Burning Man

is the anual motorized couch festival in northern Nevada.

   I've been about 12 times. It's a bizzarre adiction. I can't wait to get back to the desert but the minute I get there, I am miserable.
   I've built about five couches, depending on how you define the word, "build", and the word, "couch." Most of them didn't work very well. But then, neither do most cars. We have a lot of fun building them.

	First Couch was the MoChairs. The wheels only fell off - well, both years it went. 2000 and 2001 see the movie.
	The Red Couch Electric. Caught fire.
	Three Wheeled Sociable with rear wheel steering and independant front wheel drive. Tips over easily.
	2004 - The Raising Up Couch. Not the most creative name. The drive was six elecric fan motors. What were we thinking?
	2005 - The Blue Couch. Gas powered. Lot's of flats, but Jeff was a good opperator.
	2006 - The Aerothrone Difficult to steer, but basically didn't break down (more or less).
	2007 - New improved Aerothrone We were driving on the playa with the couch raised up, and a fuse blew. The ouch kept running, but all the controls became unresponsive. We couldn't turn or slow down or lower the scissors. Lamp post up ahead. Next stop...
	2008 We added more scissors to the latest couch because it wasn't enough of a death trap. Now we call it Chair Way to Heaven.
	2009 We added canopy, Retro-Rocket Speakers, Infinity Arm rests, Steampunk colors and hundreds of LEDs.
	2/09 Started a new project: Harriet the Chariot. Harriet stands for Human Powered Walking Vehicle. Our motto: "Who knew the dimensions would be so important?"