New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
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TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More

New Stuff

I spent the weekend shooting the Nike wakeskate team in Salem and in my studio. It was more work than I really wanted to do, but I did get one shot of Ben that might get some love in the print mag. I also took portraits, such as the one below, which are always fun. Today I finally got around to uploading some more recent print clips, including my first newsstand print cover and a feature in the June issue of Transworld Business. I could make you go look at the published samples page, but that just seems unnecessary, so here are the images and/or links to check out the…
Read More

Puppies!

I've spent the last few days of my life at Nike Migration. Some of it involved amazing free food. Most of it was time I can not get back. If you care about Migration, check back later and maybe I'll write something, or better yet, read my intern's blog. It's way funnier than what I would come up with anyway. INTERN BLOG HERE For now though, I will just touch on my favorite part of migration which was puppies! I have no idea who this guy is, but he has tats and is drinking Busch. He must be extreme! This was by far the cutest puppy. I thought about buying…
Read More

J-Sak, the exclusive interview

Last night I blew off a skate mission to watch the Bachelorette finale. It was a good decision, because as it turns out, J-sak won! I don't personally know Jesse, in fact, my first impression was that he was not doing the sport of snowboarding any service by claiming to be a pro snowboarder, but after watching the whole season, well, I got a little tear in my eye as he proposed and she accepted! So what better way to celebrate than by getting an exclusive interview, with his friend Nate. How do you know Jesse? He’s a childhood friend of mine, originally from Ohio. We used to snowboard together.…
Read More

America Rules!

I was going to do a 4th of July post for 4th of July weekend, but I think I've come up with something even better. You see this weekend, I took advantage of what's truly great about this country. I am very opposed to being in debt, spending money I don't have, etc. This tends to make me totally cheap about things. But for some reason, the one thing I am willing to spend money on is my house, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and get all new windows and doors for the place. I planned on just paying for them out of savings then "paying myself…
Read More

My What a Busy Week!

Today is officially the longest day of the year, go skateboarding day, and a host of other exciting things, but honestly, I am beat. I am sitting here watching Scrubs and it's so fun. But never fear, I will skateboard in a bit. For now, here's why I am so tired. My intern started this week. Now cue the "you have an intern, what does he do?" Well, he does a lot actually, most of it centering around social networking, which as it turns out IS a great tool to grow traffic. I met Nick at Mt. Hood Meadows this season and he jumped over a kid for me to…
Read More

TEXAS

I spent this weekend in the great state of Texas. Even though it is enormous, Texas was actually one of the last states I crossed off my list in the quest for all 50 (I only have a Hawaii to go). But in the past two years I've been back there something like four times. Funny how that works. Anyway, this weekend I was down for a little wakeskate contest at the Texas Ski Ranch, a.k.a. the Disneyland of extreme sports. It's a cable park, skatepark, motocross park, dirt bike track, boat lake, skate shop, etc etc etc. There is also a bar and wireless internet, so in short, it…
Read More

Ben’s 21st!

Ben Graham is sort of like the child I never wanted. I helped him move to Portland (well, let him stay at my house) and showed him the ropes. Introduced him to the Dude Barn dudes (indirectly) and now he is a thriving member of Portland society. And last night was the momentus occasion of the little guy's 21st birthday. His big brother Ian came into town for it, and I took him skateboarding yesterday in lovely cold, rainy Portland. We check out the new Department street course-- better, but still not my favorite -- and then hit up Burnside. It was the typical scene when we got there, a…
Read More

Fun with Baked Goods

Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week for one simple reason: it's donut day! Working above a bakery I have to really limit my intake of wonderful confections, but on donut day I let myself indulge. There's nothing like a sweet, gooey donut to really make the day go better. So this morning I was telling my favorite vegan Aaron about how much I love donut day and he said, "wait until you see the special donut we made!" Almost instinctively I replied, "Is it shaped like a cock and balls?" Obviously it was. Of course the Sweet Pea staff went above and beyond, making it actually function. Yay,…
Read More

“pro” snowboarder?

Here I sit watching ABC's The Bachelorette. Now I'll admit I love terrible TV as much as the next person, but this show is a low, even for me. So why, do you ask, would I put myself through this show where the SAME GIRL from last season searches for love amongst douche bags once again? Well, I currently have two guests from Ohio, and they excitedly informed me someone from their past was one of the potential suitors on this season's Bachelorette. The Ohioan featured on the show is Jesse Csincsak and according to his bio, he is a professional snowboarder. I personally have never heard of Jesse, but…
Read More

One day, two blogs!

Saturday was big for me. I started by riding my bike to the rhododendron garden, which unfortunately cost money to get into and only took cash. So we didn't actually go inside, but we had fun and got exercise inspite of ourselves. When I got home I remembered this: So off to Northeast I went. I brought along Jared, Nate, and Steve Blasko, fresh off the plane from Ohio. I promised them fun, and good hot dogs. Luckily Cory (and his new employee Jim Draplin) did not disappoint. And Nate guessed the ingredients of Cobra Sauce first try. Sadly, he is no longer with us. JUST KIDDING. That was a…
Read More