The Bar

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:16 am

I wish we had copies of some of the zillions of different images that were taken of Doug while he was in and out of the hospital - CTs and PETs (both with and without contrast), MRIs, sonograms, garden-variety X-rays.... Fascinating, all of it. I sat in the room with him for an MRI once - they gave me giant-ass hearing protectors. We decided it sounded like living in Mickey Hart's drum kit.

(I got to do a CT of my own last year while I had pneumonia; I came home afterward and we compared notes.

)

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:20 am

You know,

If you look kinda not so hard at Geeksters avatar it looks like the man.
Kinda like the coin/charm that Boolane made as gifts of 03. they are what I used in this portrait of them here:

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:26 am

DVD Burner wrote:You know,

If you look kinda not so hard at Geeksters avatar it looks like the man.

Damn, DVD ... with all the obscurity in this world you have this knack of being able to pick out the obvious. Well done, sir!

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:27 am

why thank you Sir Geek.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:33 am

BORG9 was ROBBED! Evidence HERE!

http://www.aumond.com/results.jsp.htm

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:38 am

FUCK!

If I had known that Michael Michael and Harriet were running I would have done something about that.
I really have'nt been keeping up with the Borg2 thing.
Too many things, just too many things.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:40 am

There are some AWESOME people involved ... there is still more voting to come. Sign up, assimilate.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:42 am

oh, and borg9.tribe.net is a cool place to hang out. Mateo doesn't post there ... much.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:56 am

What is it about the phrase "virtually pain free" that makes me cringe?

What is it about sentances started with the word "clearly" that makes me think mud is on the way?

Why don't I remember to tie my shoes BEFORE I enter the gas station restroom?

Some things are just so ... nebulous.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:59 am

Okay, I have HAD it with you sleeptards ... if you can't beat 'em ...

blueniteowl · Post by **blueniteowl** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:06 am

Some of us didn't go to sleep we just got bored cause no one was talking. Oh and I saw the man in geeks avatar too, but I thought that's why he put it on. Here's my leg.

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:10 am

It rakes me forever to catch up and by the time I do it is bedtime and most of you have left.

I will take a bit of a cold remedy and head to the sick room.

As for foods one of the best reccommendations I had was to bring dehydrated fruit and leave the cans at home. After a few days on the playa you can really taste the metal when you are eating canned foods. I looked also for fresh fruit that grows in tropical regions. Fruits in those regions are used to temperatures and keep very well. Pineapple is a good one. I found that apples and pears I brought lasted very well. I brought fruit that had not quite ripened and by the end of the week it was a precious commodity. For coolers I picked up two Coleman Extreme coolers. 1 was for beer and the other food. Before leaving town I spent a week acclimating the coolers. I froze water bottles and put them in the coolers. As they would melt I would replace them with new frozen bottles. In the beer cooler I placed the beer and used the above process and had ice cold beer as I was leaving the event. For breakfast I brought granola and soy milk. For lunch I would make peanut butter and honey almost daily with pretzel sticks to get the electrolytes up. Dinners varied but I made a lot of random meals. I brought my propane stove and a bunch of the small propane canisters.

But enough of that for now. Off to bed. Night all.

Jason

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:15 am

DVD Burner wrote:why thank you Sir Geek.

he took that as a compliment!

shaking head ... where have all the good minds gone

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:18 am

Night Spinner, nice to see you again. I am giving up and going to sleep ... big day tomorrow. Her work dinner party, then Kevin's party ... then who knows what ...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:27 am

I just HAD to crosspost this from tribe ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

STARS TO COME OUT FOR BORG2 INAUGURAL GALA

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA January 21, 2005) -- The newly elected BORG2 Art Council will kick itself off in style with a nationally televised Inauguration Gala to take place Sunday, Jan. 23rd at San Francisco's world famous Cow Palace.

A host of singers, entertainers and luminaries will take the stage to salute the council and the BORG2 democratic process, including such leading lights as actor Michael Moore, singer Diana Ross, fashion model Twiggy and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. A number of rock and roll bands will also perform, as well as a dazzling plethora of additional entertainment.

San Francisco party promoter John Chicken, one of the event's organizers, explains that the unprecedented number of rock bands will start the night's festivities off in rocking style. "The theme is one-hit wonders. All of these bands had one hit and then no more. They went to work in gas stations or something. This was not going to be the theme. We tried to get Molly Hatchet. We asked everywhere, but nobody could find them. If you see them anywhere let me know, Larry (Harvey) wants them to play at Burning Man next year. So we did one-hit wonders instead. Georgia Satellites will be performing. Mike and the Mechanics. Fabulous Thunderbirds. Katrina and the Waves will be there. Remember 'Dancing on Sunshine'? All of these bands only had one hit song. They will come on and play their one hit, then leave the stage. Whole thing should take 20 minutes tops. Hanson. They technically had two hits but no one can remember the second one. The Knack will perform. When they hit the first chord on 'My Sharona,' a million pounds of shredded cheese will fall from the ceiling. Everyone will like this. One song and you're gone. We paid $300 for all these bands. Not each, all these bands. We may have them all come back at the end and do a song, maybe 'Inna-Gadda-Da-Vidda,' which is the 'Stairway to Heaven' of one-hit wonders."

In addition to One Hit Wonders, Bay Area poet and protest leader Jim Mason is preparing a special interactive art project for the Inaugural. "I'm thinking we should have all the council members up on stage, in chairs," he explains. "The chairs will be attached to poles, and the poles will have a lifting mechanism that makes the chairs go up or down. They should start about halfway up. Don't you think? Doesn't that sound right? Under the chair of each person in the audience will be a special voting device. This whole thing represents the process of democracy, the 'thousand circumstances independent of the will of man that facilitate the maintenance of a democratic institution,' as De Tocqueville said. I paid a lot of money to be able to quote De Tocqueville at will like that. Isn't it neat? People will press the buttons on these devices and vote for their favorite among the council members. The chairs onstage containing the council will rise and fall according to the voting being done by the audience. I really think this will work. Perhaps we can tie live stock market results into this somehow, to present another variable. I'll have to think about it some more."

After Mason's performance piece, a giant cake will be pushed out onto the stage. It will begin to rumble, and then the top of the cake will explode out into the first rows of the audience. Burning Man founder Larry Harvey will emerge out of the cake and announce that the cake is on stage, but people are also eating the cake. "We can have this cake," Harvey announced at a press conference, "but we can also eat it, too." After this, Harvey will give a 90-minute speech entitled "Building Communities On Top of Communities, Or, You Can Run BORG 2, But You Can't Hide."

To top the evening off, a German Shepherd and a miniature pony will be brought out to the stage. Walking the dog will be elected Art Councilman Michael Michael, and riding the pony will be Burning Man Art Curator Lady Bee. "A dog and a pony," Mr. Chicken explains. "A dog and pony show. Get it? You will like it. We tried to get a black stallion for Lady Bee to ride, but have you ever tried to rent a black stallion? Forget it. It's better this way. Little things are funnier. Dog and pony show."

Mr. Michael and Ms. Bee will then sing "God Bless America" to close the evening's festivities, while behind them on a huge video screen, graphic footage of surgical colonoscopy procedures will be displayed.

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Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:34 am

(M stumbles in, still tired from staying up later then usual. Having greatly enjoyed everyone's company. Drinks a glass of OJ and then crawls under the NEB and snoozes.....)
zzzzzzzzz

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:47 am

(crawls out from under the NEB, stretches.....sees Sam STILL in that aqua massage table, laughs and walks out to go shovel, again!)

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:12 am

(Black cat sashays into the bar... finds it devoid of life. But knowing that soon enough, someone will traipse through, he leaves a big plate, piled high with homemade chocolate chip cookies on the bar for everybody to share (and some pain reliever and water for giggles), then heads out once again)

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:29 am

Not everyone can have sugar or chocolate so I'll leave some bananas instead. And of course if you have bananas around you can always find a Bananaphone!

http://webpages.charter.net/redemption/banana/

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:30 am

{giggles stirs from the NEB, moaning weakly as her head protests, guzzles hte water and hte pain reliever appreciatively, and then snuggles back down next the planetary atmosphere; on second thought, snags a cookie too.}

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:30 am

M walks into bar, weary from shoveling...sees a large plate of fresh baked chocolate cookies on the bar. Takes a couple of cookies and pours a glass of milk to wash them down

MMMM...Um dees mmm ar da uumm best cookies!!

Sheesh! Sam is STILL in that massager! He better get out soon...Giggles is gonna need to use that later.[/i][/u]

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:32 am

How's the head Giggles? You want some milk with your cookie? They're good aren't they.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:35 am

Bananas! Watch out or we'll end up with a bunch of monkeys in here.

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:37 am

M picks up the banana phone and places an order for another Aqua massage table. They say it will be delivered within the hour!

If anyone wants a banana there's a multi fruit tree over in the corner!

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:38 am

Hiya Ms. Sky! Milk sounds like just the thing. Yes these cookies are yummy, and my head is starting to feel a bit better now, thanks. Didja get your walk shoveled?

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:43 am

Yup, got the walks and driveway shoveled. Over a foot of snow! AAAHHH!!
Hey, was my clone in here snuggling with you under the NEB?!
DAMMIT!! Where is she? You big fake.......!
(Takes out clone remover and POOF...'vaporates clone!)

OK, sorry Giggles! I'll get you that milk now.

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:07 pm

*beep, beep, beep......M looks out door flap and sees a large truck backing up. 2 guys unload another Aqua Massage Table. They bring it in and hook it up.*

WOOHOO!!
Giggles, they just brought another aqua massager! You get to be first one in it!! Sam's STILL in that other one.....sheesh! He's gonna come out of it and be all mushy!

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:10 pm

Ok, well I'm gonna run and get something to eat.
Catch you later!
Get rid of that headache Giggles.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:29 pm

hey...this is a bar, not a cookie shop, unless of course those cookies are magic cookies......

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:34 pm

gigglesnort wrote:Bananas! Watch out or we'll end up with a bunch of monkeys in here.

**Monkey walks in with some friends. BANANA DAQUIRIS, PLEASE!!**