Thank God It’s Friday.

Thank someone for things like,

01. A smile from a girl.
02. The new Polyphonic Spree album.
03. A cool summer night.
04. A plane ticket to Colorado to see Rod tie the knot. (Congrats!)
05. Knowing mom and dad are coming out in a couple weeks.
06. Sending off a stack bills and feeling good about it.
07. Clean sheets.
08. New socks.
09. Being productive amongst friends.
10. Flat files.
11. Stars above.
12. A mint hookah at the Pied Cow with Ms. Cale.
13. A plane ticket to Burlington to see Capozzi tie the knot. (Boo-Ya!)
14. An email from DiPonio.
15. A cloudy day in the middle of the summer.
16. Sunrays as the sun sets over those coastal mountains…
17. A jingle of a dog’s collar.
18. A slug of cold water in the middle of the night.

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Today is Goo’s last day at CINCO. Man, thanks for being rad. He’ll be missed by everyone here, you bet. He’s mellow, and this point, he’s family.

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Unca Kevin and (soon-to-be “Auntie”) Kim are getting married tomorrow in Detroit. Happy wishes to them. I was blessed with good uncles….and shit, what a colorful cast of characters…Unca Terry, Unce Kevin, Unca Pat…ehhhhhhhhhhh…Unce Mike! Good people. Wish I could make it back, but hey, I’ll see you guys in the fall!

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Embry Rucker is in town for a couple days, and hell, it’s always good to see him. His latest photo work is “really onto something” and well, he’s married to a beautiful gal, and, and, and…a little Rucker is on the way! Wow. Embry has been good to us since ’96, when we used to run the mean streets of Elgin Street in Bend. Oregon.

Good times, we had.

One time, we all went on a big ol’ roadtrip to Jackson Hole, out in Wyoming. Embry shot photos and hit jumps. We were almost snowed in at Grand Targhee Pass. We made up a word that trip that goes something like this: “Fassy.” That’s when a bunch of dudes sweat, sleep, shit, eat and dry out snowboard clothing in a cramped hotel room… a combination of “feet” and “ass,” resulting in, “Fass.” Used in the context of, “Yep. Pretty fassy in here.”