A list of some things I’ve learned from my recent roadtrip down to Florida with Max Retter (in no sequential order).

* Rest stops in New Jersey are named after famous people.
* Clear weather hates both Max and I.
* Papa John’s chicken fingers are pretty damn good.
* You can never have too much barbecue sauce.
* Southern fast food joints greet you as you come in.
* Southern Taco Bells don’t have Cherry Coke.
* The two restaurants Waffle House and Huddle House are everywhere in the south.
* Sleeping in the car isn’t fun.
* Check the drinking laws where you are before drinking in public.
* Richmond, Virginia looks really shady.
* South Carolina sucks.
* People ask you to buy crack and ecstasy in Daytona Beach, Florida.
* The big marshmallow looking creature from Ghostbusters will probably kill you if he steps on you.
* Henry Hatsworth is a great Nintendo DS game.
* I need to start skateboarding more often.
* The new Decemberists album is the shit.
* The iPhone doesn’t fancy the word “sluts” and corrects it to “slits”.
* McDonalds in the south sell hot pretzels.
* Myrtle Beach, South Caronlina is not all it’s hyped to be.
* There is no such thing as warm weather trees until you are through Virginia.
* People from New Haven, CT roadtrip down to Florida too.
* Sea foam is awesome.