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… are in the devils? The devils are in… the reds? The yellows? Welll… truly the details are where the magic comes in. We try not to get too overwhelmed by the big stuff cause that small stuff is where the magic is. Course, it’s also in the medium sized stuff and that window we got. And I wanna talk about those details but I don’t wanna give away those details… o the details! The little bits and tidbits… but will there be time? I ask that mannequin in the corner with his yellow and red robe. Will there be time?

All righty then… So the starpod structure is something that I’m really familar with having lived in one on the playa a couple years in a row, and setting it up as a shade structure at a few full-moon gatherings.  The one we’re working on now, however is, how shall we say it… a beast.  A behemouth.  A farking heavy son-of-a.  And that’s just the frame I’m talking about.  Seven+ foot two-by-fours sure ain’t 5 1/2 foot one-by-twos, that’s for dang sure.  Good old Pythagoras has come through with "a squared plus b squared equals c squared" a few times when determining dimensions of roof & wall panels, so anyone who ever thought "when am I ever gonna use this stuff" in a junior high math class, I just say "well here you go."  I shudder to think what it’s going to be like putting this thing up when it has 3/4" plywood + skylights screwed to the roof.  Good thing RafaelO and Sasha and perhaps if we’re convincing enough Bitta and a few others will be with us on the playa when we need to erect (huh-huh) this monster.  

Our poor neighbor couldn’t help but notice what we’re up to - sorta in "Wilson" style from Home Improvement.  It must look pretty odd to the outside world to have this huge frame all of a sudden pop up in a neighbors’ back yard - accompanied by the ridiculously annoying sound of power-saws running through plywood in the middle of the day.  I just hope we’re not keeping his two year old from his naps.

We picked up our drive-through window today.  Hooray Craigslist!  We had to spend $8 in gas but saved $40 from what we’d have spent @ home depot.  We’re still looking for a brilliant way to light the menu without having to run a generator, as well as power the intercom.  Anyone have any solar panels + batteries they’re not using?

…of working on a website while outside a piecemeal structure awaits it’s captains… Next tho I need to post some pictures. We have starplates connecting our two by fours and the basic skeleton of the roof set up next to a stack of plywood and a couple of sawhorses…

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