Possible solutions, you can move to where you aren't facing the light. This doesn't always work because sometimes the shot is where you right then are, so another solution is to shade the camera lens with your hand or a hat or a large umbrella or whatever is handy. But if it is too bright because yo...

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PBRs all around

This happens every year. the moderators are all at Burning Man, so nobody is minding the store. They'll get it cleaned up after they get back from TTITD.

Doc Savage novels were great, I loved those as a kid
Man of Bronze

Rummango, mmmmm
Still I always thought that really cheap beer went best with spam,

First screwed and then unscrewed by the inscrutable. Defiantly a comedy of errors.

I wish that they had chosen something other than Fertility 2.0. Makes it sound like a bad upgrade from a softwhere manufacturer.
Wouldn't it be nice if the theme had been Rebirth instead. means the same thing, but sounds way cooler to me.

I like this idea. The only thing about this that worries me is that Mazes and Minotaurs have a well known tendency to attract Greek Heroes, particularly Theseus (accursed by Grad Students everywhere). Greek Heroes like to slaughter first and ask questions later (as well as ravishing beautiful maiden...

Cthulhu Barbie!!!








I want one too

I believe it would be a tautology to say that all bosses are lying bastards because they are, each and every one, fatherless prevaricators.

Fuck and Double Fuck, I finally got a fucking job interview for a job I actually want and am fucking well qualified for. On my way to the interview my car starts smoking and then fucking quits. Had to get it towed. Fucking missed the interview. According to the mechanic, a fucking water hose got loo...

Then please sit down.

I learned all about tautology in my high school American history class. The teacher was always right because the book from which he derived his answers was correct in every case. Circular logic was encouraged at every step, as was a blind adherence to the dictatorial dictates of austere authority, n...

I think I get it, I think.
I know I know, y'know?
If I had bacon, I could have a avocado and bacon sandwich, if I had some avocado.

Currently reading Stephen R Donaldson's latest, Against All Things Ending.
After this I will need to read something nice and light like anything by Terry Pratchett.

I thought life was like a box of metaphors. Hmm, I wonder how different would this current thread of conversation have been if Incubus Pantomime had written something like, "Wow, I feel incredibly lucky this week, not only was I gifted a trip to Coachella, but my scholarship ticket to BM came throug...

@MPUN, Has it been the full and requisite forty two days since you first applied for the low income ticket (LIT)? If so, email them. Unless I am mistaken they are pretty busy in the LIT crypt, reading, analyzing, arguing, laughing, and accepting or rejecting applications. In my case, I waited a coup...

Anything and Everything I'd give anything to be with you Give everything for your kiss I'd give anything and everything For a taste of your sweet lips I'll move mountains made of chocolate Cross oceans filled with wine Build a mansion out of roses For a moment of your time See there's nobody else in...

I applied on Feb 29th and waited the 42 days...Nothing. No email. Neither acceptance nor rejection. Checked through all my spam, deletes, other email accounts..still nothing. Well, I figured, I'll wait a few more days since they are swamped at the Bmorg and I am busy this week anyway. Nothing, Nada,...

What is it about 1996? Jeanie was one of my housemates in Palo Alto. One fine day she came back from an event (precompression??) in San Francisco simply ecstatic that she had sold her soul. Later that year she completed the journey by going to Black Rock City for a week. When she returned, covered i...

Jeanie You say you need me to see See right through you When you say you're ecstatic But you're sad and blue And you need me to be strong Stronger than steel To try and protect you From the emotions that you feel And you need me to fly Fly at bullet speed Drop down at your side In your time of need ...

If the Pirate Event on the Playa were a rum tasting at the Pier, or on a mutant boat vehicle, or by the man, or anywhere, I would be all for it.

Hopefully the Borg won't do another lottery, but if they do, yes, something like this would be nice. Next time I predict the Borg will have a giant "Dancing with the Stars" type event. That's right, we will have to gambol for tickets.

I thought that the Half Dome Lottery System was put into place because safety was being compromised by crowding along the cable (especially on holiday weekends) and the National Park Service would get sued by families of the deceased.

Can somebody please explain to me what cute bunnies, little chicks, jelly beans, colored eggs,and chocolate have to do with the cold-blooded crucifixion of Christ, his Resurrection three days later in a cave and the transubstantiation of bread and wine into Jesus' flesh and blood at the Last Supper?...

Just out of curiosity, what if I can ride a ukulele and play a unicycle at the same time. Am I still eligible for tickets?

@ Junglesmacks, I believe that the case you sighted, and linked, has more to do with the desperation of some people to get to the event than with deficiencies in the low income program itself. I sincerely hope that the people reviewing the low income ticket applications do a good and thorough job of...

Yes, and it was Indian Fry Bread with sugar and cinnamon,
TPBM knows a better recipe for Indian Fry Bread Tacos

@Uncle Sticky I've never been to Burning Man, but I have been hearing about it from various friends for years and years and have always wanted to go. I am hoping that this year, despite all of the negative feelings over the ticketing problems, I will finally be able to experience what my friends hav...

Is it true that the Ten Principles will be fighting to the death in the Thunderdome? First up Decommodification Vrs Radical Inclusion (for Pay to Play Camps).