Reading Notes: Stupid, Arbitrary Goal
Confession time: I bought Arbitrary, Stupid Goal because I thought it was a book on productivity. There it was on Kottke. There it was on Amazon. There it was in my Kindle app. 

I can be forgiven for this given that the book opens with the story of the Wolfawitz family, “who wanted to go on vacation b
https://markmcelroy.com/2019/01/31/reading-notes-stupid-arbitrary-goal/
#autobiography #creativenon-fiction #GreenwichVillage #memoirs #NewYork

The Toxic Treat That Beggars Eat (2)
This is the second installment of a series of posts on pizza, and, the truth is, I haven't a clue what I'm doing yet. This could become anything from a long-form essay to a non-fiction book about my personal obsession with hot, spicy pies. The inaugural post, if you're curious, is here.

I ate my first pizza in 1969. No one really knows, though, who assemb
https://markmcelroy.com/2019/01/10/the-toxic-treat-that-beggars-eat-2/
#non-fiction #pizza

Pie Life (Part One)
I first encountered pizza in 1969. I was four.

That archetypal pie came from Pasquale’s Pizza Restaurant in the Lenlock Shopping Center in Anniston, Alabama. You’ve never been there, but you know the place. A dining room with wide, black booths around the perimeter and wrought-iron tables and chairs in the middle. Red and white checked vinyl tablecloths. Bulbous glass shakers of pepper fl
https://markmcelroy.com/2019/01/07/pie-life-part-one/
#non-fiction #pizza