Weather:
Best week of fall weather I can remember. Solid 50′s and dry. This week the mecury is supposed to hit the floor and the snow’s supposed to cover the concrete. Let’s hope it holds steady for a while longer.

I hope everyone enjoyed tacos and turkey and didn’t work. More birthdays and busy brunches and the weathers been keeping me away from the computer so no post last week.
A new picture is up over here.
Mark’s been busy too.

The rest is about skateboard piloting, so if this is not your concern please check back next week for serious holiday shopping reports and psychological horseplay.

Raise a glass and wish this kid a happy birthday.

Little brother to the ledge lurkers, grilled cheese and honey connoisseur, skatepark orphan, mayor of wilson. Backside into the ply.

Next spring I’m bringing a new piece of wood, that’s been the best addition to the park this year.
With the weather co-operating and the holiday providing extra days off, every one who was in town made it out. The old men arrived early. Jobs? Families? Coping?

I grew up skating with this fellow. He hadn’t been on his board in a stretch but he still managed to smile and laugh and cruise with speed and abandon. A talented musician, a serious scientist, and one of my oldest friends. You can tell he’s hyped to see me.

That’s it for this week. Kinda weak I know. What’s in the future? Probably karaoke and holiday parties. And more exacto knife blisters. A bit of crushing holiday stress. Hopefully tomfoolery.
Go pop some shiftys. Just real quick.

Weather:
It was nice except for that brutal rainstorm.

New puzzle.

I have a stack of stuff that’s sorta done or mostly done or going to be done soon. I’ll be posting it slowly over the next weeks as I squint away on the holiday superfun flipper ripper.

I think 80% of my friends and family have November birthdays. Scorpio’s, show no shame.

Lou’s opening was on Friday and we braved the blurring downpour and ventured out. I’m glad we did. He put together a nice variety of pictures. Here is the artist at home.

Some of the work.

Usual suspect.

It seems like when you age there becomes more couples. Juan and Lou share the same November birthday. Twilight Zoneish right?

I haven’t seen Sam in years. This is the second time in under a week. More early szechuans and less de la soul knee injuries.

Eric and Kate are amazed by the invention of velcro. Thats what happens when you get married and head for the hills.

After the show we went and ate a cows worth of meat at Nuevo something or other. How good was it? Well let me just say that a random old man looked over at our table and loudly exclaimed, “The food’s good right!” as he walked out, stuffed and happy. I’d still like to see the secret other room that groups of people kept emerging from. Good choice!

Saturday I found these trees walking around my old neighborhood. I don’t know anything about them but I like ‘em plenty. I also got a new rabbit, so hooray for me.

Don’t let the early holiday hype get you down.

Wake up early.

Laugh all day.