The Taco Bell Mexican Pizza is Back!

The Taco Bell Mexican Pizza is Back!

Update - 5/28/2022

A lot of people have complained that the Taco Bell Pizza is not the same, that Taco Bell had changed their pizza crust, and that it is harder and more oily. Lots of complaints spread all over Twitter. Well, I went there today to see for myself and the location nearest me is located on Market Street in West Akron.

Drum roll...are you ready for some truthing????

It was as advertised, $4.49 and exactly the same as before! It was delicious!!! 

Not only that, I'm going back for more and more, it's the best thing on their menu.

The only thing disappointing about the pizza was that the packaging was also the same. When they're saying they are trying to be environmentally friendly, the least they could have done is put our pizza in a thicker bag with a slide-out cardboard bottom. they could have tried something different, but they didn't, everything is exactly the same as was before.

The Taco Bell Mexican Pizza is Back!

Missing from their menu for nearly two years Taco Bell is bringing back the Mexican Pizza

This menu favorite will permanently return beginning May 19, the chain confirmed Monday. 

Taco Bell eliminated the pizza in November 2020 as part of a streamlining and simplifying of its menu choices during the height of the pandemic that they say helped them shed complexities and costs.

The Mexican Pizza consists of a tortilla shell filled with either beans, ground beef, pizza sauce, and is topped with another tortilla shell that’s smothered with more sauce, cheese, and chopped tomatoes. This menu favorite has been around since 1985. 

Everyone was shocked and outraged when Taco Bell first removed this from their menu. I guess it was really only a matter of time before they would bring this back.

In its return Taco Bell says they have improved the item’s packaging, to eliminate some of their previously excessive waste. They’ve reported that disposal of the pizza’s packaging amounted to more than 7 million pounds of paperboard per year. Their intentions are to leave a lighter footprint on the environment and be more cost-efficient. So, we’ll just have to wait and see what the new packaging will look like.

Your new Mexican Pizza will be priced at $4.49 and we’ll have to see what combo prices will be as they have not yet been revealed.

Mark your calendars May 19th will be a happy day!

Wordle - What you need to know NOW!

 Wordle - What you need to know NOW!

How to play Wordle — Discover the wordle of the day. To win, you have to guess the word in six attempts, the fewer the better.

What you want to do is, to begin with, a word with multiple vowels. Some of the best starting words are listed below.

1. Adieu  

2. About
3. Canoe
4. Audio
5. Ouija
6. Equal
7. Louie
8. Slice
9. Crane
10. Space

11. Spicy

Once you enter the letters, the game immediately color codes your entries.

Gray: The letter is not in the word.

Orange: The letter is in the word but in the wrong place.

Green: You have the correct letter in the right place.

So the best thing to do is to start with a word that includes the following…

The most commonly used letters of the English language are e, t, a, i, o, n, s, h, and r. The letters that are most commonly found at the beginning of words are t, a, o, d, and w. The letters that are most commonly found at the end of words are e, s, d, and t.

The Most Common Consonants of the English language are R, S, and T.

Always remember that the letter E is more common than the letter A.

Always avoid using the greyed-out letters; when you know a letter doesn’t appear in the day’s answer, don't use those in your other guesses.

Play the game here. Wordle

Good Luck!

The Best New Albums of 2022...so far

 The Best New Albums of 2022...so far

Last updated - 11/18/2022   

   Halfway through January, we get hit with more than a foot of snow and plummeting temperatures with howling winds and the bleakest of forecasts. What are we to do but kick back and check out some new tunes.

   The first new music of the year I recommend getting is the new EP Springtime from Robin Guthrie. It’s a perfect way to start the new year with his dreamy atmospheric music. A perfect prelude to some more of my hot picks to get 2022 off to a great start.

   

   Winter is finally fading away and heading into spring we find three new albums worth checking out in different genres with Charli XCX electronica pop mastery, and pure blues brilliance in Son House's new album of previously unreleased recordings from the '60s. Then we get to really rocking it out with Bryan Adams's latest effort an absolute gem. His album of So Happy It Hurts is full of some of the best songs he's ever written. This is one of his all-time best albums and I really recommend this one to you all.

   Well into Spring I've found a few more really interesting albums worth checking out. One is the debut outing from Suki Waterhouse and it's amazing for sure. Then there is a guitar-heavy album from Hater that is really good. If that's not good enough then check out the Black Keys latest because they kick ass!

   

   As summer rolls along we've found some really good guitar rock albums with lots of catchy riffs and lots of youthful angst from Momma, Neighbor Lady, and Soccer Mommy. With a slight detour into abstract sort of goth/rock from Zola Jesus and finally an outstanding guitar rock album from Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Although the Neil Young album is actually from 2001, it is just now being released. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by how really good it is. Be sure to check it out.

   It's been a while since I've updated this post, but that's because there has not been anything worthwhile to write about until now. Michelle Branch is back and all of the songs on her new album are really good, she never disappoints. Then there's Ozzy, and quite frankly I've never been a fan of his, but I gave his new album a listen and although the themes and overall dark messages conveyed in this album may put some people off, I just have to say it's amazingly good. The songs are top notch and the musicianship and overall production on this album are fantastic. It's no wonder why it just made number 1 on Billboard. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it rocks and the title track is the best of the numbers on the new album.

   Well, now we're well into October and we have a couple of new albums from Tove Lo and Zella Day that are pretty interesting and well worth checking out if dance and pop are what you're looking for.

   As we're heading fast into the holiday season and the coming winter, releases of new music will be fewer as record companies push legacy albums, greatest hits packages, and even worse, holiday-themed albums. The best new music of 2022 is behind us, but I'll still be on the lookout for a surprise drop. If something else really good does come out I'll post it here for sure. So, keep your fingers crossed and keep checking back to this list of under the radar album releases that are worthy of your hard-earned $$.

   Keep checking back from time to time to see this list get updated.

1. Robin Guthrie - Springtime

2. Mary Lattimore - Collected Pieces: 2015-2020

3. Cat Power - Covers

4. The Lumineers - BRIGHTSIDE

5. Garcia Peoples - Dodging Dues

6. AURORA - The Gods We Can Touch

7. Boris - W

8. John Mayall - The Sun is Shining Down

9. Sally Shapiro - Sad Cities

10. Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts

11. Charli XCX - Crash

12. Son House - Forever on My Mind

13. Lucius - Second Nature

14. Joe Satriani - The Elephants of Mars

15. The Regrettes - Further Joy

16. Earthen Sea - Ghost Poems

17. Jewel - Freewheelin' Woman

18. Melody's Echo Chamber - Emotional Eternal

19. Suki Waterhouse - I Can't Let Go

20. Hater - Sincere

21. The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie

22. Lykke Li - EYEYE

23. Stars - From Capelton Hill

24. Zola Jesus - Arkhon

25. Soccer Mommy - Sometimes, Forever

26. Neighbor Lady - For the Birds

27. Momma - Household Name

28. Neil Young / Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Toast

29. Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9

30. Michelle Branch - The Trouble With Fever

31. Tove Lo - Dirt Femme

32. Zella Day - Sunday in Heaven

33. Bill Frisell - Four

34. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow

Rock On!

The Word of the Year from 2021 is...?

 The Word of the Year from 2021 is...?

                                                                       

   Recently, Cambridge Dictionary announced its Word of the Year for 2021, and it should not surprise anyone that they chose perseverance.

"We have been looking back on the past year and what it has meant for you," Cambridge Dictionary stated on its website. "We wanted to choose a word that represented your experiences as learners of English, and we are happy to announce that our Word of the Year 2021 is… perseverance!"

   Other notable declarations of word of the year come from Dictionary.com and they’ve chosen for their 2021 Word Of The Year - allyship and that is also the first time a word of the year from them is also a new word in their dictionary

   Merriam-Webster reports searches for vaccine increased 601% from 2020 and therefore they’ve chosen vaccine as their word of the year, and to round all of this out neatly Oxford dictionary’s word of the year is simply vax.

   And finally, children from all over have chosen anxiety as their word of the year for 2021. All of these choices merely reflect the overall dominating effect the covid pandemic is having on us all.

   What is your word of the year from 2021? Let me know what word you liked and or disliked in the comments below.

Let’s hope for a better 2022

Tori Amos Speaking With Trees with Lyrics

Speaking With Trees

Lyrics

Speaking with trees

Speaking of my grief

Speaking with trees

I'm almost sure

That they are grieving

With me

When you left

Emptiness

Since you left

I've been hiding your ashes

Under the tree house

Don't be surprised

I cannot let you go

You will be safe here

Safe in the tree house

They will protect you

Of this

I am sure

How am I coping

Losing

Speaking with trees

I'm almost sure

They are igniting memories

For me

When you left

Emptiness

Since you left

I've been hiding your ashes

Under the tree house

Don't be surprised

I cannot let you go

You will be safe here

Safe in the tree house

They will protect you

Of this

I am sure

You only know when you know this

You only know when you know this

You only know when you know this

How you'll cope with your losses

Feel their arms around you

Feel their arms around me

Speaking

Speaking

Speaking with trees

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Tori Amos

Speaking With Trees lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing

Tori Amos Ocean to Ocean Lyrics

Ocean to Ocean

Lyrics:

Ocean to ocean, tales of the sea

Tales deeply troubling

 

Stay with me until we

Unravel this fishing net

 

Ocean to ocean, queen of the sea

Warning of these needless killings

 

Stay with me until we

Unravel this fishing net

 

There are those who don't give a goddamn

That we're near mass extinction

There are those who never give a goddamn

For anything that they are breaking

There are those who only give a goddamn

For the profit that they're making

 

Ocean to ocean, where have I been?

While all of this has been escalating

 

There is a way out of this

There is a way out of this

 

There are those who don't give a goddamn

That we're near mass extinction

There are those who never give a goddamn

For anything that they are breaking

There are those who only give a goddamn

For the profit that they're making

 

Stay with me until we

Unravel this fishing net

Stay with me, stay with me

 

Faith, where have you gone?

Gone nature's sons

Faith, will you return?

Return nature's sons

 

To ocean to ocean

To ocean to ocean

To ocean to ocean

Released Oct 28, 2021