Muramasa, are you on the DC Burners mailing list? There is going to be a BM for beginners meeting either January 6, 7, or 8 that will be announced very soon using that mailing list. Hope to see you there. :)

Thank you all for the warm welcome, and Simon, I most certainly will be participating (I'm currently in the meeting people process on the local level, first up, santarchy). Nice to meet you all.

Yeah, Hi. Umm, I'm a 30 yr old father of 2 (7 yr old boy and 16 month old princess) that is bound and determined to make 2009 my first burn... I've been lurking around these parts for several months now, so I already know most of the people I should watch out for... I can't recite the survival guide...