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Hey, man, that's a great idea, and if there's any way I can enlist your help when I do that or other future Epi-Log pizza stories, please feel free to e-mail me at michaelypark@yahoo.com, and we'll get something going.

Actually, I think I know what happened. First off, I'm a notorious low talker, and at one point I said that "_I_ still enjoy making pizzas," because he'd asked me about my pizza-making and I was lamenting my problems with getting a perfect crust.

As for the softball questions, you've just stumbled on Journalist Technique No. 004 for getting fuller quotes for a fluff piece: Feign complete idiocy. Which is convenient for me because I'm the kind of guy who leaves home in the morning with a coffee spoon instead of the house keys. With a guy like Dom, whose been doing this his whole life, and who's been handling media for years now, I've always found it's best just to toss something fuzzy out there and let the guy run wherever he wants with it. Once in a while, you get a funny reaction quote that makes the piece. (Also, I'd already dropped in on Dom a couple weeks before and talked to him on the phone a couple times at that point, so the photos were my priority for that visit.) Obviously, I wouldn't be asking the same kind of questions if I were quizzing a lawyer on a $400 million corruption case at the UN.

Also, of course, I'm not a walking pizza encyclopedia like you or the other Slice guys, but an "amateur piehound" at best, as you put it. Next time, pipe up and let me know who you are--I've got no problem taking a backseat and focusing on shooting. I figure the more forums there are out there discussing what makes a good pie, the better for everyone who enjoys pizza.

That said, I'm flattered you'd even consider framing a pic with this ugly mug in it, but wouldn't be hurt too much if you decided to crop me out and keep it focused where it should be: on Dom, of course. And please do keep up the good work on the pizza-sleuthing, it's great stuff.