March 29, 2006

The Long Road to Burning Man

Carol: "What do you want me to get you for the trip?"

Me: "A bottle of Patron Reposado Tequila and a box of Smore-flavored Pop Tarts."

Carol: "That's it? We're camping in the Black Rock Desert for 4 days, and that's all you want?"

Me: "Yeah...and don't fark it up, woman. I don't want generic Pop Tarts and Cuervo."

Carol: "You're going to die out there you idiot."

Me: "Don't you worry about me, woman. I'm the man here and I'm telling you how the cabbage gets chewed. You need to focus your thoughts on doing as you're told. If you fark this up, the buzzards will be fighting over your rotting carcass on the playa."

Carol: "Whatever."

Me: "You know why a woman doesn't need a watch?"

Carol: "Why?"

Me: "There's a clock on the stove."

Carol: "I hate you."

Me: "I'll call you when I get off the plane. You'd better not be late, woman..."


Previous posts on Burning Man.

More humiliating photos of me in the fashionable Florabama T-shirt in the extended entry. Thanks, Carol. ;)

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February 17, 2006

Burning Man 2006 Hope and Fear: The Future

Let me guess. You didn't go to Burning Man last year, did you? I'll bet you've never been. Maybe spending a week in August on a sun-scorched ancient lakebed in the Black Rock Desert isn't your cup of tea. Maybe freezing nights and dust baths on the playa aren't on your agenda. Then again, maybe civilization's lost some of its lustre. Burning Man 2006 Hope and Fear Tickets now on sale.

Previous posts on Burning Man: Video, Postcards, Ticket Stub, Barbie's Death Camp and Wine Bistro

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December 28, 2005

Burning Man 2006: Hope and Fear

I got a flyer from Burning Man in the mail today. At first, I figured it to be the preliminary communication for some sort of official investigation, and I'm thinking...are you SURE I was the last person to see her alive? But then, I saw that they were just sort of announcing that the tickets for the burn were going on sale January 18, 2006 at 12:00 noon PST. So there you have it. Get your tickets early, before the prices go up. Enjoy the burn.


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December 19, 2005

Barbie's Death Camp and Wine Bistro

Michelle Malkin has apparently never been to Burning Man to see "Barbie's Death Camp and Wine Bistro".

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September 19, 2005

Photos from Burning Man 2005 - Psyche

Someone has posted their photos from Burning Man 2005 - Psyche.


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September 10, 2005

Burning Man images

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September 8, 2005

Burning Man postcards

Postcards from Burning Man 2005. It's kind of funny because no money (cash) can change hands on the playa. So, there are no postcards for sale. But people print postcards and take them there to distribute as free gifts. Plus, the Black Rock City Post Office(BRCPO) has postcards and stamps, but you'll have to weather a withering, blistering assault, and possibly perform unspecified favors to get them.

Update: I found proof of the inscrutable, unscrupulous tactics of the Burning Rock City Post Office(BRCPO) here and here. Although, in all sincerity, I wasn't the least bit offended by the tergiversations of the pedantic, miscegenated, feral youth running the BRCPO. I actually found the syncophants at BRCPO and PedEx somewhat endearing.

Update: Here's the 20 page Survival Guide for Burning Man 2005 - Psyche. Three pages on dealing with the police alone.

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There is no I in TEAM

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This is one of the funniest post cards I've ever seen. I didn't even realize it was a post card until I got home. Wish I'd had the presence of mind to send it to someone from the Black Rock City post office (89412).

It was made by someone at the camp, volunteering at the post office. She must have printed up a few and handed them out to unsuspecting tourists such as myself.

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September 7, 2005

Renting bicycles for Burning Man

If you go to Burning Man, it's imperative that you have a bicycle. The playa at Black Rock City is miles across, and your experience is necessarily reduced if you're not able to cover the flat expanse of dried baked lakebed silt at a good clip. What you need is an inexpensive bike with a headlight, large off-road bouncy tires, and a soft seat.

After searching for used bikes for sale and finding only bikes that needed "a little work", we stumbled onto this website for Black Rock Bicycles. Randy, the owner, is as cool as the other side of the pillow. He rents the bike for the duration of the event for $50. But the kicker is this...if the bike is stolen, or if you decide you want to keep it, you only owe another $50.

This is a big deal because, my bike was stolen this year. Some rotten criminal swiped it from that gnarled pile of bikes stacked ruthlessly in the desert at 2:00 and Esplanade. You know the one I'm talking about...right outside of Opulent Temple.

In any event, I was relieved to learn I only owed him $50. I was afraid it would be more like $500. Go to Randy's Black Rock Bicycles web site and you'll be sure to have a good burn.

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September 6, 2005

Burning Man Photographs

Here's a link to some cool photographs from the Burning Man experience from various years on Flickr. (Note: These are not my images. These are images posted on Flickr by various nefarious individuals.)

My photograhs are posted here.

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