The Single Drop Theory

I pulled up to a stoplight. A single drop of condensation rolled down the windshield.

It made me think of how many times the single drop is used to reveal something in a movie. The single drop of blood from the nose or mouth, or maybe from under the hat, tells you that a character is about to die. A single drop of sweat reveals that a character is lying. It's always a single drop falling out from inside or behind something. You can almost hear the writers' meeting: Okay, how about this—we think everything's fine then we E. C. U. on a single drop of— and it almost doesn't matter what it's a single drop of.

Then the light changed.

10:10:12 (link)

On Pizza

I just ordered an e-book that claims to be the real secret to making real pizza at home. I think I'm getting very good at making pizza. I ordered the book to see if it had any new information for me, and also to see whether any book I might write would be redundant.

I think I should write my book about pizza. Not to sound like a crackpot or anything, but I believe there is one thing that all the pizza recipes I have seen in books and magazines are getting wrong. It's time to fix the mistake.

No, I'm not going to tell you what it is! You have to buy the book when I write it!

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Comments

January 19, 2006 - 22:48:44
Will it match live Pepe's or The Spot? NB "live" means a cheap flight into Tweed, and right now I could use a little excuse for that, though watching the Bay Area sky from my current bedroom window is intoxicating, and I could adjust/adapt my diet. Everything comes at a price, including moving across the continent. I just don't want to pay New Haven prices for Bisquick lined with ketchup.
Yomama, however. I'm unpacking. 'Tis worse than packing, OK??

January 19, 2006 - 22:50:54
Will it match live Pepe's or The Spot? NB "live" means a cheap flight into Tweed, and right now I could use a little excuse for that, though watching the Bay Area sky from my current bedroom window is intoxicating, and I could adjust/adapt my diet. Everything comes at a price, including moving across the continent. I just don't want to pay New Haven prices for Bisquick lined with ketchup.
Yomama, however. I'm unpacking. 'Tis worse than packing, OK??

January 20, 2006 - 10:30:50
I always felt The Spot was too salty. I'm not sure I understand your question though. Will what match Pepe's or The Spot? I'm talking about my pizza, which you've had. You can decide for yourself whether it would get kicked out of New Haven. Mine's a hell of a lot cheaper than a cross-country flight, but I don't pretend to have the years of experience that the good folks at Pepe's and Sally's have. However, my pizza is a damn sight better than Bisquick and ketchup.

I wrote to the author of the e-book and pointed out the mistake I felt he was making. He said I was right, but that he'd been making pizza that way for so long that it's hard to change. Huzzah! I was right!
Peter S. Conrad