I survived a wild trip on the river with the Reiters this past weekend.  We did an overnight float trip on the Big River near De Soto, Missouri.  We headed out Saturday morning, floated for about five hours, and then made camp on a gravel bar.  The next morning we floated another four hours before we loaded up the canoes and headed to Imo’s for lunch.  You can see the pictures from the trip I took on my flickr photo stream.

This email just arrived from our Publisher’s administrative assistant: “As you are all aware of, the building has had a water main break.  There will be no water and bathroom facilities today.  The building owners are providing porta-potties outside.  Arrival of the porta-potties will be sometime this morning.”   I have been drinking water all morning and the situation is getting critical!

Here’s a picture I snapped this morning of the “Corporate Washroom” here at the SBJ.

I love covers, especially when they’re done by artists that are drastically different stylistically from the original.  Crazy by Gnarles Barkley was one of the most popular songs of last year.  You couldn’t go anywhere without hearing it The Violent Femmes, one of the great bands from the 90’s that was “indie” before it was fashionable.  Their cover of Crazy is now available on MySpace or iTunes.  Check it out, its pretty cool.  In case you haven’t seen it, the Mtv performance of Crazy by Gnarles Barkley featuring Chewbaca on drums.  Instant classic!

Speaking of Gnarles Barkley, here is their latest video. DJ Dangermouse is such a genius!

This cartoon really made me laugh, I know how you feel buddy! If I can just raise enough money maybe I can get KG to let me get the 3G iPhone.  You can donate money here!

Even though its been like 18 years since Diablo 2 came out, that doesn’t temper my excitement for the sequel!  Thats right, Blizzard has officially announced Diablo 3 at Blizzard World.   They also unveiled a fully interactive website with art, trailers, and much more.  This has quickly lept to the top of the heap of games that I am excited about!  Check out the teaser trailer and tell me you don’t feel the same way.