http://www.kcrubyhoop.com Fire Fire Fire Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Canberra Timber and Working with Wood Show is on again this weekend, and here is a preview This exhibition of the latest woodworking equipment, demonstrations and stacks of timber is one of the must-see events if you are a woodworker - whether hobbyist or semi professional. As you ... http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/09/05/canberra-timber-and-working-with-wood-show-2008/ The big tower at the far reaches of the playa http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/09/01/babylon/ Strong winds put the Burn on hold for awhile last night, but The Man finally went up in flames around 11 p.m. The harsh conditions earlier in the evening forced the cancellation of the fire conclave beforehand. By the time the big guy burned, though, the dust storms had cleared ... http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/08/31/go-man-go/ In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. -Robert Ingersoll http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/08/30/lunarticnet-2008-08-31-022359/ The Flaming Lotus Girls' Mutopia is so beautiful it almost hurts your eyes. They’ll start tearing down the structures at the base of Man tonight, and tomorrow morning, they’ll attach accelerants and fireworks. Getting ready to blow. What Center Camp looks like these days. Three weeks ago, there was nothing there. ... http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/08/29/countdown-to-the-burn/ A fun little video from the night we filmed the staff tutorials with Banyan :) read more http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/08/29/hip-hop-poi/ It's hooper heaven along the Esplanade More random thoughts, because that’s the only kind we are capable of, and really, trying to get your arms around this beast is pretty damn impossible right now. —- We crashed a fancy party last night, and things were very fine. It was an outreach network gathering, ... http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/08/28/why-aren%e2%80%99t-you-here/ The multi-talented, hard-working, flame-playing Lily doing her thing. Things are in full swing, and words are becoming kind of beside the point. The activities are taking off in a thousand different directions, with thousands of people at the helm. So here are some random sentence fragments and ill-formed thoughts: a) Weather completely gorgeous ... http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/08/27/words-fail/ David Nergaard’s 1922 Stanley steamer had lain abandoned for many years to decay until it was found in the 1950s. At that point a custom body was built for it and the steam plant installed. The car is regularly driven and David puts about 5000 miles per year on the ... http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/08/27/stanley-steamer-type-735-1922-with-a-difference/ It’s gorgeous again; bright, sunny and cool, even at almost 10 am on Tuesday. “Could we get this to last all day?” my campmate Scout asked. “I’d pay money,” I said, but there’s no commerce on the playa. Well, almost none. Coffee and ice. That’s it. Everything else you ... http://www.kcrubyhoop.com/2008/08/26/everything-changes/