JUST LIKE THE TITLE SAYS: On the way into an estate sale yesterday, the orange up above stopped me dead in my tracks. Which, upon second thought, was weird. For a couple reasons. First, it let Jess, Cory and Ewan get a jump on me in the place. Bad form. There's no honor among thieves. First one in the door gets has the advantage. Second, something this good, scored that easy just sitting out in the open on the porch, well, came a little too easy. I like a fight. I like having to dig, or navigate a bunch of sweating fidgets trying to make their bucks. Estate sales. Weird as shit. Weird smells.

SAW THIS ONE ON AN OLD ALBUM: In a stack of albums that no one cared about anymore. Tons of Andy Williams and obscure show tune guys and whatever. Old junk. 1776. Nice set of numbers.

LEATHERFACE: An old logo on an old pair of boots. Will never get tired of seeing shit like this.

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST: Still hammering on my super Arizona poster. At about 95%, and handing that sumbitch off to Seizure Palace early next week. This thing looks awesome! So much weird Arizona stuff I scrounged up.

COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL WE GO SOUTH: Three weeks to go, Arizona! We're coming for you! Our first speaking fiasco of the year! Another one of our "Tall Tales From A Large Man" traveling roadshow. Good, clean fun. Proof of existence. Tall tales. Offering a spirited poster to all who attend, and all Arizonans. Brought to you by the good people of AIGA Arizona. Thank you for rollin' the dice on us. Gonna be a fun one. Tell a friend. Click here for all the nasty details. Someone tell the Meat Puppets. Thanks.

SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS AND WHATEVER ELSE IS UP IN THE WOODS: The "Snowstorm of the Century" came and dropped a foot of sludgy chowder on the Cascade Locks, and surrounding burgs. Digging out the Volvo proved treacherous, and of course, I was fully unprepared and dumb and instantly wet, cold and mad. Nature!

Going over the "Bridge of the Gods" was a little dicey. I grew up in the white stuff, but hell, it's been a long time. Plus, that bridge is a bit rickety. Statehoppin', down from Washington to Oregon. Border wars.

NOTHINGNESS: Didn't do a goddamn thing today.

Well, a couple things. Tried to go junkin' in Hood River, and came up short. Tried to find a hearty meal downtown, and ended up at a pizza place. Swore off all graphic arts, but ended up making a ton of headway on our growing Arizona posters. Holy shit, this one is gonna be good.

Leigh watched a shit ton of Downton Abbey, and is talking with an English accent. Real nice, lady.

INTO THE WOODS: We're heading to the Skamania Lodge for a couple days of nothingness. Leigh is my co-pilot, and actiing director of logistics, activities and spirit for the mission. Mess with her and you'll get face wrath.

The DDC factory floor is closed until further notice.

Respect.

HERE AND THERE, ALL WEEKEND: Making good progress on my super Arizona poster for our upcoming "DDC vs. PHX - Tall Tales From A Large Man" Southwestern speaking fiasco. Digging up all sorts of Arizona wildness for this one. Gonna print a ton of the thing too, for future Arizonans.

SOMETHING WE FOUND, WHILE "RESEARCHING" ARIZONA: Everything Doo Rag!

I saw these guys in Detroit once, and one guy was playing a vacuum. There you go. It was dumb as hell and wild and equally awesome. Loud as shit. In the hallway at St. Andrew's Halls, upstairs, if my memory serves me right. Might've been a Jesus Lizard show. The night Steve's car was ripped off with a stack of records in the backseat. Buckmaster had to take it on the chin and drive us all home. Seven of us piled into his red wnhatever-the-hell-four-door-thing he was driving at the time. Weird.

LOTS OF WISCONSIN ON THE RADAR: Music, news, records worked on, Wisconsin tweets, wondering, old logos. And I can't remember where I found this button? Might've horked it off someone's site. If I did, it was in the spirit of "I can't leave that shit behind" and now, I'm sharing it with the world. Hope you guys dig it. Would make a nice t-shirt.

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ON THE PLAYER:

01. All Tiny Creatures - Harbors
02. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
03. Killdozer - God Hears The Pleas Of The Innocent
04. Megafaun - Megafaun

MUSTARD IN A TUBE? PUT UP YER DUKES: I like my mustard "as yellow as possible." RIght around a good PMS 108 or PMS 109.

I don't fuck around with mustard...

01. Out of a fucking tube.
02. With bits of seed/bark/gravel/whatever in it.
03. That are jellied in any form.
04. Mixed with fucking honey. You dicks.
05. That looks like baby shit.
06. Of the "slathered on some fuckwad egg roll" variety.
07. That comes on some pretentious little spoon.

Just getting shit straight, people. Now you know where we stand.

It's French's or it's dry.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LITTLE SISTER LEAH: Who turns 29 today. Mom to Oliver. Better half to almost-brother-in-law Jacob. Daughter. Sister. Cousin. Good buddy.

Oliver's lucky to have you. And Jacob. Keep up the good work with that little nugget.

Now let's eat some Chaba Thai. Gonna destroy some of that yellow curry. Medium hot.

FEELING GOOD ABOUT THIS ONE: Lovejoy sent this in. Thanks, hambone. I love ya.

I got to meet his parents for about 30 seconds last month. That was cool. Nice, nice people. Happy and warm. Been waiting on that moment for a long time. How long have we been buddies? Since about 2004? Something like that? Too long.

By the way, Lovejoy is WAY overdue on his DDC friendship fees™. Get right with us.

MORE COOL STUFF FROM K.HENRY: Get in and check out some of the latest rescues by K. Henry. We often do. Get dirty in there. Thanks for sending the stuff in, man!

THAT'S ALL WE GOT FOR YA TODAY: Just a couple of sweet Bicentennial Bros, celebrating 1776-1976 in style. Looks like quite the party.

MAN, WE LOVE GOLDEN GUIDES: The type, the images, the spirit. Here's a really nice set of them I dug up on the Flickr super feed. Get in there.

TRYING TO GET THE RHYTHM BACK: Back in town, and trying like hell to get back into the swing of things. But, not completely, as, I'm gonna take it a little easier in 2012. Yeah, that. We'll see how long that shit lasts.

SAW THIS, PERUSIN' THE EBAY: That's a pretty boss clock. Old as hell. They are asking a couple grand. Maybe a little too rich for our blood. Youch.

COULD NOT BE HAPPIER TO SEE THIS: Thank you, Christopher Michon, for believing in Field Notes! We sold out of those leather Pony Express pouches in a day. A day! Wham. There will be more soon. Our word on that one.

FOR THE KIDS: When little Remy comes to visit, we kinda hang on his every word. I mean, hell, it's just within the last couple months that he'll actually come and talk to me man to man. He's three, and I'm 38, so, yeah, we've got a lot of ground to cover.

So when he's in the shop and giving Goo guff, I'll lure him over to my corner and we'll make little things to keep him preoccupied. That's what you are seeing up above. Little space people for him. That's Remy, Goo and Dottie their dog. Then we made a paper airplane, and threw it out the window.

See, I've got a heart and am nice. Some proof, you fucks.

COUCHBOUND: Not doing a goddamn thing here in Michigan. A regimented cycle of laying on the couch, sleeping, chowing down, digging through old stuff and working a bit. Then, repeating. Laying low in the northwoods.

TV Action Team.

TV Action Team van control center graphics.

Wilderness Patrol.

Super Speed Racer.

Aero-Marine Search Team.

Sea Explorer.

Wilderness Patrol.

FROM MY CHILDHOOD: I didn't save too much stuff from my early childhood. I traded my Star Wars stuff in for G.I.Joes, G.I. Joes in for skateboards, etc. I did save all my Legos, and, my Adventure People.

And in my 38th year, I still remember those old logos, and wanted to get them on the site. In the spirit of kicking off 2012 with some spirited logo rescues, we offer you seven full-color views. Here's a comprehensive link to all the old Adventure People figures. Heavily recommended. Another link to where you can see all the old sets.

We've got an old wood crate with these sets, missing all sorts of items, but there in spirit...

01. #305 Adventure People Air-Sea Rescue Copter.
02. #312 Adventure People Northwoods Trailblazer.
03. #354 The Adventure People Daredevil Skydiver.
04. #304 The Adventure People Wild Safari Set.
05. #356 The Adventure People Cycle Racing Team.
06. #353 The Adventure People Scuba Drivers.
07. #310 The Adventure People Sea Explorer.
08. #307 The Adventure People Wilderness Patrol.
09. #309 Adventure People TV Action Team.
10. #355 Adventure People White Water Kayak
11. #303 The Adventure People Emergency Rescue truck.

TAKING A LITTLE BREAK: 2011 was my wildest year to date. With projects, speaking gigs, travel and just trying to pull it all off. Our best! Wow. Proud to type that one out.

Thank you to everyone who trusted me with a project, came to one of my spirited speaking fiascos, rolled the dice on the DDC, bought a piece of DDC merch, came by the shop or sent in a cool link. Way, way appreciated. Always.

I'm heading back to the Michigan Northwoods to recharge the batteries. Mom and dad's compound offers a nice place to hole up, sleep a shitload and reset.

The DDC factory floor is closed until further notice!

TAKING A LITTLE BREAK: 2011 was my wildest year to date. With projects, speaking gigs, travel and just trying to pull it all off. Our best! Wow. Proud to type that one out.

Thank you to everyone who trusted me with a project, came to one of my spirited speaking fiascos, rolled the dice on the DDC, bought a piece of DDC merch, came by the shop or sent in a cool link. Way, way appreciated. Always.

I'm heading back to the Michigan Northwoods to recharge the batteries. Mom and dad's compound offers a nice place to hole up, sleep a shitload and reset.

The DDC factory floor is closed until further notice!

TAKING A LITTLE BREAK: 2011 was my wildest year to date. With projects, speaking gigs, travel and just trying to pull it all off. Our best! Wow. Proud to type that one out.

Thank you to everyone who trusted me with a project, came to one of my spirited speaking fiascos, rolled the dice on the DDC, bought a piece of DDC merch, came by the shop or sent in a cool link. Way, way appreciated. Always.

I'm heading back to the Michigan Northwoods to recharge the batteries. Mom and dad's compound offers a nice place to hole up, sleep a shitload and reset.

The DDC factory floor is closed until further notice!