One day King Mahajanaka visited the Royal Park where he tasted the sweet fruit of a mango tree. When he passed by the tree later, he found it had been plundered and uprooted by greedy people scrambling for its delicious fruit. Another mango tree nearby was barren, so it was ignored and thus safe fro...

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I said this last year and I say it again. If any of you ladys are in fear of your surrounding or persons. Just go completly nuts at the person. Make as much noise as your can. There has to be some one of my nature around. With 220lb behind a size 11 boot can make for a lot of mind changing. And you...

I'm not gonna comment on the very idea of a Burner Bill of Rights. Others can flame you for that. But your Right #1 is ill-phrased. “Create whatever experience you want to enjoy so long as you avoid messing up other peoples’ experiences.” This is nonsense. I have longish dreadlocks. And I can tell y...

He went into the pantry hastily and put on his overcoat. The others, taken back by his rude speech, could find nothing to say. Aunt Kate wrinkled her brows and made signs to the others to drop the subject. Mr D'Arcy stood swathing his neck carefully and frowning. --It's the weather, said Aunt Julia,...

It seems as if it's time for "The Dead" from James Joyce's Dubliners . THE DEAD Lily, the caretaker's daughter, was literally run off her feet. Hardly had she brought one gentleman into the little pantry behind the office on the ground floor and helped him off with his overcoat, than the wheezy hall...

I said it on a different thread, and I'll say it here. Change the sliding scale from when the ticket is bought to when it is used. Monday, $150; Tuesday, $175; Wednesday, $200; Thursday, $250; Friday, $350. And it could be made even more draconian, by making all sales at the gate $500. Hell, for $10...

Now the days of self freedom on the playa are gone. With a tear in my eye I say fairwell to the Man I once knew. Double D, would you or some other veteran of multiple burns please describe an example of "self freedom" that was possible in the past but is no longer possible now. I have read of examp...

I had the honor of standing next to a "famous person" while the man burned. Who was she? Fucked if I know. But she was surrounded by a group of men with walkie talkies, all making sure that her every wish was satisfied before she knew that she had that wish. And when she yelled, "Burn fucker burn," ...

Hey Lucifer,

Let me say, I am proud be the first to tell you how much The Golden Cafe made my burn! The best music and best drinks and best vibe on the playa! Absolutely!

Thanks. You and your crew of petty divinities know how to put on a party.

As a first time burner, let me assert that Newbies and Yahoos are not co-extensive classes. Yes, as a Newbie I made the mistake of bringing two-ply toilet paper. But also, as a non-Yahoo, I always separated the plies while squatting in the port-a-potty. Thus a single roll of toilet paper lasted me t...

Okay, I do vaguely recollect a prior discussion of this, but . . . On September 6, assuming that I get up at a normal time (at home that's 7am; on the playa, who knows) that I break camp in a normal way, that I dedicate two hours to removing all traces of human activity, that I bid sweet farewell to...

BJ's Liquor (there are several of them) is about the cheapest liquor store on earth.

Pardon my ignorance . . . is tequila much cheaper in Reno than in California?

Somebody just posted a question about curly hair, and that got me thinking. I have nice neat dreads; the kinds of dreads that are suitable for an upper-middle class salaryman. Though the dreads go part-way down my back, I don't own a proper dread hat, cap, or tam. Will they be a tattered mess after ...

Great, great, great idea. No I mean this is one fine great idea. I make pizza at home all the time, cook'n it in my immovable pizza oven. So, no oven for you. But I can give you a couple of 18" screens (if that's what you mean by pizza plates), and a pizza peel (if that's what you mean by a pizza sp...