Blenderhead I feel your pain. Our shade structure concept went through 8 evolutions in a 4 month time period. The final (working) design was NOTHING like the original idea. Olive Drab Green...Ahhhhgg! We ended up using the material from an Army surplus parachute, because it was so freakin' cheep, qu...

Duct tape comes in different grades of stickyness. Medium grade seems to be everywhere, like in the Paint dept at HD. Stay away from it. Try looking in the HVAC area, where you can probably find the HEAVY DUTY rip-the-hairs-out-of-your-crotch bikini-wax grade.

I confess that I went through Costco's soul mate exchange orientation without my girlfriend in tow. [ I did bring her the form, though! ;) ] I confess that I have serious envy for the fire enclave folks. Tight bodies, wrapped in leather, playing with fire. OUCH!!! I want to BE them. I confess that I...

Hey there Madrone - - Yeah we saw the same kind of sparrowish bird during the dust storms that were raging on Sunday @ Received Reality 3:30. It was hanging out between camps Homeslice & Nonagon, and we figured that it was taking shelter just like we were. It hopped around for a while and didn't see...