#MOD Pizza

[autisticabbey]

Yesterday I went to MOD Pizza for dinner for Autism York after work at Regal Cinemas, and it was fun and delicious

[unityrain24]

Mod Pizza Orders

Thor: doesn't get exactly the same thing every time, but goes something like: red sauce (extra) or bbq, mozzerella, asiago, parmesan, literally every meat option avaliable except the anchovies, maybe a few vegetables but mainly meat, hot honey on top, thick crust to hold it all because it's HEAVY

Loki: cauliflower crust or regular thin crust, pesto sauce or mushroom pesto sauce, asiago, balsamic marinated mushrooms, artichoke and/or broccoli, basil, salt/pepper, fig glaze, possibly italian plant sausage

Tony Stark: regular thin crust, red sauce, mozzerela, parmesan, possibly muenster, italian sausage, pepperoni, olives, sometimes mushrooms

Bruce Banner: the maddy pizza (sometimes with olives added), or garlic bread

Natasha Romanoff: changes every time. Sometimes she'll do a caesar salad, sometimes she'll recreate russian mockba (russian-style pizza that is topped with mackrel, tuna, sardines, salmon and onions), sometimes she'll make something fancy with the specialty sauces, sometimes she gets a plain pepperoni pizza

Clint Barton: regular thin crust pizza, red sauce, pepperoni, sausage, can't tell if he'd absolutely love pineapple or absolutely hate it

Bonus- Peter Parker: plain maddy (plain cheese pizza)

personally, my mod pizza order is regular thin crust, red sauce, basil, mozzarella, asiago, roasted red peppers, salt/pepper. I'm not huge on pizza but when i do have it i like mod, and whenever i eat it this bounces around my head

[passerine-parable]

PSA- my brother works at mod pizza- Caesar sauce IS legal to put on your pizza and also the best sauce for your pizza

[thedaveandkimmershow]

Lotta cool things to say about August. The biggest is this:

Kimmer scored an A in her Bio Statistics course.

A very big deal. Like that young American hockey team beating the Russians at the Olympics many decades ago for the first time. 🤯

Kimmer got an A.

In Bio Statistics.

Make no mistake. Statistics has been her kryptonite all the way back to her undergrad years in college. It has always been thus. After college, when it was various graduate studies, she did everything she could to dodge those classes having done them already because they just did not compute for her.

And on and on and on and on 'n on.

So. 

What happened to break that pattern?

YouTube for one. A big one. In which you can absolutely find the people who communicate complex disciplines like statistics in ways that are easily understood by people who don't usually understand them.

The second reason for her success was, of course, her professor.

Can't understate enough.

So yeah. Like I said... this was a very very VERY big deal. 😁😁😁

Also, by the end of the month, this Quarter From Hell was officially over. Done. And by Quarter From Hell I'm taking about a period of educational pursuit that, even as it enables massive professional growth, still manages to profoundly kick your ass and forces you to consider just how long you can keep this up. 🤔🤨

We kicked off August with a lovely dinner at Mod Pizza in Lynnwood with one of Kimmer's custom concoctions that never disappoints. 🤩☺️

Couple nights later it's Joan Jett & The Blackhearts opening for Alanis Morissette's Triple Moon Tour at White River Amphitheater just a stone's throw from Auburn.

The tickets were a gift from Daughter Number 1 earlier in the year, something she knew her ol' mom 'n dad would dearly enjoy.

Which.

We.

Did.

Been a while, I won't lie. Been a while since we attended a proper concert of this scale. Joan Jett was definitely a lovely trip down memory lane atop iconic songs to which everyone still knows the lyrics...

And definitely sung 'um. 😁😁😁

The headliner, Alanis Morissette, produced a wildly big show, taking full advantage of nighttime that fully descended by her first song.

Coupla big screens to either side of the stage masterfully filled by a crew of camera ops. A big screen, back 'n center, onto which was projected imagery implicit and implied by the music and lyrics. A strip of sheer fabric, ten to fifteen feet wide that not only captured lights, shadows, and imagery, but also acted as a wall that could obscure the back of the stage. The lights, of course, highly choreographed. The sometimes frenetic motion of Morissette... so effective at focusing thousands of eyes in rapt and sometimes disbelieving attention.

Yeah. 

She and her band put on a show.

They put on a big show, and, like I said, it's been a while since we've experienced one.

And we very very very much appreciated the experience. 🤪🤩☺️

A small thing in August that's legitimately a very very big thing: we gotta new mechanic to handle the maintenance of our cars. It's been a while, is all I'm saying. During which time we used larger shops that were just fine... just not with the same personal touch.

So HUZZAH!!! 🤩

August 8 kicked off a triple shot of Little Lies performances: MUSIC AT THE MARINA on Thursday at the Everett Marina, SOUTH LAKE UNION BLOCK PARTY on Friday at Denny Park, and TASTE EDMONDS on Saturday at Civic Center Playfield.

The Little Lies is a Fleetwood Mac tribute band with which Linzy's performed since its formation in March of 2022. She plays keys, acoustic guitar, and handles all Christine McVie vocals.

Of the three parts of the triple shot this year, we made it to the Marina show in Everett and the Taste show in Edmonds both of which we enjoyed tremendously and both of which have become a yearly summer family tradition. We even share the Everett tradition with a dear friend of ours so it's extra special sweet. ☺️

A week later, August 16, Linzy's at Woodinville's Wine Alley for an outdoor performance that drew more engagement and requests than performing inside during a wine bar gig. The sound got to be louder, the summer crowd bigger, and a good time was had by all. There was even a group of adults sitting right next to Linzy on the patio of the wine bar next to her who remained right there for the entire three-hour set.

They even sang along to some of Linzy's Taylor Swift covers. 🤩

For myself, professionally, August was the continuation of a creative Renaissance. 

Ummm...

Maybe that's overstating a little.

For sure I'm having a lot of fun on the projects I'm crafting with old tools, new tools, an evolving creative mindset, and a bit of deep diving into all the resources I have at my command. 🤯

August 25 and we're celebrating the birthdays of two of our dear friends who're (conveniently) married to each other. So we have they, their three-year-old and their five-year-old over for the afternoon to just enjoy ourselves.

Relax.

Play.

Converse.

Dine.

Drink.

And enjoy dessert. Sending them home with exhausted children.

Talk about a WIN. 😉

August 29 we're with that same family at the Evergreen State fair, enjoying ride and snack experiences with their kids and hoping they hadn't suddenly made off to Jamaica with the couplehood we just afforded them. 🤣

We were also there for yet another Little Lies performance, this time a shorter set as they opened for a Led Zeppelin tribute band.

Gotta say: since this was technically a school night, the entire experience very much felt like playing hooky. 🤪

The next morning, August 30, I had to be early to work and so missed out on the inaugural ride of light rail from Lynnwood to the UW. At the end of the workday, though, I did take that ride in the opposite direction and it.

Was.

Magnificent.

Twenty-five minutes.

Didn't even have to hop over to a bus at Northgate. 🤯

And then it's August 31st on which I woke up in the morning believing yes, sincerely believing, that this was September 1.

Whoops.

Actually, September 1's today.

So onward!

😁

[theleadersglobe]

MOD Pizza’s New Ownership Sparks Hope for Revival

MOD Pizza, the fast-casual chain offering customizable pizzas, announced new ownership. Elite Restaurant Group acquired MOD, though the deal’s terms are undisclosed. The company is now working on a turnaround plan to avoid bankruptcy.

MOD faced potential bankruptcy last week, but a spokesperson emphasized their efforts to improve their capital structure. Rick Van Warner said, ��We’re exploring all options to improve our capital structure.” The fast-casual restaurant industry struggles with inflation. Customers are cutting back on dining out, impacting chains like MOD Pizza. Red Lobster filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May, citing over $1 billion in debt.

Read More:(https://theleadersglobe.com/life-interest/food/mod-pizzas-new-ownership-sparks-hope-for-revival/)

[the-kneecap-god]

as an ex-manager... i can attest to this. this is wholly accurate... and it would usually happen like 15 minutes before close.

[hasnomoxxie]

Also random silly thing I'm doing--

Tryna figure out modding Anton into pizza tower with a friend-

Basically nothings done yet but still it's a work in progress :]

I cannot match the pt style for the life of me oml

Also shitty sprite test

[pizzatowerwiki]

Happy late anniversary to the wiki!! You can read about our progress and whatnot here.

Art by @SuperKirbylover.

[peoplegettingreallymadatfood]

I challenge Brazilian pizza with Swedish pizza.

Banana and curry pizza:

Yule pizza:

Ice cream with chocolate sauce pizza:

This:

Fruit salad pizza:

Semlapizza (semla is a kind of spicebun with whipped cream and almond paste):

Lingonberrypizza:

good god...

[snallygayster]

obsessed with the playable fake peppino mod so i made some rank screen mockups for fun

[daily-gustavo]

whatever, im in a fun mood, and dry on ideas . Gimme your au Gustavos and i'll probably draw em, theres never enough universes that hold gustavo in em :)

[hecatia666]

there's pizza delivery on paldea, however!

no it doesn't come with a pokemon battle mrs. nemona

[kev-smell-my-fart]

a redraw. or a sequel. perhaps a successor… to the one pizzahead thing, yknow the one.

[thedaveandkimmershow]

I wanna say May was a busier month. Really, though, what happened is that there was a diversity of experience going on across 31 days.

We weren't necessarily busier... we just did a bunch of different things during the one month.

Definitely that showed up in my work where, with the help of AI, I restored distorted audio then went on to work on a number of projects including short packages that emphasize process and experience, an intro piece for an organization and its work, and then finally a documentary.

In the meantime, Kimmer's still doing her Kimmer thing. Still balancing the full-time professional work with the full-time doctoral work. 

And yeah. Her brain is full.

First week of May's the week we celebrate her cousin's birthday so on the 4th we're hanging out at Paine Field airport 'cause its a really slick airport with a terminal that comes across more like the lobby of an upscale hotel rather than what we're all used to at SeaTac. So we get there early to lounge with coffee 'n hot chocolate before getting on the plane.

We had a good time, of course. Relaxing a bit. Hanging out. Catching up. Planning. Celebrating.

At one point we're all at a friend's, standing on the patio overlooking a sunlit valley whilst enjoying wine and appetizers.

At another point we're sharing a family meal around a table at one of our favorite local restaurant/pubs with Kimmer's cousin and nephew. 

And then later I'm trying to hurl a discus at a nearby park and it does not. go well.

On the upside, none of us had any expectations for my performance. Like, at all.

But it was interesting to hear Kimmer's nephew talk about his first year's experience of discus throwing as part of his high school's team.

He demonstrates for us a few times and then asks me if I want to try.

For laughs, I'm guessing.

And you bet I delivered on those laughs. 🤣🤣🤣

A few nights later we're home again, thankful for the good care a friend of ours has taken both of our home and of our cats.

That's a heckuva thing to say out loud, by the way.

Cats.

Plural.

Which is its own ongoing story, its own episode of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in which we introduce a friendly indoor cat into the home of an indoor/outdoor cat who's spent the better part of ten years marking everything in his house.

That's right. He's possessive.

So he's like a big brother who's bothered by his little brother who's absolutely relentless. Who just won't leave him alone. Who always wants to know what're we doing what're we doing what are we doing???

The new cat, Quarter, is also a big cat who doesn't get that he's a big cat. So he doesn't understand about his sheer physical presence. 

And then one day I hear the cats galloping around the house, taking turns chasing each other, challenging each other in staring contests, swatting each with paws.

No claws out, by the way. Never claws out.

And our old cat, Dinker, seems just as engaged at these times.

And then other times he's quite curmudgeonly. And then other other times, when the cats are sleeping, Quarter rests his head on Dinker and all is right with the world.

They have a complicated relationship I guess is my point. But it seems to be moving forward. Expanding in a good way.

So there's that 

A couple days after we're back from California, a milestone:

We get our Kia Soul back from the shop.

It's been a quest with this car ever since it was stolen at the head of December last year when it was literally swiped off the street as part of a TikTok challenge, the first of four such vehicles that would be stolen in sequence that same night by the same crew.

Same crew? How would we know that?

Because a stolen car, ours first we believe, would eventually end up somewhere where another such car would be swiped and then that car would end up somewhere where yet another such car's stolen.

Anyway.

Once recovered, our Soul went to a nearby tow yard where it sat a week or more before being transferred to a shop that could handle some of the damage immediately. It took 'em about a week to handle what they could handle and then we had the car in our drive a couple months until a second shop could take it and finish the remainder of the work.

May 10 is when we got it back in working order. 

Then it's Mother's Day and we're at my Mom & Dad's place to celebrate. Then it's the Sunday after Mother's Day when we celebrate Kimmer so that we can completely focus on her and we have a great day together as a family getting her cards and gifts ready in the morning while she puts in the day's doctoral work, indulging a Linzy-prepared picnic at Tapster, South Lake Union, and then painting garden rocks at Linzy's place while Pixar's "Brave" plays on a nearby monitor. 

Afterward, when we're back home, just the two of us, Kimmer takes the time to place each of the painted rocks in various garden pots out back like she's the Easter bunny hiding eggs. ☺️

In-between those Mother's Days, we're at Mod Pizza thoroughly enjoying one of Kimmer's creations that Mod assembles for us. The experience is worth an honorary mention because while we're there we get to experience the most lovely sunset.

Because it's the small things in life. Right?

And then later we're at Value Village where they have a map of our solar system that includes Pluto.

Which always warms my heart. ❤️❤️❤️

Late in the month, one of the bands Linzy's in, Midnight High, performed at the Rabbit Box Theater a level down from street level at the Pike Place Market. Now, we've been to Midnight High gigs before but for some reason this one blew us away all over again as if we were seeing the band for the first time. Not sure why that is... the venue I think had a little to do with it. Small-ish with a French/New Orleans vibe. With dining, tables and booths in the area right in front of the stage on the same level as the stage which made the Midnight High light show even more amazing.

Darndest thing.

The band blew us away all over again. 🤔🤨🤯

The month of May also found us using Claude AI as a teacher. Me, I had it explain the inner works of neurons, neural networks, neural plasticity, synapses, and neurons that fire together wire together.

As for Kimmer, Claude AI was able to explain to her certain fundamentals of statistics that she's always always always struggled to articulate. And then one evening she just rattles these concepts off to me as if she's always known them as opposed to the reality that she's always pulled her hair out whenever they were part of the assignment.

So.

Huzzah! to Claude AI. Claude's definitely been doing good by us.

A coupla other tiny moments:

Linzy sent over a photo of her cat, Marlowe, all snuggled up on a blanket on her papazan. She titled the photo��� 

"Oh to be a cozy little cat on a fuzzy blanket" 

—which sounds to me like. it should be the first song on her hypothetical children's label. 😊

And then the second tiny moment is a sunny afternoon walking across campus after work and being fully aware of the sun, the warmth, and how lovely everything looked. ☺️

For our month's finale, I'm gonna steal a day from June, tack it onto the end of May, and call it May 32.

Why?

Because Linzy had a pair of solo gigs Friday and Saturday that seemed to close out the Month perfectly.

Friday was at Cafe Umbria in Ballard that was as much a recital for Linzy's students from kids to adults as it was a cafe performance. She mentioned she had the gig and everyone wanted to be there. She even got offers for a pair of free lattes. ☺️☺️☺️

So the cool thing about the performance is that Linzy was responsible for at least ninety percent of customers who were there that night.

And everyone bought food and/or drinks.

Toward the end when requests were on the table, Linzy had more kids and teens right there up front. There were even seats set in front of her about four feet back. The kids brought a lot of fun energy and anticipation. The adults were genuinely happy for the experience.

The following night we were at Montinore Estate and Landline Estates in Woodinville, a combined wine tasting room with a lovely menu.

This time it wasn't a recital but enough people wandered in to fill the place anyway... with a couple at the table behind me who were tuned right into Linzy's set, whispering/soft singing along with most songs in a way that was sweet and not annoying.

The staffs at both gigs were the best, by the way. Super helpful and enjoying the music like everyone else.

The last thing I wanna mention is "IF", the film that's written, produced, and directed by John Krasinski, starring Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, and a truckload of stars.

The experience at the Crest was like  a live Pixar movie complete with a heartwarming Pixar twist at the end that I saw coming... although not by much.

It was an amazing, sometimes breathtaking experience that was fully unexpected and, therefore, fully appreciated.

And that was May.

Onward!

☺️

[emmetofthestars]

Oaaagg mym gaaooooowddddd. tbh im not that happy with the animation but also i was just getting sick of drawing the same thing 8 times in a row so its no wonder. maybe ill fix it later. also because its pepperman i dont care nearly as much

[itsthevioletqueen]

A bunch of renders I made with VibaPop's Pizza Tower models.