This is hysterical. I have friends that are there right now. I wouldn't be caught dead at that crazy festival.

What a strange festival. How curious. Glad no one was hurt

oh I know Harmony, I'd never heard of it before until I read an article last night... radical self expression... I'd say so. But then again I'm really not for radical anything.. too extreme for me.

Well they all get really stoned and come up with fabulous ideas to change the world. The thing is when they sober up they don't remember what any of those fabulous ideas were.

ROFL

i totally forgot about this one. i think that i heard about it for the first time last year - and i'm glad that it turned out ok this year.

Not sure "counter culture" is a term that still applies. I was returning from Lake Tahoe yesterday and was on the road with a lot of burning man vehicles (really easy to pick out thanks to white dust and colorful art displays crammed in and out of the car) - I cant tell you how many of those cars were huge, expensive SUVs. It was a parade of land rovers, range rovers, suburbans etc, and all identifiable by the dust covered bikes with stuffed animals and flowers attached and tied to the back of the car.

I know a lot of people who go to Burning Man, but I can't say I've ever had much of a desire to go myself. Looks interesting though.