I have a taped body outline in the doorway of my office and am telling anyone who comes by o about the crime.

Do you do it while walking around, like everyone does with cops? I want to know more about the costumes!

Man who walked into Burning Man fire loses lawsuit

I think "Duh!" is the appropriate response here....

Anthony Beninati sued the organizers of Burning Man because he said they failed to restrain him from walking into a fire. He lost the lawsuit.

Beninati's complaint stated that when he approached the bonfire, the flames were still roughly 40 feet high. He walked around the bonfire three times, each time "circl[ing] a little closer to the fire." Eventually, he walked still closer, into what was variously described as an area of "embers," "low flames," "burning remnants," and "a spot where there was fire on either side of him." Basically, he had walked inside a huge bonfire. Then, as you might have expected, he tripped on something and fell into the actual fiery part of the bonfire, burning his hands.

In his deposition, Beninati admitted he knew "fire was dangerous and caused burns" before he walked into one. He knew there was some possibility of falling into said fire. He admitted no one affiliated with the defendants asked him to walk into the fire or told him it would be safe to do so. But he testified that he did not think it would be dangerous to walk into the fire, although he knew it "was not 'absolutely safe, because there [was] a fire present.'" And, as noted, fire is hot.

We are having Come as you Caption day at work today. Folks dress as a character from one of the shows we do, the more outrageous, the better. I did not dress up, but instead am a "witness" from iLaw & Order. I have a taped body outline in the doorway of my office and am telling anyone who comes by about the crime.

That is fantastic!

Someone came as the miniseries "The Storm" with lightning bolts and a large satellite dish. One female is all dolled up as a contestant on RuPaul's Drag race and another is a butched up as an Ice Road trucker. A guy is a home repair guy for Hometime and our own Alibelle is Whitney Port.

Why does he want to kill her -- does he not like the postage meter?

My theory is that he was trying to steal postage and she stopped him. I still don't understand why that would make me buy a postage meter/

They are the same people who use the millimeter thin toilet seat cover thinking it's going to prevent something "yucky" from getting on them.

My pet peeve is when those people leave seat covers on the toilet and they're wet and I have to peel them off. Through long practice, I can use a public restroom and have my butt have the only direct contact with surfaces. Not so if I have to dislodge that damned used seat cover.

Also, why do toilet stalls open in? Could there be anything less convenient?

Beninati admitted he knew "fire was dangerous and caused burns" before he walked into one.

Somehow, while he might understand each individual word, I don't think he understands all the words when they're strung into a sentence.

The whole "Won't anyone think about the WIMMIN" argument against gay sex ignites the rant-bomb that forms the core of my being.

I'll be sure to tell my mom - the lesbian - that my being gay means she'll have fewer men to date.

Please ignore the explody noise coming from the Puget Sound area; there's no cause to wonder if it was my head kerploding.

We are off in about an hour to go to Catalina, so I'm packing up the computer now, but I wanted to say happy birthday to Frank and congrats to Dr Nilly!

Could there be anything less convenient?

They're very convenient for getting in when you really have to go. Getting out is a chore, for sure.

They're very convenient for getting in when you really have to go.

Not when you're getting in with your carry-on luggage at the airport.