Readers Like New York Thin, St. Louis, & Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Styles

In the Sunday Poll readers picked their favorite pizza styles:

Q: Pick two (2) favorite styles of pizza from the following:

1. New York Thin Crust 14 [25%]
2. St. Louis Style 13 [23.21%]
3. Chicago Deep Dish (and stuffed) 12 [21.43%]
4. The Original: Neapolitan 9 [16.07%]
5. Detroit Style 4 [7.14%]
6. California Style 2 [3.57%]
7. TIE
   1. New England Greek 1 [1.79%]
   2. Unsure/no answer 1 [1.79%]
8. Chicago Thin Crust 0 [0%]
9. Tomato Pie 0 [0%]

See descriptions of each here. I like most styles of pizza — except St. Louis. I’ve been here over 24 years but the St. Louis style trio (crust, sauce & cheese) just doesn’t work for me.

— Steve Patterson

Sunday Poll: Pick Two (2) Favorite Styles Of Pizza

For the poll today I’m asking about pizza styles. Because many styles exist I used the list from 9 Different Kinds of Pizza in the United States:

• The Original: Neapolitan
• California Style
• Chicago Deep Dish (and stuffed)
• Chicago Thin Crust
• Detroit Style
• New England Greek
• New York Thin Crust
• St. Louis Style
• Tomato Pie

See the link above for descriptions of each. The poll is at the top of the right sidebar in the desktop layout. Remember, this poll will close at 8pm Central.

Please pick two from the list!

— Steve Patterson

Sunday Poll: How Do You Prefer To Drink Beer?

The beer industry has seen lots of changes in my lifetime, as a kid I thought beer was the canned Coors my dad drank at the end of the workday. As an adult I learned beer is also sold in other forms like bottles and draft. The beer options today are much more varied than they were when I turned 21 (1988). Craft beers have taken so much volume from big beer that big breweries have consolidated and began buying craft brewers. See 9 Craft Beers You Didn’t Know Weren’t Craft Beers.

In the news last week was discussion of Budweiser and the use of the famous Clydesdale horses in advertising:

The self-proclaimed King of Beers is more of an afterthought among young consumers at Jake’s and bars across the U.S.: Some 44% of 21- to 27-year-old drinkers today have never tried Budweiser, according to the brand’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV.

Young drinkers aren’t the reason Budweiser volumes have declined in the U.S. for 25 years, from its nearly 50-million-barrel peak in 1988 to 16 million barrels last year. Light beers like its sister, Bud Light, have chipped away at Bud’s share of the market for decades. Bud Light overtook it as the No. 1 selling beer in 2001, and Coors Light displaced it as No. 2 in 2011. (Wall Street Journal – Bud Crowded Out by Craft Beer Craze)

This got me to thinking about a poll on beer, but different than previous polls in 2009 & 2013. I used a poll I found online as the model for today’s poll question: How do you prefer to drink beer?

Various answers like plastic cup, can, bottle are listed. The poll is open until 8pm (Central) today, results will be posted Wednesday. The poll is at the top of the right sidebar.

— Steve Patterson

Sunday Poll: What Day Do You Think The Michael Brown Grand Jury Will Announce Their Decision?

On Wednesday I said there would be no more weekly polls, which is true. However, that afternoon, I decided to try a poll that’s open for just 12 hours: 8am-8pm, each Sunday.

Most likely you saw the news yesterday — no decision from the Grand Jury yet:

A steady rain dampened an already gloomy mood here Saturday afternoon as word spread that a grand jury looking into whether to indict police Officer Darren Wilson had yet to make a decision. (CNN)

The poll question for today is ‘What day do you think the Michael Brown Grand Jury will announce their decision?’  The poll options include today and every day though the end of the month. The answers will be in the same order for everyone — chronological. The poll closes in 12 hours — 8pm central.

The poll is located at the top of the right sidebar on the desktop layout, mobile users will need to switch to the desktop layout to see the poll in the sidebar.

— Steve Patterson

Weekly Polls To Become Sunday Polls

Revised 11/19/14 @ 1pm:

Starting this Sunday I’ll try a poll that will start at 8am and end 12 hours later, discussing the results the following Wednesday.

Original post below:

In February 2009 I introduced the weekly poll on this blog. It’s been a great 5+ year run but every poll the last few weeks has been overrun by a flood of new visitors voting, I’m tired of seeing them flip the natural results to match their agenda. I can’t think of a way to prevent this other than cease doing the weekly poll altogether. Here are the results from last week and this week (1 day):

Q: Should Missouri have a law like Oregon’s ‘Death with Dignity Act’?

1. No 201 [71.28%]
2. Yes 75 [26.6%]
3. Maybe 4 [1.42%]
4. Unsure/no opinion 2 [0.71%]

Q: Do you plan to shop on Thanksgiving Day?

1. Yes, online & in a store 100 [67.11%]
2. No 42 [28.19%]
3. I have to work 2 [1.34%]
4. Maybe 2 [1.34%]
5. Undecided 2 [1.34%]
6. Yes, in a store 1 [0.67%]
7. Yes, online 0 [0%]

The outcome of both are very different than those who voted in the first 8 hours. I might do a poll within a post, with it ending after 8-10 hours.

For the record I think Missouri needs a ‘Death with Dignity’ act to allow those who are terminally ill to end their lives before suffering. I also don’t think we should be out shopping in stores, if you do please be especially kind to those having to work on Thanksgiving.

I’ll now be posting 5 days a week, Monday-Friday. Maybe an occasional post on a Saturday or Sunday.

— Steve Patterson