Of all the topics that get found on the weblog, the discussions about the Victory Pig Pizza recipe generate the most hits on search engines. I once got an email from a couple in Colorado Springs about it. It turned out that the wife was the daughter of our school nurse, Mrs. Ducey. Evidently there are a lot of 'ex pat' Wyoming Valley natives looking for something that reminds them of home. Just this week, I got an email from someone who had referenced my little web page about making VP-style pizza at home. It turned out that there was a discussion raging on a recipe message board about the secret recipe that had pointed them to the my web page and so I chimed in. I found that the woman who runs the recipe discussion board and lives in Las Vegas was actually from Wyoming Valley originally...Swoyersville to be exact. After a few mail exchanges, I realized that I had gone to kindergarten with her son! (Steve Fondo) Small world...

I had to solicit the expertise of Karen Leonardi yesterday to assure I was using proper technique with a metal detector. My co-worker had lost his wedding ring while playing volleyball, or so he thought, so we searched the area with a rented metal detector. Karen is quite proficient in the art and science of metal detecting, so I sent her an email to ask her if we were doing it right. She responded immediately with lots of good advice. (Thanks Karen!) We got lots of 'hits' but none of them were the ring. We even dug a little, in the hopes that we might find something even more valuable, but no luck. It was still a lot of fun, and I can see how people might get 'hooked' on this kind of thing .