the weary boys returned to gainesville, this time as woodsboss, with molly as the new singer, and doing lots of the old weary boys favorites and some new woodsboss classics. i must say, it was the best time i’ve had in years… dancing and just soaking up the jams. the music just got better and better all night until the final song of the encore, orange blossom special, just blew everything i ever knew about music, out of the water. unfotrunately, by this late hour, there were only about 20 folks around to enjoy it. it was the kind of moment that you knew you were witnessing the best thing going on in the entire country and you were just glad to be there. they really rocked. they said they will be back every april and we look forward to that for sure.

as for the weekend, we had a few issues friday night, but nothing too major except for the half ricotta half artichoke pizza that the ticket forgot to get turned in on. then, when it was coming out, jeff burned his hand and lost the artichoke half. so, that was a bit of an ordeal, but saturday night there were no mistakes and we were all having a pretty good time. actually, there were quite a few problems that had me over stressed saturday but i won’t get into the details. the food was good, and that’s the most important thing.

this week upcoming is supposed to be our busiest of the year as we approach spring graduation on saturday. we’ve got extra people on staff every night and are ready to rock. i’m excited.

there is the funny story of the lady who called asking about the price of a 1 topping large. then she determined the cheese only price, then she commented on how that the large cheese pizza cost more than it used to cost. joey started to explain that the cost of food and fuel are driving up prices… so she says, “welcome to the real world” and hangs up. candy bars used to be a nickel. gas used to cost $2 a gallon. times are changin’.

last week the third annual reggae dance was a big success with all sorts of people having all sorts of fun. over 200 people in attendance and if you missed it.. well, you have to wait until 2009. don pablo, rank’n'dan, hutchie and hyton b in full effect.

we had a hard time this past friday night. it started off i made a few mistakes back to back and then we realized that the bottom oven was turned down, probably the knob got bumped. this put all the pies and calzones behind by about 10 or 15 minutes, and on top of the mistakes, it made for a general hard time. food was taking too long and not cooked as perfectly as possible. by 8pm, we had a handle on things and the night recovered. still, a pretty stressful start. with graduation here in 2 weeks, we need to be on top of our game for sure.

tuesday night coming up is the weary boys show. i’m pretty excited about that. the last 2 times they have been there they have just blown everyone away. it’s been a couple years now and i’m just hoping folks come out, even though it’s a tuesday night.

people of America, meet Bad-O-Mime. he’s a super hero and a Bad Mime. Brought to you by Satchel’s Pizza, otherwise known as Atchel’ssay Izzapay.

i love those march winds… they inspired me to make a whirligig. this is a 16 piece and there is another 16 piece on site. of course, it took me until april to find a bunch of fan blades and if everyone would just bring me their broken fans i would be eternally grateful. you know, i would give out a free slice for every old fan blade of a decent size that got brought in…

oh, spring break is almost here for the public schools. i will be so happy to sleep in some. that 6 am wake up is bringing me down.
but other things are lifting me up…
like the reggae show is coming soon, although the scene put the wrong date in today, it’s the 12th, not the 11th. the weary boys new band is coming the 22nd. oh, how glorious april is for gainesville.
speaking of gainesville, we have new t-shirts AND bumper stickers coming out in late april “get it in gainesville… satchel’s pizza.” so, if you read the blog, you know the inside scoop before anyone else.
joey has given up. he is a shell of a man now at work. he’s like a zombie to see him drag around… he knows he’ll be in law school soon and as soon as he gets his practice, he has sworn to come back and sue me for everything… and for no reason, but just because he wants to sue people. (this is obviously an inside joke for those of you who are confused… know this, joey is, was, and always will be trouble.) just pray he’s not your server…

i love you all. even joey.

april 4th, i’ve been married 10 years!