Our new home?

It appears that we'll be finally moving away from Oddfellows Hall and over to the vacated Capitol Hill Arts Center. I'm hoping this will happen relatively soon, but I'm not holding my breath. Velocity (and the Diver) will need to raise a bit of money ($500,000) and do a little reno to make the new space fit their needs.

This could not happen quickly enough. Today and in past days, we've been practicing with partial electricty and louder than usual noises.

Here's the scoop from the Seattle Times story today.

Burning Man 2008: A couple of quick pics

We had another bad windy dust storm that started in the afternoon. It almost canceled the burn, but it died down after 9 pm and word spread that it would start at 10 pm. We waited patiently until 11 and then fireworks kicked things off. When that was finished, the Man was lit with an explosion with fire. Even the veterans said it was a great burn. The Man blazed and crumpled in dramatic fashion. It reawakened the childhood fascination I've had with fire and pyrotechnomania.



After the Man and the tower fell, the crowd rushed towards the fire. We were all cold and sought out the warmth of the flames. Some guy in the crowd shouted, "All newbies run around the Man!" and soon we were all running along the perimeter of the fire. Crazed by the intensity of the moment.