, pockmarked expanse of Poe’s forehead and the color and texture of goat cheese."<BR/>http://maudnewton.com/blog/?cat=52Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com