BROCCOLI IS MY FRIEND

I love pizza. I could eat it each night for dinner & then have the leftover slices -- if there were any -- for breakfast the next day.

Hot or cold. I love pizza.

When I lived in Bartlett, Tennessee -- an exclusive suburb of Memphis -- my home was quite close to two pizza chains -- Domino's & Poppa John's. Not too many Friday night's went by without a pizza being delivered to my home.

For toppings I would get pepperoni, onions & black olives. On a LARGE pizza.

I would often call in my order & tell them I had a "special" coupon, from another pizza company. Would they accept the coupon ?? They always did.

They never asked me for the coupon when the pizza was delivered. Good thing, since I made up the coupons & the "special" when I called in the order.

I'd call & say: "I have a coupon from (other company) for a large, hand-tossed, three-topping pizza for ... ah ... $5.99. Will you honor that"??

Viva La Competition !!

I may have "cheated" a bit on the pizza & the price, but never on the tip to the guy or gal delivering the pizza. Minimum tip: $5.00. The tip is where they make their money.

It was interesting that the people delivering were always the same folks. I guess they knew my address was easy money for them.

I love pizza. Just writing about pizza make me want one real bad. I can almost taste it right now.

As much as I love & have enjoyed so many pizzas, I have not eaten one since April of 2007. That was the last time.

There are a many foods I have not eaten since April 2007. Think onion rings, hamburgers, ice cream, tacos & a lot of other common foods which used to be on my plate.

I also don't drink beer, wine or hard liquor any more. No thanks. I'll drink water.

In April, 2007 was when I had my heart surgery. Since then, I've tried to make up for all the poor eating habits I had for so many years.

I still grave certain "treats". What I would not give for a handful of peanut M&M's.

The Dustin cartoon above is a reminder of some of my eating habits in the past ... & the results of same.

Now days ... it's "NO" to pizza for me, along with a lot of other foods I loved & consumed in the past, as if there were no consequences.

Well, there were consequences. They are called "scars" & I've got them on my chest & left leg as a reminder.

Now days, I eat a lot of vegetables. No "flesh foods", other than some chicken every so often.

Tonight for my dinner I'm having noodles & broccoli.

After all ... broccoli is my friend.

But, I still would LOVE a pizza !!!