Above – Dinner consisting of a tuna melt using cinnamon raisin bread freshly baked by one of my students and friend, Sarah. Yummy.

Did you know that during the construction of Petco Park, the Padres offered fans the chance to purchase bricks outside the concourse and to dedicate them?

Soon after this, PETA attempted to purchase a brick to protest Petco’s treatment of animals (PETA and Petco have a long-standing dispute over this matter), but the first two attempts were denied. Undeterred, PETA succeeded on its third attempt by purchasing a brick which read “Break Open Your Cold Ones Toast The Padres Enjoy This Champion Organization.” When one reads the first letter of each word, it forms an acrostic which reads “BOYCOTT PETCO.” The Padres decided to leave the brick there, saying not enough people walking by would notice the secret meaning.

Above fact courtesy of Wikipedia (because I have an inquiring mind)..

But wait, that’s not all. There’s still some learning to do. I had never heard the word “acrostic” before so now I share that pronunciation and meaning with you (although I’m sure all my readers probably already know this):

Acrostic – a·cros·tic (əˈkrôstik,əˈkräs-) noun – a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

This makes sense because the prefix is the same as that of “acronym,” which led me to research the difference between the two and I found that what PITA wrote wasn’t really an acrostic, but rather an acronym!

I hope I didn’t lose you to boredom. I know it’s a lot more fun and brainless to look at photos of grandkids, sunsets, lifeguards, orchids, floods, doves, steep hills covered with snow waiting for an avalanche, and squirrels. But don’t complain, I did give you a photo of food today.

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