As I sit here this morning huddled around my little electric heater with the snow falling all around my house, 13 degrees outside.....Only two words come to mind...

Ehhh..... Tesla.

I hate to do this but you brought it up and got me thinking. Add a flux capcitor and Banzai would have been set. TESLA *******************WONKA********************************BUCKAROO BANZAI************************************DR. EMMETT BROWN scientist................chocolatier...............scient...

Sham wrote:Did I mention that first timers are so adorable. I could just hug them to death!

My Grandma tells me I'm adorable too but I think it cuz she is obligated to do so.

I wanna hug if we meet on the playa.

I'm tellin you...his birth name was William Heisenberg.

Why is it that 60, 000 Oompa Loompas are willing to work indoors, 24 hours a day, year round, taking orders from some crazy antisocial dude in a purple suit. Half of the factory is probably a meth lab.....Think about it. Most of the factory is off limits durin the tour and you can tell Ol' Willy is ...

Right...I forgot about the little orange guys. The factory runs off of the crushed hopes and dreams or enslaved oompa-loompas.

Just wondering if Willy Wonka's factory was powered by electricity or magic?

Welcome home for the next 10 months lol. I'll be the official ecamp newbie for everyone to blame shit on and snark at.

Great idea. I found some old Cleveland Police uniform shits i had left over from partying at our camp in Pennsylvania. I think I can fit them into a costume and I have three of them to possibly trade on the playa. I used to have a Cleveland Fire Dept. uniform hat....that one will take some digging i...

Burning Man is what you make it. You can become anything or anyone you want to. If you are short, you can wear 1 foot platform shoes and be tall. If you're bald, you can wear a polyester wig. Wear a prom dress for the day or go nekkid if you want. Hit your fears head-on and they won't be fears anym...

Baby Steps for me. I gotta remember to learn how to walk before i can....ride a bike on the playa.

I have plenty of time to get a good plan in place and with good advise, I know I'll make it there.

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I'm tired of doing what is expected of me and finally want to do something spontaneous and challenging. (And hopefully fun)

untried instead of spontaneous.

Really I do love excitement but I really don't want you thinking we are going to fix you. Who the fuck has time for that? Every person comes for their own reason, and every one of those reasons is valid (as long as it doesn't involve hurting the person or property of another). I am aware that I hav...

Excellent tip considering my bike needs new tires anyway. I can imagine it would be pretty tough trying to pedal through loose sand.

I have only been an eplaya member for a few days but already I have heard all kinds of suggestions, comments and criticism. They all boil down to BM being what you make of it. I have also thought experiencing it for the first time with other virgins would be awesome if only to see how everyone react...

This Burning Man thing is turning out to be quite a conundrum. You all seem to love it and hate it. I read in another post that talked about the same thing. He/She summed it up best by saying something like...."If I was a star trek android.....I think my head would explode" These first few days on e...

Allow me to revise my previous statement. Obviously I didn't mean spending now until the end of next year making 60,000 things that would prob. be thrown away for people I have never met. I meant exactly what you suggested in bringing a few things that I could make to give to new friends as a way of...

Im also a virgin burner hailing from cleveland. I can't wait to go in 2014. Like you, I anticipate travel being a problem for me. I can totally drive but it would be nice to share the expense and drive time. If you're interested in getting a group together from our area, please let me know. I will a...

All great advise and comments from everyone. I will admit I am pretty excited. Im already starting to plan and come up with some gift ideas to give away on the playa. I don't go to parties and things around here much because they have turned into popularity contests for everyone to judge. Everything...

....That I am. Excellent way to look @ it. Thanks Ben!

Guy Noir wrote:“I'd rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised.”
― Ben Franklin

Dust is just mud without the water, and we love mud in Ohio. Although dust is unlike mud because in the desert, the dust can attack you, and dust fights dirty. It goes for your eyes, grinds in your teeth and gets in the most unmentionable of areas. I dont expect something to suddenly change everythi...

I was a boy scout as a child and still go primitive camping to this day. Whether I'm on the motorcycle or camping with the nephews, we usually just pack a small tent and a few tarps. I have been camping in a variety of conditions ranging from -40F to an island in the Florida Keys. I would love to te...

Greeting all burners and aspiring burners. My name is Joe and I am in need of a life changing experience. I have recently found myself in one of lifes ruts. I have been consistantly disappointed by friends and supposed significant others. I can feel something more to life than just walmart, McD's an...