This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Tony’s Pizza. All opinions are 100% mine.

I was recently given the opportunity to try out Tony’s Pizza in return for writing about it here. And here is said writing. Hey, being an internet publisher isn’t all HTML and headaches. Sometimes you get pizza, too!

I was actually given quite a few coupons, as the people at Tony’s wanted me to spread the love around. And spread I did. I sent two free Tony’s Pizza coupons to a friend in Texas and Three free coupons to a friend in Alabama. I kept the last three for myself, two of which my wife and I consumed last night (the pizza, not the coupons).

The image you see up there is the end result of my cookery. A pizza for my wife and I. I cut them into quarters and we split them in half. We proceeded to have the pizza for dinner.

I have to say that these pizzas fit better under the category of ‘bachelor chow’ than ‘family dinner’. They may not be the healthiest grub (hey, we are talking about pizza here), but they more than make up for it in the “bang for the buck” department. Now, I ate en entire one of these pizzas by myself and I was quite full. The pizza was on sale for $1.29 at Safeway. You’d have a hard time finding anything near as filling for that price.

I’d also like to point out that these would be a great party snack- cut them up into little bite-sized chunks and put toothpicks in them and you’ve got fun little snacks.

So, in summary, Tony’s Pizza is easy to cook, inexpensive, tasty and a great value.

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This stone, like cockroaches, will survive a nuclear holocaust

Why The Stony Look?

Having read something about how the aluminum in most deodorants could be linked to breast cancer, I found myself at the local hi-health in search of underarm odor ousting alternatives. Lo and behold, I found these crystalline cubes that claimed to quash underarm odor without aluminum. The one I tried is called a “Thai Crystal Deodorant Stone”, and the company that distributes them is Deodorant Stones of America, based out of nearby Scottsdale, Az. It appears that they carry a lot of other products, but this is the only one that was available at my local Hi-Health.

A Crystal Clear Solution?

The stone is made of mineral salts- nothing more, nothing less. The theory is that the stone kills or prevents the growth of the bacteria that make your armpits reek like a homeless man’s gym socks. Just like regular deodorant, you’re supposed to rub it on your armpits. Unlike regular deodorant, this thing is about as hard as a rock- just like the name suggests.

I’ve used the thing on a somewhat regular basis for several months, and it shows little signs of wear. If anything, the edges are a bit more rounded than they were when it was new.

That’s right- I just took a stunning photo of a rock that I spent hours rubbing on my armpits. You know what they say about art: it’s %90 perspiration.

Killing Two Birds With One Stone (As Opposed To Killing Them With My Body Odor)

As it turns out, I can’t really say that this product works all that well… or at all. I’m not sure if I’m noticeably less stinky. Maybe it’s all a hippie hoax.

I probably should have done this more scientifically… say, rubbing one armpit with the stone and not rubbing anything in the other… or possibly finding a smooth quartz stone (if there is such a thing) to rub into my other armpit. I’m sure my wife is happy that I chose not to go this route, besides I really hadn’t anticipated myself wanting to write about the experience.

Fortunately this trial size stone was only two bucks. I guess you could say that this thing was dirt cheap. At the very least,  I definitely got more than two dollars worth of rubbing-my-armpits-with-a-stone action. I guess I’m going to continue this bizarre ritual, even though the government’s cancer website says that no direct link has been found between deodorant and breast cancer.

You Can’t Get Blood Out Of A Stone ( But I Suppose You Could Rub Yourself With It Until Your Armpits Bled If You Really Wanted To )

So my final analysis is that this thing didn’t do the trick for me. Maybe there are some other deodorant stones that do a better job, and I’d be open to trying out other products from this company, but I would have to say that this particular product was not up to the task of keeping my armpits from getting as funky as a James Brown hoedown in Motown. Maybe I didn’t do it often enough because I don’t leave the house every day, or maybe I have unusually funky pits, or this particular product isn’t a good match for my sporadic deodorant needs. Whatever the case may be, this product was unable to  avail me of my armpit odors.