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Many special thank yous, again, media nugget! Today's entry is M. Doughty's solo album. It's not available in stores, so don't surf to cdnow. It's only available through Napster. You may remember M. Doughty from such bands as Soul Coughing and other media adventures I may have mentioned before. Oh, and Mr. Doughty has his own BBS.

I'm still laughing at Scott McCloud's 5-Card Nancy. [via boingboing] It seems like something that would be in A Book of Surrealist Games.

The class III rapids were fun and all, but the real highlight of the trip last weekend was matt's solo rendition of On the Cover of Rolling Stone while we were all sitting around the campfire.

I just got back from a trip to the American River. It was a great time. There was much rafting, camping, and bonfire-around-singing. I'll post more photos once they're developed.

American River

as I was reading blogs this morning, I read a story about a little girl who was riding her bike in the middle of the street. It reminded me of my first weblog when I used to link to others' inside jokes and self-referencial links. Amazingly, I couldn't let this one pass without incident.

I'm going rafting on the American River this weekend. I'm really going to try to stay in the boat this time. Wish me luck.

grapes like these are in big trouble in Sonoma County: "The glassy-winged sharpshooter is not just a threat to the wine industry -- it threatens the entire agriculture industry," [Gov. Gray] Davis said. I hope they can find alternatives to chemical sprays in their attempts to control this insect.

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Wondering what a Class 3 rapid vs. a Class 5 rapid means? Here's the rating scale from the previous article. [oops. I accidently posted this to the wrong blog. But you, gentle onfocus reader, might like it too.]