there was some discussion a few years ago about the significance of paying the citation given the fact that no appearance before a judge is made. In essence, these citations, when paid are no conviction, and can essentially be treated as a neurological speeding ticket. ymmv. if in a "sensitive posit...

"marijuana is a gateway drug." Mom was right.

It is a gateway for the cops into your campsite and/or tent. Don't smoke on the playa.

Or join neighborhood cop watch and keep the cops out of your camping area/neighborhood.

stay paranoid.

where is brlover when you need him?

Ingram, sounds like you'all got busted. tell about it?

right. well, that is interesting. it is kind of a fine distinction, subject to clarification by legal opinion. it looks like the judge in a court case has discretion as to what kind of penalty to apply in a nolo contendere, even though it is not an admission of guilt, and not a conviction. it can be...

The citation says on the back that "In some federal jurisdictions, payment of the total collateral due constitutes a plea of guilty or nolo contendere". I verified with the Reno court that this is one of those jurisdictions, and so paying the fine would result in a "no contest" (effectively the sam...

The alkali dust is corrosive to certain metals not skin, and only when combined with moisture. You seem to be confusing the acid with the alkali. Yes this is where my misunderstanding happened with the word "errode", since I'd heard that the playa dust will rust exposed metal once off the playa--in...

I'd rather not aid the possible development of lung cancer in my innocent child by exposing him to alkaline dust so corrosive that it erodes the skin on your feet if you walk barefoot too long. Transgirl. May I inform you about the misunderstandings in your post? Nothing erodes your skin out there....

yo d6, you be cool. you pass my turing test every time.

We may nonetheless, see this show move off of BLM land sooner rather than later. stay tuned.

You get over yourself, trans-whatever your name is. Lungs are remarkably regenerating things, and nothing regenerates better and faster than a child's lungs. Note a child after a major fire disaster, how much more quickly they recover than the old farts. For your info, methamphetamine is indicated a...

Alcohol is the most destructive drug on the playa. Ounce for Ounce, Liver for Liver, the good old killa. Ironically, minors have the strongest Livers. But hey, the only taste of alky I had was a few sips of a 200 dollar bottle of sake that the mother of a friend gave us. we used it to celebrate his ...

Ha, Flash gets the long drawn out burner award fer sure cause I don't see no doggy diner no more, except on the back of my eyelids. I'll have a burger with that kerosene, please. I dug his answer to Duchamp this year. I remember the really freaking wierd fire farmers putting their leaf blowers up ag...

Nice, Dragonfly. Slight change in policy, but continues the abstraction between enforcement monies and BLM coffers.
Well designed to avoid corruption, which would be inevitable and is oftent rampant in state and local enforcement collection of monies and siezure of assets.

skygod rocks. he got it down. you've caught the rabbit. you are the rabbit. throw away the trap. You are that big. Give it away now! I ain't no beyoodist, but I love a good yarn, and it is hard to top the jataka tales for pure yarn spinning. The jataka tales are used to get the listener to realize h...

pix please. I have yet another story that fits in the illuminated costume theme. Late on Friday night, as the sun was starting to lighten the sky, I came across a dude working on trying to fix his el skirt which was shutting off. I tried to help him, was something with the duct taped connection betw...

Does anyone remember me as I was on the Playa (strong, assured, bare breasted, ecstatic)? Yes, I know you in the larger sense. I am the playa mind. One of my classic lines is a response to people when they ask me how many burns I have been to. I ask them, naively " What is burning man?" When people...

how about waving randomly at people? saying hello to everyone you feel like saying hello to? talking to someone completely outside of your game? How about noticing the infrastructure?

works for me.

The one pictured above wasn't the one that scared me. the one that scared me, seemed to set-down near the man, and came barreling towards 3:30 and Esp. and then veered off towards 3-2:30ish - It was a swirling mass of dark dust. Someone said it was an F2-3 tornado (confirmations? reports?) People w...

I don't post rumors Tiara, I post research. I've been contributing to this thread a little and have been conversing, reasonably, with brlover, a BLM ranger and Federal officer, since 2003, just after you joined eplaya. I appreciate brlover even as I vet everything he says with my own feeble powers o...

I looked for you My heart ached for you When I finally found you Late in the week I saw that your experience was yours, different from mine My camp was different, with no name, I am here only to give of what I always am so far gone no turning back The show is nothing compared to the fire in my heart...

I'm not messing with anybody out there. I'm just friendly and open as I am everywhere. The Pershing county gentlefolk are just that much more relaxed and acclimated to the burn. There is even an enthusiastic retired Nevada Supreme Court Judge who is a regulare burner. Our federal officers, with some...

I did notice quite an effect on the caltrans workers, the road crews and the toll booth attendant at the bay bridge. That was the first time I have received an enthusiastic thumbs up from a tollbooth collector, and that smile, what a smile he gave me as he stuck his thumb skyward! All the other burn...

Dearest Ubu, I don't know that we need be advesaries. What was described in the previous post is not a violation of anyone's privacy. A car being driven down the road in an open area video taping whatever can be seen is simply not a violation of privacy. No more than if I drove down your street and...

I'm going to break the haiku form just because I want to: yes you know me blake had it about right i am in you and you in me mutual in love divine I am the playa mind when we met i fell into a deep pool you handed me a rope I grabbed a hold and together we pulled down the stars be honest it was not ...

I saw a BLM suburban driving slowing along the Esplanade (wednesday I think) using a video camera to film everything from the road. They appeared to zoom in on tents, structures, rides, etc as they went. I happened to be undressing at the time in my tent, with a screen between us, but felt a little...

(This is nuts, the Ride of the Valkyries came on the radio just as I started reading your story, ubu) Now that is synchronicity or urchronicity as the old cronopio julio cortazar used to say. Unfortunately not even a secure vehicle is safe if your neighbors do not have their act together. One frien...

more pressing than non-consensual touching is just plain safety. Be aware applies to all of us. just try communicating and negotiating. Most people are kind and will help you when in need. Many are just not aware. Drink less alcohol. Doctor's orders. Stay paranoid and you will have a decent time out...

This a pure spam thread. Can we kill this thread? The user no longer exists.

You've got to be joking? I did not take a single picture, thank you. My favorite people were the new and old I saw and nodded to or spoke to. Sometimes I would say Hi to people and they would ask me, "do I know you." "Yes, you do I'd say, look into my eyes, you know me." Celebrity is a poor substitu...

Nice playa surfing Mylia, I was at about 4:00 when I saw the wall coming. I knew what it meant when I saw it, so I quickly rode back to 6:30 to my camp, yelling the whole way, "you have three or four minutes till mother nature kicks your ass." Our structures were already secure, but our neighbors, w...

I believe wholeheartedly in the idea of radical inclusion, but come Friday and Saturday it becomes somewhat dangerous for a small young woman like myself to behave the way I do earlier in the week. I tried to be as open and friendly as possible, and it got me groped, sucked on, and kissed by 3 push...