Well yeah, there's the car door thing. And I can't imagine any graceful or safe way to sneak by the traffic on the road that branches off 447 and leads to the turn-off, what with dust on one side and oncoming traffic on the other. So probably a night-time or late evening / early morning approach wou...

Sounds like it will work. I've ridden a bike to BRC a couple of time, but that was years ago and connected with theme camps with scads of supplementals. But if you go minimal it's eminently do-able IMHO. I plan to try it some time without the external camp backup. The question I have is this: how ar...

BRC police calls would be interesting and hilarious but it is spectating and the more reasonable conclusion is why sit around obsessing over the police calls and who is what where and why.when .you paid a shit ton of money to go to BURNINGMAN to explore the extreme elements of a diverce and emergin...

Ya know,

Every time I post a question here, I get numerous helpful replies pretty much immediately.

You guys rock!

See ya on the playa in a little over a week.

Where'd ya get the coconuts? DB "Coconuts" can be mean one of two things: trade goods or blasphemy. If it is the former, your relatively close proximity to the Kingdom will ensure that a trade agreement can be easily achieved. The Queen has urged me to pursue such arrangements with your company, a ...

Dear Sir RedMark Slackworthy the Blue, Your Kingdom sounds like a wondrous land, and I look forward to visiting the Castle in some variety of fully-Blue finery for great cultural exchange and intense visual contrast. Ike, who is rather Blue. The Court eagerly awaits your arrival, your Blueness! Sir...

That sounds cool. How kind of you to say so, good sir. You are welcome to abide with members of the Court in the Great Hall any time you wish as long as the Knight on duty is awake and motivated enough to raise the Portcullis. Have a nice cool glass of Orange Slack Plus on me while resting your wea...

[quote="steveboy"]I think it was a typo. I'm sure he meant the biggest arty camps. I don't think you have that quite right. He obviously means the big Farty camps. He plans to support the project, as do many dedicated Burners, by eating his fill at Cabbage & Baked Bean camp and then plugging in (so ...

Things that are Orange in the Kingdom of Loafington: The Castle The King's Robe The Queen's, too The Court Beverage: Orange Slack Plus(tm) The Sanctuary Screen The State Shield The Royal Edicts The Pilgrim Processing Project Questionnaire The Serfs' Sashes The Squires' T-Shirts The Knights' Shields'...

I have a 50-gal. plastic water barrel, food grade. Used it for drinking water at Burining Man years before. It has been sitting unused since. Probably has a little colony of mocroorganizims in there, though it has remained closed. How to disinfect? I heard something about using nitric acid to disinf...

Was debris from a Russian space launch -- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1999/09/05/SPORTS3247.dtl Excellent, now I know. Thanks for looking it up. I just didn't dig deep enough. It was a spectacular show that really started the week off right. I almost couldn't believe it was coi...

There were two sightings in 1999, witnessed by thousands. Not well documented, though: a quick search didn't turn up much. The first sighting was early in the week, when most of us were still in construction mode. Late, near midnight, one of those playa cheers welled up from the surrounding darkness...

Mmmm, Castle storming. Good times, good times... DB I've heard of this "castle storming" several times since we announced our camp. Some people seem to be getting what they may think to be funny ideas about this. So, for your safety, comfort, and pleasure, please be advised: The Department of Kingd...

Looking forward to parading with the "Grand Vizier, Magus MaggotMeat the Heretic, a White Blue & Red Magician and our Court Adviser" and perhaps storming your castle! Mmmm, Castle storming. Good times, good times... DB I've heard of this "castle storming" several times since we announced our camp. ...

First off, the time to apply to bring a mutant vehicle is past. He's just looking for an excuse to not loan it out. Badger They did already apply to the DMV and was approved, reportedly. I suspect that you may be right about the excuse idea, though. My friends who made the request are in AZ so WTF....

Another sca escapee? 2 story ORANGE castle... sounds like the escape and liberation was completely successful. Huzzah! Welcome home Never was imprisoned, nothing to escape from. There's been a medieval faire less than 10 miles from my house every year for the last >mumble< years. Never went. Not th...

Some friends want to bring a golf cart / mutant vehicle but the person who could lend it to them refused because he is convinced that the alkali dust will neutralize the acid in the batteries and it won't work. Doesn't make sense to me. I assume the batteries are sealed, and people seem to be using ...

However, all three of you fell into one of the two categories if you read closely enough. One lives in a carport. (1st type) Excaping from the default world. One has a career. (2nd type) Still in the default world. One has a family to care for. (2nd type) Still living life in the default world Than...

Do you want to be counted as Among the Nobility? Do you want to Protect the Pilgrims, Lord it over the Serfs, lead Squires on Quests, Enforce Royal Edicts, and Heckle Yahoos at our Borders? Do you want to act above and beyond the Sovereign's Law while operating under the Authority of the Department ...

From the Placement Announcement list: Esplanade Allanté Bonneville Corvair Dart Edsel Fairlane Gremlin Hummer Impala jeep K-car the "ring road" around Center Camp is "The Wheel" The alphabetized list is at least easy to remember. The easier the better, says the King. Sir RedMark Slackworthy the Blu...

TBelle - no really, don't worry - this is my 10th year and I have not gone naked yet. Nor will it occurr this year. You really can make those choices without any side effects..... I only got naked once, on stage, with bouncers standing by. I enjoy wearing clothes. I prefer to protect my junk with a...

i have a lot of arabic music seeing as that is my favorite music. That heathen Saracen stuff is frowned upon at Court, but it sounds so sweet. I must say I've developed quite a taste for it myself. Baba Zula, Aisha Kandisha, 3 Mustaphas 3... Some of what I fancy to hear whilst Loafing: Angelo Badal...

I cringe a little about stereotypes like "fratboy". Or "spectator". Instead of worrying about what not to be, how about wondering what to be? Here's an idea: think of some of the greatest, most wonderful things about yourself. Or ask a trusted somebody what they think. What is it about you, or that ...

Congratulations on trying to find yourself early on. It's harder to do when you're in your 30's, as I'm finding out. As mentioned, don't expect some profound life changing spiritual awakening. All BM can do is expose you to a somewhat different culture and surroundings. What you do with the new inf...

Yay! We love burlesque! I saw a show at the Little Red Studio (Seattle) a couple of weeks ago, and somehow it reminded me of Burning Man (but everything does these days). We'll see what we can do for you with chocolate and oranges. We had a strip club (not the same thing of course, not as sexy as bu...

[quote="Playadreamz"]Any veteran burners want to talk about what they did different their second year?[/quote] Welcome back! What we did differently the second year was have a theme camp (Bavarian Illuminati Motorcycle Cabal) and performed some public ceremonies. We stamped passports from the Artist...

I haven't been on the Playa since '99. That was the year of the Whore of Babalon Gnostic Temple and Titty Bar. It got near freezing at night, but we kept ourselves warm. Who knows what the weather will be like this year, or how we will best amuse each other? All I expect are many changes, as there a...

What a cool idea, this will be so fun! Some of us Loafers are already talking about RedWhite&Blue costume ideas, but I won't spoil any surprises here.

We wanna do it!

[quote="Bob"][quote="phil"]> Camp structure orientation in relation to the sun. Shirley, you aren't saying that you expect the theme camp department to site your theme camp castle based on your sun orientation preferences. That would be the apogee of fuckwitry, IMO.[/quote] I don't expect much of an...

[quote="phil"]Here's the tinyurl to google maps of the site:
http://tinyurl.com/6886lv

Orient your map with the satellite image, and Bob's your uncle.[/quote]

Elegant solution. Thank you, kind sir.

Looks like 4:00 runs N-S with the outer ring south and the inner ring & Man at the north.