Much more poetic and evocative, anyway.  But sometimes people do actually
want some information, and I take pity on them...

Joy

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Joy Hecht
now living in a real house in northern Virginia
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years 
lugging Joy and her stuff around...
 
For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://www.joyhecht.net
 
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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Mike Miller [mailto:mwmiller@cwnet.com]
:::Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:30 AM
:::To: Joy Hecht; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: bURNINGvAN
:::
:::I like my explanation better. It's just so much more reasonable and
:::logical.
:::
:::Mike
:::
:::On 10/1/06 6:16 AM, "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:
:::
:::> Well - another explanation is that it's a spin on Burning Man,
:::involving
:::> burning a van instead of a man.
:::>
:::> If you don't know what Burning Man is, go to www.burningman.com.
:::>
:::>
:::>
:::> Joy
:::>
:::> ****************************************************************
:::> Joy Hecht
:::> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
:::> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
:::> now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
:::> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
:::>
:::> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
:::> http://www.joyhecht.net
:::>
:::> ****************************************************************
:::>
:::>
:::> :::-----Original Message-----
:::> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
:::Behalf
:::> :::Of Mike Miller
:::> :::Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 3:35 AM
:::> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::> :::Subject: Re: bURNINGvAN
:::> :::
:::> :::The greatest spectacle in the history of the universe, attended by
:::all
:::> :::sentient beings, approved by all who have ever existed, except for
:::TerryK
:::> :::who refuses to come even though we threatened him with dire results
:::if he
:::> :::didn't.
:::> :::
:::> :::Or maybe not.
:::> :::
:::> :::Mike
:::> :::
:::> :::On 9/30/06 11:53 PM, "Matt Drew" <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
:::> :::
:::> :::> I am SURE that this will sound COMPLETELY thick of me . . .
:::> :::>
:::> :::> But what is bURNGINGvAN?
:::> :::>
:::> :::> Sheepishly
:::> :::> -Matt
:::> :::>
:::> :::>
:::> :::>
:::> :::> On 9/28/06, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
:::> :::>>
:::> :::>> Sorry but that�s the requirement. One of them. Bring enough beer
:::and
:::> :::food
:::> :::>> and maybe you can get a waiver.
:::> :::>>
:::> :::>> Don�t blame me. Blame BenT. He had nothing to do with it but
:::blame him
:::> :::>> anyway.
:::> :::>>
:::> :::>>
:::> :::>> Mike
:::> :::>>
:::> :::>>
:::> :::>> On 9/28/06 9:15 AM, "Florian Speier" <groups.florian@gmail.com>
:::wrote:
:::> :::>>
:::> :::>>> berkeley, ca
:::> :::>>> do I have to bring a burning van? I unfortunately recently
:::replaced
:::> :::the
:::> :::>> fuel
:::> :::>>> lines.
:::> :::>>> flo
:::> :::>>>
:::> :::>>> On 9/27/06, Mike Miller < mwmiller@cwnet.com
:::> :::<mailto:mwmiller@cwnet.com>
:::> :::>>>
:::> :::>>> wrote:
:::> :::>>>> Where you coming from?
:::> :::>>>>
:::> :::>>>> Mike
:::> :::>>>>
:::> :::>>>>
:::> :::>>>> On 9/27/06 10:52 PM, "Florian Speier"
:::<groups.florian@gmail.com>
:::> :::wrote:
:::> :::>>>>
:::> :::>>>>> I am gonna be there....
:::> :::>>>>> flo
:::> :::>>>>>
:::> :::>>>>> On 9/26/06, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
:::> :::>>>>>>   bURNINGvAN 07
:::> :::>>>>>>
:::> :::>>>>>> Jan 27 or so.
:::> :::>>>>>
:::> :::>>>>>
:::> :::>>>>
:::> :::>>>
:::> :::>>>
:::> :::>>
:::> :::>
:::> :::>
:::>
:::>