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Burners, coffee, true believers, and a desperate dispersal of cookies

On Friday (while at Burning Man), I discovered that there was a wi-fi network available and as I had been commanded by my co-blogger to twitter if I could, I decided that it made sense to spend and hour or … Continue reading

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Burning Man art: Massive

One of the well known joys of Burning Man – and really the only part that I felt I really understood before I arrived – are the massive art installations. I guess I cheated on this front a little bit, … Continue reading

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Hot days, wild nights

After being welcomed home, I mounted a suspended, empty hydrogen tank, which was rung by the BRC greeting crew, and thus my adventure was begun. We had identified a target address for our camp, using some of the Burning Man … Continue reading

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“Welcome Home”

I spent the better part of the last month-and-a-half preparing to travel to and survive in the environmentally challenging environs of Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis of about 45,000 in the middle of the Nevada desert. BRC is, of … Continue reading

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