Prelude:
 
I’m in St. Louis, Missouri discovering that such a thing as “St. Louis Style Pizza” exists.  Here’s the thing about pizza.  Bad pizza is still pretty good.  On the pantheon of pizza “styles,” St. Louis style pizza hovers somewhere below New York style, Chicago style, Detroit style, and some fourth undiscovered style residing in the frozen section of the grocery store.  I think I even like that rectangular sausage pizza from elementary school lunches better.  
 
All that being said, St. Louis is an important historical city.  It is the gateway to the American West.  It was the last bastion of civilization the intrepid pioneers would enjoy before plunging into the wilderness and the vast, untamed expanses beyond.  
 
That’s kind of like what I’m doing.  Lol.  
 
Y’All, look, a lot has happened since 18 months ago when I busted out of my “lurker” shell and started posting content on Deviantart.  So dang much has happened.  (Heavy Sigh.)  But what hasn’t happened is the thing I