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Make that "who's" instead of "whose" in graf 2 of course.

Hey DJ_Bubbles, I like the post and remember you snapping that pic. However, you must've misheard something, because I never asked that question.

MYP, that makes sense and I do see your point with respect to feigning idiocy in order to get the best story and the whole story. You and your posse over at epi-curious are doing some good work of your own over there. I could've piped up and added my two cents at DiFara that day but I was already five double deuces deep after watching Syracuse get housed at the Garden in the Big East Championship - nothing constructive would've come out of my mouth!

I want your next expose to be a compare and contrast between Dom's methods and those of area pretenders, like the trouser trouts over at Bleecker Street Pizza!

And I'm out!

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.