Why do you want to be accepted so badly?

I like your exhaust stack idea. Did you try and get them to turn off their idling vehicles? If the idea was proposed in the proper way they probably would have done it. Not many people like to decline a reasonable request. This year you should be much happier with the types of vehicles that you see....

I am by no means a burningman proselytiser. The connection between burningman and christianity is that burningman is an environment in which it is more easily concluded that christianity is made of pleasant mental constraints. I enjoy burningman because it encourages me to think. Christianity does n...

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There is nothing wrong with licking the playa. Playa needs love too. May I suggest some kind of tongue sheath?

Did you have any dry mouth problems that might have added to the issue? Maybe sucking on hard candy or chewing gum combined with more water drinking could solve the problem.