many thanks!

I'm curious about the guy who played his accordion at the Center Camp stage on Thursday night. Any info? Best live music I've witnessed in about five years, on the playa or anywhere.

If there are negative posts, I will not waste my energy on them. I don't need to justify what I say to someone who is not open minded because it doesn't matter what i say, your filters are too strong. If there are positive posts, I will be happy to respond to either the post or in PM. Might I sugge...

buzzcut wrote:From a distance is just fine.

much better than fine. the three of us (not counting LEOs) who were out at the trash fence (ca. 11:30) had a wonderful time and snagged a fair bit of moop. see you there next year, perhaps?

Russell Scheidelman wrote:It revealed an ugliness that I had never before witnessed in Black Rock City (this was my 7th Burn).

in all those years, you've never used the portapotties?

drowned_saved wrote:the most radical body parts (heart and brain) are on the inside.

edit to add: until the zombies get you anyway.

there can be no expectation of privacy in a public place. one could object to such a 'legalistic' approach, but i consider it common sense. the playa is many things to many people, but it never ceases to be a public space. suffice it to say, you may not be able to perform comfortably in public the s...

newbeevirgin wrote:what
are items people typically run out of, I'll bring some in.

patience. humor. civility.

also heroin.

Ron wrote:My dog's a dessert breed.

Might go well with a riesling.

activism on the playa makes perfect sense to me. BRC has been for me a place to examine and deepen my commitments, political and otherwise. although the environment and culture there are, to a degree, exotic, i am always saddened when i hear others describe the event as an escape. on the other hand,...

Rob the Wop wrote:What you call 'oppressive heat' at Burning Man is what I walked 5 miles in to get to the center of town in my youth. On a cool day.

considering what you've told us about your back hair, that's impressive.

am i right to assume you were a furry kid before maturing into a furry man?

i've watched the last couple installments and become fairly engrossed. the burning man parallel also occured to me at some point, although i think there's an important difference. in general, burners don't have to deal very seriously with the issue of scarcity. in fact, BRC seems to be a place of ex...

for those who gift drinks...
how often do folks refuse your offer?
in those instances, have you had the feeling that people mistrusted your motives?

And how would you suggest that anyone living 7+ thousand miles away from the scene of the murder might be empowered to 'guard' against it by watching a grainy version of a gruesome slaughter of another human being? Sounds good saying it on paper seeing as such justifications or reasons - excuses ac...

i understand badger's revulsion, but disagree with his conclusion/prescription. to look squarely at barbarism is sometimes the first step toward guarding against it. the berg video, IMO, has historical value. it is a document of our times in the same way that films and photographs from the extermina...

An episode of COPS launched me into reasearch mode today; thought i would share my findings. QUESTION: Can an LEO lie about his/her status when asked directly, e.g., "Are you a cop?" ANSWER: Yep. My original query dealt with prostitution stings, but the same would seem to go for illegal drug transac...

Reverend Jones wrote:I make my living by zapping folks with Tazers, Pepper spraying them, whacking them with baseball bats when necessary, all backed up with a fair amount of fire power.

let me guess...metermaid?

Dear Ric,

You seem like an interesting guy. I'd like to get to know you better. Maybe the two of us could meet at Thunderdome?

Nothing like a good exchange of viewpoints, eh?

can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something fishy about that raskolnikov character.

something on his mind...eating at him.
i wonder what it could be?

the idiot years by brad lewis

yes.

yes, yes, YES.

i don't know...
has anyone killed in the name of the ORG yet?

Bob wrote:re: Gullivers, I preferred Swift's solution to the Irish Problem.

yep. eat 'em. eat 'em all.

The way I see it, it isn't that he is immune to wrongs and abuse, its that he succeeds in not becoming so consumed by them that he gets frustrated into total inaction or raging incomprehensibilty or an inability to enjoy the good parts of life. But he still wants the chinese army out of Tibet, and ...

68barracuda wrote:Nobody is going to want to hang around camp all day and night without getting out and seeing the sights.

especially with you barking orders at them.

sounds like you will have a great structure, and i sincerely hope you will have a great time, too. if these folks are as deciated as you describe them--if they function on your wavelength as you claim--then you have nothing to worry about. all the same, i can recommend some deep breathing exercises ...

the big issue is social - you're obviously very driven and motivated. are you sure it's reasonable to expect your campmates to match that? yep. this is my concern also. how will you respond when campmates go running off to frolic and fantasize while you're left to do the dirty work? i've met people...

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III wrote:tania turtle joins the bbs and posts identical promotional messages in over a dozen different locations.

before admins can react, the community condemns her, and a flame war escalates as she defends herself.

aww, c'mon...this could never really happen.

errr...wait.

oh.

glumly,
drowned_saved

in prague: staropramen
at trader joe's: starobrno