The Fire Pit~

[M F Bonz]

The Fire Pit~

Stories to be told….
Tales of the old…
Come sit …around the fire pit.

Introduce yourself…
But not by your name…
Introduce yourself by your…
Most loved memorable moments in black rock city.
What made it great?



Ummmm… All 12 of you?!

Laughs… kind of quiet with all the bots Gone isn’t it!?!?

Laughs~

Sets a dusty bottle of Pinch whiskey on a wooden bench next to the fire…



Slips back into the shadows….
Chuckles in the darkness as he walks deeper into the dark dusty night.

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[Elorrum]

My first burn. I arrived late at night in the dark alone. I had no idea where to go, or where to camp, or even where the street edges were. I just parked at the outer edge on L and decided to see what it looked like in the morning. When I woke up and looked around, a man walked over from what would be across the street with a hot cup of coffee to offer me. A good spot, a good neighbor, we are still in touch.

[M F Bonz]

Smiles ~
My Early memories of the city are some of my favorites also.

The Pinch whiskey is one of my favorites.

[Elorrum]

It’s nice to have a fire to sit by, here at the end of things perhaps. I’m happy you brought the good stuff. It shows quality.

[Elorrum]

I made some crusty bread, and want to try melting some raclette cheese over the fire. Not sure how it’s done exactly. I have some sticks and the means to clean up an eventual melted cheese mess. What could go wrong?

[M F Bonz]

Thanks.
Sounds great.

[M F Bonz]

Next ….Molecular Gastronomy work going on. Now.

First up!

Raspberry, Black Current Blackberry, and Dragon Fruit Caviars.

Then….

Flavored air and foams.

Next….

Founders Breakfast stout beer, ice cream bars.


Then….. Take A break with some Cherry Wood Smoked Whiskey.

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Smiles~

[Elorrum]

After reading Cannery Row, I’ll admit I was very curious about what a beer milkshake would taste like. I feel like skimming through the book again to see if Doc was disappointed or not.

That’s a very adventurous bunch of flavors.

Last week I accidentally mixed cocoa mix into what I thought was hazelnut coffee creamer, but was actually sharp cheddar cheese powder. Some say it is a “thing”, but I don’t know what to put it on. It was bad in coffee. It was weird on chili. Maybe corn on the cob?

[M F Bonz]

Laughs.

Cheddar coffee doesn’t sound very good. Chuckles.

The caviar technique is something new I’m adding to my lounge. I’ll be able to make vermouth caviar to go with martinis. Or any flavor basically I want to make.

The caviar is to go with flaming dragons blood cocktail. Basically a shimmery raspberry thyme daiquiri with fire

I now have a cold smoker, so that allows me to Infuse smokes into drinks, cheese, and other products in the lounge.
Currently, I’m using Cherrywood, but it could be anything including peppercorns, Rosemary, or other woods and herbs.

I already make and keep Guinness ice cream. And yes I’m talking full on ice cream. I have two no ice ice cream freezer/makers in the lounge. This was a natural progression to go with the breakfast stout. I’m looking at doing a dragons milk ice cream also.
I’m making ice cream bars, so they’re just kept in the freezer in the lounge.

The foams and airs are just something new I’m learning about.
It’s just a different way to deliver flavor into a drink using a stable foam.


Since you mentioned cheese powder.

Here is a hack we used.
At a big box store we bought some Cheetos macaroni kind of like macaroni and cheese. It wasn’t very good as macaroni and cheese.
It sat on the shelf until…
We made popcorn and sprinkle the cheese pack all over it, it was like having Cheetos popcorn, which was pretty good.

Here is some sourdough I made.
My starter is about 15 years old.
It makes a great Panini.

Thanks for the reply.
Enjoy your weekend.

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[M F Bonz]

Bwaa ha ha ha ha, Whiny Man 2024

Searches and partially empties his kilt pockets looking for a box of Al Capone sweets dipped in Cognac. Pulls dust mask down.

>Lights up<
>smokes<

>smokes<

>smokes<

>smokes<

Laughs.
Wow.
You guys really know how to beat a dead horse don’t you…….
same shit different day I see.

Uh Oh ..better call a Wambulance!!
Laughs.
Wow…. Rolls eyes.

Chuckles …. Whiny Man 2024

>Flicks his “no filter Capone” into the fire pit<

I don’t know if the Burn can survive, with its downward spiral slide away from participants.. as it moves to more and more spectators.

Well…
Okay then. …you do you.

Pulls up dust mask.
Hums/mumbles…. an old Nat King Cole song…. as he collects his things off a bent crusty
“ CAUTION “
sign made into a table.

“””The party's over
It's time to call it a day
They've burst your pretty balloon
And taken the moon away
It's time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up the piper must be paid
The party's over
The candles flicker and dim
You danced and dreamed through the night
It seemed to be right just being with him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend”””

Leaving nothing behind and with out a trace.

>Disappears< into a Wind Scorpion laced dust storm blowing over the fire pit and surrounding camps ….then on out into the distant open
Desert.

[Elorrum]

“The party’s over.” Nat King Cole’s version of just about any song is supremely enunciated and often seems wistful. I think mainly because you’re really comprehending what you felt familiar with, but hadn’t really listened to, not until you heard Nat King Cole sing it. Funny thing is it could be an old standard, a song you’ve heard all your life, and hell, he likely recorded it before you were born too, or near-bouts.

I honestly thought of Dandy Don Meredith’s heartfelt swipes at a similar country hit (“Turn out the lights, the party’s over.”) late into Monday Night Football broadcasts, that thankfully never got beyond a few lines; his goofy curtain-pullings on contests not ending heroically, or being mercilessly drawn out. It signaled finality, and relief too, “have a laugh, you’ve earned it. It’s finally over.” If you had to go to work or school on the east coast Tuesday morning, it could be very late. Wasn’t the clownish remorse in this version appropriate for a losing contest, and a rough morning start, in not too many hours? Silly and wry, my preference tonight. I can try again next week, next season too.

It’s the second night here I’ve noticed any chill. Fire was a nice idea.

[M F Bonz]

Steps out of a swirling dusty chiindii ancestor, blowing in from deep playa.

Sets a blue handblown glass flask, full of Purple Toad Apple Wine, fortified with moonshine, on the makeshift table, made with a stack of old shredded bald tires, and a bent, crunched, crusty, caution sign set on top. The table sits in front of dirty, dusty oxblood, leather Chesterfield sofa

*as another spinning chiindii spirit dances by*

>>pulls down dust mask wipes his dry mouth with his bandanna >>>Swigs on some Kentucky Pommeau<<

>Sitting down on the worn used vintage Chesterfield <
Pulls a bag of extra peppered teriyaki jerky from his kilt pocket tossing it on the table near the purple toad.
Searches and partially empties his kilt pockets looking for a small painted hand lettered wooden plaque.
>sets it on the ground.. Leaning it against the tires<

The faded hard to read lettering on the plaque reads….

You’re not so much

Sometime when you’re feeling important,
Sometime when your
Egos in bloom,
Sometime when you take for granted, you’re the best qualified in the room.
Sometime you feel that you’re going would leave an unfillable hole.
Just follow this simple instruction, and see how it humbles your soul,
Take a bucket and fill it with water.
Put your hand in up to your wrist.
Pull it out, and the hole that remains is the measure of how much you will be missed. You splash all you please when you enter, you can stir up the water galore, but stopping you’ll find in a minute that it looks the same as before.
The moral of this quaint little example, is just do the best you can, be proud of yourself, but remember there’s no indispensable man.

The Gang


>sits back in the sofa - leather squeaks<
>Sips some purple, eats some peppered, hits his apparatus.<

>gazes out into the open deep desert …as the sun sets on the horizon<


>The hologram flickers and goes off<

[M F Bonz]

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Steps out of wisps of smoke and dust blowing across the fire pit.
Throws a magic log on the fire, log emits, deep golden flames.
Leather squeaks as he sits down on the red chesterfield.
Pulls his dust mask off.
Wipes his face with his bandanna.
Pulls a flask from his kilt pocket.
Sips purple from the flask.
Hits his apparatus.
(Leather squeezes) Leans back as he lets out a sigh of pure….

Wait? What’s that? !!

[M F Bonz]

Snickers to himself.

* Pulls from the air… like magic it appears.
* Uses a highball, glass
* Pulls from the air… a lime wedge to coat the rim of the glass
* Pulls from the air… then Dips the rim in a dish of salt to coat
* Pulls from the air… then Squeezes the juice of 1/2 lime into the glass
* Pulls from the air… then Adds ice to fill the glass to the top with large ice cubes.
* Pulls from the air… then Adds a really generous shot of T1 blanco tequila to the glass, filling it about halfway
* Pulls from the air… then Tops it off the remainder of the glass with Coca-Cola
* honors Don Javier, Pulls from his kilt belt… stirs with a big ass knife, the secret to its flavor….

Sits back on the chesterfield.
* Sips glass of Batanga…
*
* The fire grows brighter.

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[M F Bonz]

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Chucking..

[M F Bonz]

Laughs. Just as I suspected.

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[M F Bonz]

Chuckles.. The short answer is (NO)
The long answer you won’t like… so we will just have to stay with the short one.
(No)
Have a great day.
(Fart sound)

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[M F Bonz]

Arrives home with a dusty duffel bag full of phones, IDs and assorted trinkets.
>Using a butthole Steve voice.<
Hmmm… very good year. Smiles.

Hmmm… New Business idea, burner phones for burners at the Burn for a nominal fee.
(((And now with digital IDs)))
for an extra nominal fee.
First 20,000 gets one of our rainbow LED lanyards for an extra nominal fee .

Phone Lost? … no real loss. we have lost phone insurance for an extra nominal fee.
And now all your data, pictures and personal ID information will automatically uploaded to our
(Dark Web Burn Cloud)pending trademark
So if you lose the phone.
We can sell… ummm ..I mean retrieve your information for a extra nominal fee.

Sorry …but we don’t offer the explode your friends app.

Available at your favorite mega store, near you….. for a nominal fee of course. (Rolls eyes)

Sound horrifying?
Good ..it fucking should!!

laughs maniacally~
Put the phone down.
Lock it up or lose it.

BMIR PSA ~ends

What? It could happen. Just saying.

[Elorrum]

A favorite early snl news item came to mind: NASA reports that they are receiving signals that coincide with the Voyager spacecraft mapped location and path, that say: "Send more Chuck Berry!"

I was aware that I have not listened to any Chuck Berry intentionally in ages. Also:

Send more crusty bread photos.
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It is getting close to soup season, so fresh bread is a good idea. I was baking a lot last year, and noticed my butter consumption was way up as well. They call to each other, they do.

[M F Bonz]

Sorry, no crusty sourdough recently.

It is getting to that time of year for some Yellowstone Chili. We do a robust vegetarian chili. With seasoned ground bison and elk topping. Smiles.. yes I really do make this. Surprisingly enough I can get both here in the natural food co-op we shop.

How about a slutty bear pastry?
Have a good day.

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[Elorrum]

Those buns! I went to a mountain restaurant lodge once, in woods so shady, there was always a damp except in the hottest part of summer.

They had a cold salsa and chips on the table. It was actually a cold chili: well canned tomatoes in mid winter, kidney beans, chopped green onion.

[M F Bonz]

Wish I knew how to make those. I have some ideas. I might give it a try.

When we were on our cross-country-cross-Canada-cross-country trip something like almost 15000 miles. We stayed at a place just outside a gate to Yellowstone. They had a bison/elk chili in the restaurant attached to the hotel. It was great. I stole the idea from them. I normally serve slow roasted Tri-tip sliced up for the chili. it can also be on the spicy side.
It’s easier just to cook the elk/bison in a cast iron skillet.
You can add or not add as much meat as you want. Or not at all if you don’t eat meat.
Winter meals.

I like cold mariscos dishes. I made shrimp cocktails yesterday. Mexican style.
Seven seas cocktail is the best.
If you can find one.
That was my introduction to Mexican seafood.. the best seafood in my opinion. Deep fried perch in garlic oil. Was amazing.

Heading for an appointment for a wet steam a cold plunge a hot soak and a wet steam for a couple of hours.
I don’t move around like I used to.

Have a good night.

[M F Bonz]

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Slips out from a dusty chiindii.

Throws a magic log on the fire burns a bright purpleish blue.
Sits- lights- smokes-

Pulls out a small bluetooth speaker from his pocket.
.
Pushes play on his phone~


Joan Osborne comes on the speaker.

"Spider Web"

"I dreamed about Ray Charles last night and he could see just fine"

I dreamed about Ray Charles last night
And he could see just fine, you know
I asked him for a lullaby. He said,
"Honey, I don't sing no more"
No more, no more, no more, Ray don't sing no more

He said, "Since I got my eyesight back, my voice has just deserted me
No 'Georgia On My Mind' no more. I stay in bed with MTV"
Then Ray took his glasses off and I could look inside his head
Flashing like a thunderstorm, I saw a shining spider web

Spider web, spider web, spider web in Ray Charles' head

I dreamed about Ray Charles last night
He took me flying in the air
Showed me my own spider web; Said,
"Honey, you had best take care
The world is made of spider webs
the threads are stuck to me and you
Careful what you're wishing for,
'cause when you gain, you just might lose"

You just might lose your spider web, spider web, spider web Ray Charles said

When you're feeling lonely, when you're hiding in your bed,
don't forget your string of pearls, don't forget your spider web
When I go to sleep tonight, don't let me dream of brother Ray
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he sees
Just like him best the other way

Spider web, spider web, spider web Ray Charles said
Spider web, spider web, spider web Ray Charles' head

All I got's my spider web, keepin' me alive
All I got's my spider web, keepin' me alive

"Come on Ray"

Slowly shakes head with derision.

What a failure.

[M F Bonz]

Sips whiskey from a ceramic cup.
Made by the hands of Joel.

Slips another magic log on log onto the fire.

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[M F Bonz]

Well I hate to say I told you so…. But there you go….. killed it didn’t you…. Couldn’t leave it alone.
So much lost … so much lost….
I think I am done also.
I mean really what’s the point.
Lost direction and selfishness is the world now. I see it everywhere and I don’t see it healing anytime soon.




Seriously what’s the fucking point?