Joe's Pizza in Plainwell, Michigan is the best.  I love that place.  I remember when it opened.  I was probably 13 or 14.  It was a long ride there from where I lived but totally worth it.  Except for the time I crapped my pants after eating there and my friend having to ask his dad if he could borrow the car to give me a ride home.  "Well, why does Scott need to go home right now?"  20 questions from my friends super nerd dad (also a teacher at my school) while I stood there with poop in my jeans.  I haven't had any such incidents since moving back here this summer and we get Joe's a lot.   One time, when I was a little older, my dad heard from someone that dudes were selling weed at Joe's and he told me not to go there anymore.  He called it "dope", not weed.   I skipped a week but went back.  It was the first place I played a video game, I think.  I won't even tell you what game it was, it would make me seem even older than I really am.   I bet PJ posts a comment about this one. 

     I took Noah on the road with me last week and we had a good time.  It was a lot of time in the car (almost 1200 miles!), but with a little help from ELmo on Noah's DVD player, we made it through.  We stopped and took in the great outdoors a few times.

We stopped at almost this same spot on the way up and we were wearing tee shirts.  Three days later it was 30 degrees colder, but at least the sun was out.  The pic above is from the snowboard video premier we went to.  Noah handed out stickers and was stoked.

     Happy birthday to big time Deliverance supporter and sweet dude, Stephen Anthony Crandall.  You're not getting older, you're getting nicer.  Nice.  These pics are from a sweet nice trip last year.

I'm pretty sure Crandall's middle name isn't Anthony, but it has a nice ring to it.

    I've been working on trails here and they are getting better.  I think that big trail bike I built up is starting to crack, which is a bummer.  I worked out there tonight with the miner's light on, so we'll see tomorrow what I actually built.

   Sorry for the lackluster report on the Dowagiac jam.  The pics tell a nice story, but it should be noted that THe White Lotus did some good stuff and Dave Moon did some really good stuff, including the aforementioned ice-over, which was and still is ridiculous.  Jeremy Ball did a flair on one of the crazy quarters too.  It was a fun time and I'm really thankful to everyone that came out and especially to all the folks from the Detroit area for making the long trip.  I sold almost all the one-off tees I made too,  which is nice. 

Nice.