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Re: Perfect Storm - Change of plans (in Radical Life Institute)















































Deb,
Sitting at the Black Rock Beacon as i write.
HUGS!







discussion post on Mon, August 30, 2010 - 8:58 PM
Re: Storms (in Burning Man) "LOL Thats right get it out before you reach the playa.I did not know old people can even lift a 3lb sledge let alone throw it. :-) "

Watch your characterizatrions, whippersnapper.
discussion post on Fri, August 27, 2010 - 8:59 AM
Re: Weather Heads Up - Prepare! (in Burning Woman) This just in:

I'm in Winnemucca right now, and it was windy as it gets today. Imagine a dust storm in a hotel parking lot! I heard tell of a major league white out this afternoon on-playa.

People were running inside here like their hair wa... read more
discussion post on Fri, August 27, 2010 - 1:34 AM
Re: This is Pretty Crass (in Burning Man Assholier Than Thou) Check fire. CHECK FIRE!

Save it for some asshole who really needs it, like a shirtcocker. And then fill it with the normal pants ammo.
discussion post on Thu, August 26, 2010 - 6:55 PM
Re: Please let the door hit you in the ass (in Black Rock Beacon) Screw you both. I'm in Winnemucca, and will be there tomorrow a.m. Gotta grab some geology information and possibly a map from the BLM office her before departure, though.
discussion post on Thu, August 26, 2010 - 6:47 PM
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From the Rhino's Heart

If you're my friend and you're not going this year, by choice or by lack of whatever......no matter what......my heart remains with you always.

If you ARE going, there is a piece of advice that comes to us from the Burningman Tribe, which I comoderate with Bobzilla and Elaine. A smalll advantage of reading all the posts is that occasionally a real tidbit of wisdom comes to us. And today, here's one that I thought had a lot of merit, if you are in the final departure thought stage. A week from Monday, at 12:01 a.m. the gate is open for general admission, but you need to read this if you're experiencing the same types of anxieties and controlled panic that I am.

"At this point in your preparation for Burning Man many of you are moving at
a feverish pace right now. There is last minute packing, gear to buy, food
...to prepare, vehicles to load, costumes to finish and so on and so on and so
on! Right now your stress and anxiety levels are likely shooting through
the roof, you are moving faster than your body and mind can handle and the
anticipation factor is beginning to over-ride your judgment.

STOP - right now, and take a deep breathe. You are about to enter the most
perilous part of your journey to the playa. Take just 2 minutes to slow
down, regroup and get clear about what needs to happen and how it will all
come together.

Remember that the playa is a place of magic and you will arrive in the exact
moment you are meant to be there to experience exactly what you need to
experience. The playa is a gift that is given to you by the universe and it
CAN NOT BE RUSHED! The playa arrives at your feet only when you are fully
ready to receive it and not a moment sooner.

Your journey will be
magnificent only if you allow it to be fully felt and
fully received. Travel safe, drive carefully, don't take chances, take
breaks when you need to, and watch out for your fellow traveler. The event
begins the moment you hit the road and everyone else out there is just as
eager to get there as you are - but it's not a race!! Arriving in one piece
is much more important than arriving at any particular moment.

Keep your eyes open, stay awake, think slowly - and take your time. The
playa isn't going anywhere and it will be ready for you when you get there.

Travel safe, have fun, then travel safe again. May you all come home
blissed out without a scratch or scar on you!! "


Yes. No expectations. STOP. Breathe. And WHATEVER time you're leaving next week...........travel safely.
Sat, August 21, 2010 - 8:26 PM permalink - 2 comments
 
Scientists. You gotta love 'em

We make lists and spreadsheets like it's just like waking up in the morning. It's gotta be done.

Here's where I'll be at Burningman when I'm not helping out at the Beacon:

August:

Thursday 26 : Hope to arrive. If I don't, well I'l do it the following day.

Friday 27: Start set-up of MY quartered area within the Black Rock Beacon camp,
complete if possible; determine MY duties. with input from Rockstar, Howierd, and durgy. Then, head over to DOTA
(Department of Tethered Aviation) to help set up the BEDroom.

Saturday 28: 10 a.m. optional First Aid/CPR training @ Sanctuary w/ Paragon

Sunday 29: Ranger mentoring. Report to HQ at 0900, be prepared for a FULL day of
rangering. 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.(?) Includes debrief, mentoring rating.
Could include some other social that evening.

Monday 30: BED sign-up at Dept of Tethered Aviation at 6:30 and Athens on the Ring
Road. May be really close to Black Rock Beacon camp.

Tuesday 31: 1200 - BED Volunteer Orientation - BEDroom @Athens and Ring Rd. @
DOTA (Dept. of Tethered Aviation)
1500 - BED Workshop #1 - @ Deep Heaven -
1900-2200 Ranger Social @ Berlin
September:

Wednesday 1: 0800 Radical Life Institute Breakfast of Mental Health Champions
unknown where.
1500 - BED Workshop #2 - Booby Bar in Terminal City

Thursday 2 1620-1700 Rebar Ceremony @ HQ
1900-2100 Graduation Party @ Tokyo

Friday 3 1500 BED Workshop - Booby Bar, Terminal City

Saturday 4 - 1900-1915 Rangers Walk to the Man @ HQ/6:00 Promenade/The Man

Sunday 5 - 1900-0200 Ranger Not-a-Social Social @ Tokyo

Monday 6 Depart for home.

Schedule is subject to change without notification. Heck, who could I notify without wifi?

'Nuff said.
Sat, August 21, 2010 - 9:51 AM permalink - 1 comment
 
Abbreviations, unless used sparlingly and clearly defined, frustrate me a lot as a professional scientist. Professions and government are FULL of them. Please. folks, around me - - spell it out...refuse to use them.

Engineering is particularly awful in their use of abbreviations. Unless you're with the 'in' crowd, then you wade through a maze of indecipherable gibberish.
For instance:

FWD can mean "Four-Wheel-Drive" OR
FWD can mean "Falling Weight Deflectometer

PI can be "Principal Investigator" OR
PI can be "Plastic Index"

"Hey George,could you go out to the lot, and use the FWD to pick up the FWD from the lot? We're going out to the college to pick up the PI so he can measure subgrade PIs today. Got that?"

Hell, no, I don't even register your friggin'abbreviations. Spell it out, moron.

Chemistry is nasty. They give all their equipment abbreviations. The nomenclature is bad enough to confuse, but the abbreviations? Sometimes indecipherable. I actually had to have one chemist explain to me what PLM meant,when I knew, having been trained on one in both undergraduate and grad school, how to use one effectively better than she for inorganic compounds. PLM to her meant "polarized light microscope". I called it a petrographic microscope, since we use the things for thin-section analysis of rock. Originally, they asked me if I had been 'trained' in its use. I very politely showed them a few books that I had used as textbooks, and explained to them the methods that I use. Today, they come to see ME if they have any questions. Polite turnaround. I love it.

Just don't ask a chemist with an alcohol problem about AA. It can mean "Alcoholics Anonymous", or "Atomic Absorption"....a type of spectrophotometry.

Younger chemists still think ICP is 'Insane Clown Posse', a musical rap group, while ICP is also "Inductively Coupled Plasma", a surprisingly accurate method of atomic absorbtion spectrophotometry. *snicker* I can see ICP trying to perform ICP in the lab......rofl......

Get my point yet?

Use the abbreviations sparingly, or spell them out.

If you don't?

SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up)
leading to
TARFU (Things Are Really Fouled Up)
leading to
FUBAR (Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition)

I won't put the abbreviations in the appendix.


Mon, August 16, 2010 - 7:51 AM permalink - 6 comments
 
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August 15, 2010
any friend of Grasshopper is a friend of mine!
March 3, 2009
Here are some songs that remind me of Rhino:

"Highway Song" - Blackfoot
"Drift Away" - Dobie Grey
"Flirtin' With Disaster" - Molly Hatchet
"He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother)" - The Hollies
"Whiter Shade of Pale" - Poco Harem
"Wild Horses" - The Rolling Stones
"Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
"Going To Montana" - Frank Zappa (don't ask..it's complicated lol)
"Rough Boy" - ZZ Top
"The Weight" - The Band
"Midnight Rider" - Allman Brothers
November 11, 2008
One of the first people I met at my first Interfuse in 2007...Immediately I knew he was my brother from another mother...we truly are connected though the cosmos and back...i love ya bro!!!
September 3, 2008
His name is Rhino for a very good reason. He never stops. He works harder loves harder and gives harder than anyone I know. I have the pleasure of working with him on The Temple of Community and witnessed the true human spirit that anyone can look up to to emulate. He does things with heart and means what he says and does what he says he will do. Honer and integrity is this Rhino. I love you Rhino. Thank you for walking into the fire with me and everyone else. You NEVER let me down and with the high expectations I put on people sometimes you surpassed that with such a fire I couldn't have ever imagined. Love Gothalot
February 2, 2008
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