Hideaway Pizza

The first restaurant I ever went to was the Hideaway in Stillwater, Oklahoma; I was only a few days old. Maybe that's why I love pizza so much. I could literally eat it every day for the rest of my life and be happy. And there's no need to go crazy and add all sorts of toppings; a good old pepperoni pizza is as good as it gets. Maybe throw some mushrooms or pineapple on there now and then, but plain old pepperoni is all you really need. I'm sure some will argue with this, but to you, I'll just say you're wrong. And don't get me started on supreme pizzas. Too many flavors mixing together. It just becomes a mush of pizza. Toppings piled on toppings, building way too high for any pie. Then you've got toppings falling off, olives landing who knows where. It's a mess. Give me a pepperoni and cheese pizza.

I seem to have digressed. The Hideaway is a good pizza joint. They expanded a number of years ago and now have some locations in Tulsa. We go there every now and then when we're in town. This was one of those times.

Fu Manchu

Let me tell you a little something about myself. I listen to a lot of podcasts. Some are just funny and entertaining, like The Grapes of Rad, TBTL, and Jordan Jesse, GO!, but some are informational and provide a good learning opportunity. Lately I've been doing a lot of driving to Oklahoma for work, so I've had a lot of time to listen in the truck. One of the best informational podcasts is Radio Lab, produced by WNYC. It's entertaining and funny, while still being very informative. I listened to a particularly good one a couple days ago about a very sneaky orangutan. I don't want to give away the good stuff, but this episode was particularly entertaining; everything from the actual story, to Jerry, the head zoo keeper they interviewed. My favorite quotes from him were when he called Fu Manchu (the star of this story) an "ol' boy" and when he described one of Fu's female friends as "a big, heavyset girl." It's a good episode and it's a "short" which isn't a full episode. If you have 12 minutes to spare, give it a listen; it's a pretty good story.

Check out this episode here: Fu Manchu

And now for my orangutan! He didn't pull anything like Fu did, but he seems to have an attitude towards people. The guy was just laying there giving me the finger! How rude is that? Although we've got him locked up in this cage, so that's kind of rude too. I'd probably give people the finger too if they came by and stared at me all day and I couldn't go outside because it was cold. I've always liked great apes, chimps in particular. Orangutan's are pretty great too though. Especially Fu Manchu, and this guy. Just look at those eyes!