Selam! I'm so glad I wandered back in and saw your post - my husband and I are heading to Istanbul next month for a week! We've got a fairly full schedule of the usual sites (my husband's a history fiend, and jokes that we'll be spending half of our visit in Constantinople), and are doing a trip to ...

I reached out to Bin's brother, who broke the news on the bookfaces, about including him on next year's Remembrance Plaque (the last call for this year was July 20). After checking with Bin's son, he gave his approval, saying this in part: I know Jonathan would be honored (though he would never adm...

Small electric scooters do not need to register This should specify stand-up scooters. If it has a seat and a motor, but does not meet the definition of an electric bicycle as spelled out in Nevada's vehicle code, it must be registered and meet the criteria. How does Nevada define electric bicycles...

No bike is considered lost until the event is over. Starting Monday (through Wednesday Post-Event), lost bikes can possibly be recovered at the Yellow Bike Camp. After Wednesday, unclaimed bikes are donated to Reno-based nonprofits that fix them up and provide them to underprivileged kids. Your bik...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFJPYi3JXw4 Fishy, if you missed this when I posted it on the bookfaces last month, you NEED to check these guys out. They 'teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future' by sampling old public information films, archive footage, and propaganda materi...

Sham wrote:Robin Williams. A very funny man, who appears to have died by asphyxiation.

...oh, Christ. I was just coming to see if anyone had posted yet, but I didn't need to know how. (One of my very first boyfriends took his own life that way, not quite three years ago; it's still a raw nerve.)

DAMMIT BILL!!! Stupid people at work found a really graphic "viewer discretion advised" forklift safety video on you tube to show in our safety team meeting today. It was presented as company content, viewing mandatory. They did not show the warning screen, just started the video. Pretty awful, ver...

Some camps will not accept photo copied cards, as they are not legal id. Our camp doesn't for that same reason. Last week i went to the department of transportation and got an address change. Got my new photo id yesterday. So now the old one gets hole punched and put on a string around my neck on p...

Our placement is in. Astral Headwash will be at 4:15 and Ephesus this year. Oh, huzzah! Been trying on and off to find y'all since I first started coming to the event, and now you're in my back yard! (I'll warn y'all, though - we've got someone in our camp who gives FUCKING AWESOME hairgasms, so yo...

jewelzontheplaya wrote:Happiness is being placed at BM, ANYWHERE, just as long as we get placed in the event! Thanks to the Placement Crew!

That's what I'M talking about. You could put me at 1:15 and the trash fence, and as long as I'm in the dust, it's all good.

The latest from earlier this evening: Great news! I visited my trailer this morning to take stock, opened a cupboard…and there were my Clive Barker drawings, safe and overlooked. So scared that I'd lost them, after Clive entrusted me with them. I'm going to send them back to Clive. I'm still transi...

When it became obvious that I was going to have to stay in Bitter Camp last year, I promised $parky that I would dress up at the office, anyway. Here's the pic I sent to my DMV cohorts on Tuesday during the event. tutu.jpg As I noted in the email, "Number of yards of 6" tulle: 125. Number of fucks ...

diane wrote:It's found. And it's been emptied. Not far from where it was taken. Sheriffs have been called and are on their way.

Keep your fingers crossed that her stuff can be recovered.

I know I haven't been around here a lot for a while. And I know that diane o'thirst has been around even less...but I've known her since long before I ever got dusty, and we're in contact on the Bookfaces, and that's why I am delurking tonight. I just got hit with a massive bombshell. My trailer, w...

Went back to Mom's and back into the ManCave to look for the fucking rainfly. And found it in the bin I'd told her I wasn't going to need. *facepalm* Did I mention that MY FUCKING TENT STAKES were in that same bin? *epic facepalm* (And I've decided I'm taking both fucking tents with me. If there ar...

graidawg wrote:Talking Heads - anything but mostly And she was or perhaps burning down the house

I'm surprised Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place) or Road to Nowhere haven't been singled out yet, the latter especially.

I just dodged the biggest fucking bullet in the history of playa prep... My tent has been in storage since I got back from the 2010 Burn. We wound up with about a zillion people helping me to pack the damn thing, because the wind was picking up, and I haven't looked at it since. It didn't wind up n...

Gonzo Frothwood wrote:I LOVE YOUR AVATAR PURPLE!
So I'm guessing you're living at MASH this year?
robbidobbs sez: LOVING YOU PURPLE!

GONZO! ROBBI! *happyflail* Yep, I've been recruited into the Army of Fun, and I understand you two will be next door?

the other kevin wrote:I'm also on staff for SFContario, Ad Astra, Anime North, Polaris, and have volunteered at several Worldcons.

I had to pass up the '09 Burn because I'd spent all my money and vacation time going to Montreal for Anticipation. We've probably breathed the same air molecules before.

That's a shame to hear. GSR has been my year-round hotel of choice for a while now. Of course, the trick to any of the casinos is to sign up for their rewards club the minute you step onto the casino floor. I get email from them several times a year, offering me free room nights, casino cash, comp ...

Misa-- Havel should be a magic name in the sense that a lot of people would contribute to a project about him. Maybe you need a good grant writer... Fishy's got the right fucking idea. I know I was wondering if I could spare $5 when I saw his name. (My husband always wanted to have a beer with him ...

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thisisthatwhichis wrote: think a Daft Punk party is in order.

I heard Skrillex will be playing at 4:30 and C on Thursday at 10pm, but he's going all incognito, so the guy playing won't really look like him.

Isn't he going to be wearing a Deadmau5 head?