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Burning Man ‘09 - Epic

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

Epic, that’s what I say now every time I get the “how was it” question. Then I fall silent. There’s so much to say, so many stories to tell that I just don’t know where to start. This was year three for me and it almost didn’t happen. After last year I really debated returning. [...]

Burning Man 08

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Well the Man burned 2 weeks ago and I’m just now getting to this blog. The time really flew by, but I think I also came out of Burning Man in a very different way than last year. Last year everything was new, and I mean everything. Last summer I was just starting to get [...]

Back to Burning Man

Monday, August 25th, 2008

It’s kinda hard to believe I’m about to do this again. Last year was amazing. But I learned soon after it was over that the leader of our little troupe, the lovely and talented Bonnie Doyle, would not be returning. This presented a challenge. Last time I really leaned on the people I was camping [...]

Burning Man: Scale

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Ok, enough of this introspective navel-gazing crap. Burning Man is all about seeing cool stuff. And there was cool stuff. Way. Cool. One thing that is hard to explain is the scale. I took pictures (Burning Man 07), and I have even better pics from a friend at work, but even those pics don’t do [...]

Burning Man: Body Issues

Friday, September 7th, 2007

I forgot to bite my nails. On Tuesday after returning from Burning Man I looked down at my hand in a state of exhausted confusion. My nails never get that long. I never let them. Co-workers, family and friends alike can atest to my dirty habit. Sure there have been times when I tried to [...]