Speaking in hobonics

I just Googled the phrase 'hobonics' and found references! and one of the first page's was about the Royal Mile and Java Joe's! Holy shit, I thought! Someone else has written about the language of Des Moines's hobos! But then I noticed that the link was to this blog…

I've never felt more alone in the world…

On dipping your pizza in Ranch, from Slate:

And numerous Pizza Hut franchises in the South began offering cups of ranch alongside their pies, after a few franchisees discovered that teenagers were dipping their slices in the dressing. Although dunking one's pizza in ranch dressing is a culinary act best described as arterial suicide, the company took the concept nationwide earlier this year with the debut of the Dippin' Strips Pizza, which is precut into easily dippable ribbons and served with ranch "sauce." Short of being blasted in the face with a ranch-dressing hose, that's about as intense a fat rush as the human body can handle.