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Summing Up…

McSaddhu — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:58:21 +0000

There is a whole lot to write. i can’t even get it all in this sentence. It was a great great great time at Burning Man and slowly, ever so slowly, the stories will trickle in.. til then, enjoy the pictures.

We’re Gonna be on the BBC

McSaddhu — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:08:05 +0000

We were asked by a BBC documentary crew to film us and interview us. The series is called "Around the World in 80 Faiths" and they will be finishing their journey here in the United States at Burning Man. What better place to stop than the total amalgamation, the truth of the truth, the end result and the key to it all than McLightenment, your fast-spiritual-food outlet on the Open Playa?

Chop Wood. Carry Water.

McSaddhu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:44:25 +0000

Do you believe in Magic?
Or are you a Jew?
A muslim buddhist pagan or hindu?
McLightenment
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the rest of the post, lost to the ethers, the random keystroke misstep that takes the post into maybe it never happened land. I’ve been told by the missus, Ms. YoginiMac, that my posts are just to rampantly ramblingly ambiguous. So here it is:

I’ve been cutting wood and carrying water. Every day.

That’s it.

about them prayer flags…

yoginimac — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:39:42 +0000

you should have seen us over here at McLightenment Headquarters this weekend - we reinvented the assemblyline! the clothesline! the partyline! the pantyline! we cranked out prayerflags like armageddon was a’knockin at the door. the place looked liked it was attacked by the bastard love-child of a spider and a rainbow hippie. we fired up the cuisinart and got wild.

and we survived. oh yes. we survived.

Manifestifold

McSaddhu — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:36:49 +0000

How it works v1.2b

McSaddhu — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:21:29 +0000

Prayer Flags!

McSaddhu — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:01:39 +0000

Triangulation

McSaddhu — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:29:53 +0000

Two right triangles to a side, five sides to the structure and five panels to the roof with two triangles each. Each two right triangles add up to make one equilateral triangle. Each side is a bit more than seven feet long. Why a bit more than seven feet long? Isn’t God the number 7? Well, yes, yes, he is, but wouldn’t you like just a bit more god with that “sacred” geometry? Now, we’re not goin’ all the way with 8 feet. We’ll leave infinity to the Big Boys. But yes, even in or sacred geometry, we give you just a little bit more than your “average” spiritual path and while each of the five sides may symbolize one of the five elements and each side is made up of two opposing triangles that could represent the male and female aspects of that element and the roof itself has skylights that might symbolize the upwards movement of the spirit, our take out window will still be at eye level so it could maybe be seen as providing adequate accessibility to our offerings.

No walk-ups, no inside seating please.

No Shoes? No Shirt? So was Jesus! They might turn you away at the local church for “improper dress” but we’ll serve you even if you’re naked! Or just wearing a pink tutu! Or just wearing a pink tutu on - well, you get the idea. We do not discriminate here. You could be covered in rolex watches with the diamonds replaced by blinky blimky snoopy lights or naked as the day you were born and you’ll get the same outstanding service and the same mclightening order.

The Details…

McSaddhu — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:13 +0000

… 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?

A bigg’un, no doubt

yoginimac — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:52:56 +0000

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?