While y'all were having a great time, I were sitting stuffed into United's
finest cramped airplanes and suffering a pain in the butt trip back from New
Orleans.

I am glad to hear y'all had a good time and we otter do this a couple times
ayear, prefeably when I am here.

tim in san jose

P.S. send pitchers.

>From: Joseph Fortino <fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET>
>Reply-To: fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: BurningVan-Short report
>Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 17:39:02 -0800
>
>what a blast thanks everyone. my family an I had a great time and the
>company was too nice.
>I drove HWY 1 all the way to 92 home and it was a cruse.
>
>Thanks so much for all your kindness. Mike summed it up very well :)
>
>peace
>Joe
>
>On 05 Jan 2003, Mike Miller wrote:
>
> > Volks,
> >
> > Well except for the fireworks, the twirling
> > flaming dance show, the ocean that looked like
> > a picture, great weather, warm and still, and
> > the terrorists number 1 [1 1/2 yr old] and
> > number 2 [2 1/2 years old], an Estonian
> > paramour of a THX kind of guy, a Greek gal who
> > would probably have done the Estonian wild
> > jump over the fire whilst kind of ripped had
> > we not prevented her [ by not letting her get
> > ripped, only 4 marshmallows], a frustrated
> > parts delivery dude, the surfer with four
> > [count 'em 4] surfboards in his van - he
> > CLAIMED to use only one at a time but we all
> > know better than that, don't we? - , enough
> > wood for several bonfires, and my son it was
> > pretty much a lost kind of day.
> >
> > OK, the terrorist number two did turn out to
> > be the cause of the expanding universe based
> > on the dirt she managed to acquire, that was
> > kind of cool. The rat on a string that
> > followed the dog who looked like a wolfhound
> > and was the result of a standard poodle and a
> > champion fence jumper were just a couple of a
> > multitude of four legged friends who dropped
> > by. And, yes, there was a funeral next to us
> > on the beach - kind of gave us a pause
> > thinking this might be the real burning man
> > but all that was burned was a bunch of
> > 'incense'. Odd that they would take turns
> > sticking their heads in the smoke and
> > breathing deeply but I guess they really,
> > really liked incense.
> >
> > Even the park cops were cool, pretty nice and
> > laid back. Odd.
> >
> > Yeah the paramour claimed to be Estonian which
> > I think is kind of like claiming to be a
> > Hobbit. I mean everyone's heard of them but
> > they don't really exist. She even claimed to
> > know how to correctly pronounce Arvo Part's
> > name, proof positive of powerful
> > prevarication.
> >
> > BenT showed up 4 or 5 hours late so he was
> > lots earlier than usual.
> >
> > There were pictures taken but negotiations are
> > under way which have a good chance of
> > preventing publication, if we can just get the
> > cash together soon enough.
> >
> > The next event has been named, I think by
> > Westywoman, VAN DE SOLIEL. All we have to do
> > is figure out what to do, and not get caught
> > doing it.
> >
> > Mike

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