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		<title>Good Ink</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Publicity can be hard to come by. Becoming Pizza Mike didn&#8217;t appear because I have a PR agency or reached out to the publication. It&#8217;s because my business was in a small town, Half Moon Bay, California. The way this article happened was the kind of serendipity that happens in small towns. I was riding &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/good-ink/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Warthog is for sale!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2005 GMC Sierra 3500 4WD flatbed dually with a Valiorani P120 Wood Fired Oven. 6.6L Duramax turbo diesel with 165,000 miles. Recently serviced with new brakes all around. Located in Sonoma County, California. Asking $25,000. Contact Pizza Mike &#8211; 707 385 3838]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wood Fired Bread</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 22:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[#baking]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Give us this day our daily bread&#8230;&#8221; There is something about a wood fired oven that connects me with centuries of bakers. It is the perfect antidote to our digitial life. Cooking with fire is an ancient practice that has not changed for centuries. The heat of the fire, the form of the oven and &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2024/01/20/wood-fired-bread/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Evolutionary Theory of Pizza</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[italy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pizza al taglio]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up, there was only one kind of pizza. A round interpretation of pizza Napoletana that was ubiquitous on the east coast. The quality varied but it usually had a generous spread of tomato sauce, melted stringy mozzarella and indifferent sausage dripping with oil. This was the kind of pizza I grew &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/an-evolutionary-theory-of-pizza/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Madeline Moment</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;An exquisite pleasure had invaded my senses&#8221;&#8212; Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time A bite of pizza can be a time machine, taking you to a different time and place. Sometimes, a special pizza reminds me of warm summer nights in Rome. Others take me to my teenage years on the East Coast at &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2023/12/20/a-madeline-moment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Going Pro</title>
		<link>https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/going-pro/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[mike mcgrath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASRpizzalab]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Careers aren’t always a graceful arc of steady progress. Sometimes they happen in fits and starts like a sputtering old car running out of gas. That’s what happened to me. My old job was giving me fits and I needed a new start. My new start was in the food business. Not just any food, &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/going-pro/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blowing Off The Dust</title>
		<link>https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/blowing-off-the-dust/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I stumbled across my old blog this morning. It&#8217;s been years since I wrote anything longer than a couple of pages. Writing was my stock in trade before life started throwing curveballs, knuckleballs, changeups and sliders. I managed to hit a few but nothing out of the park. I&#8217;ve decided to return to the craft &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/blowing-off-the-dust/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stop creepin&#8217; on my page</title>
		<link>https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/stop-creepin-on-my-page/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Facebook&#8217;s always been challenged by the task of targeting their advertising across a highly segmented population. Their attempts vary between ham-handed (Beacon) and all thumbs (illo below) Of all the types of ads one can target, singles ads seem straightforward. Granted, FB profiles don&#8217;t cater to all proclivities but when I&#8217;m a middle aged single &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/stop-creepin-on-my-page/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the tail that wags the dog?</title>
		<link>https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/wheres-the-tail-that-wags-the-dog/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Trends]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I turn to Google Trends once in a while to see if my client work has had an impact. Trying to understand search behavior is like trying to understand love. It&#8217;s something that eludes casual analysis. You have to work hard and smart to move the needle, but it can be done. Sometimes there are &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/wheres-the-tail-that-wags-the-dog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>This is good news</title>
		<link>https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/this-is-good-news/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tesla Motors]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports that the Chinese are going after the electric car market. Should that worry us? It&#8217;s time to say it. Harden the fuck up, America. Stop whinging and whining about the economic transition. Get with it and start competing. A new race is being defined. There&#8217;s been recent hand wringing over &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://mike-mcgrath.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/this-is-good-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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