Early burning of the giant effigy not blamed on global waming but rather lunar eclipse or should I say loony eclipse.
This article actually has nothing to do with Global Warming, I just thought the title would be funny, and this guy is pretty funny looking. Plus, I think its ironic that the fire department had to extinguish the burning Burning Man, but they couldn't save it and 85% was burnt. But instead of burning the remains of the burnt Burning Man, they dismantled it and are building a smaller Burning Man to burn later. I also find it ironic that all these Greeny Weenies get together and celebrate by releasing tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
LISA LEFF
The Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO - Burning Man became Burnt Man four days early on Tuesday, and a San Francisco performance artist was arrested on suspicion of igniting the signature figure of the counterculture festival in the remote Nevada desert.
The early morning fire scorched about 85 percent of the structure, Burning Man spokeswoman Andie Grace said. Event engineers decided it would be best to dismantle it and rebuild a less elaborate version, accomplishing in two days what normally takes weeks so the figure would be finished in time for Saturday night's scheduled burning, she said.
The approximately 40-foot-tall wood and neon structure was supposed to go up in flames in the ceremonial climax of the weeklong annual event. Burning Man, an art, music and performance festival that draws thousands of people, began in San Francisco in 1986 and moved to Nevada's Black Rock Desert in 1990.
Many festival-goers who were awake watching Tuesday's lunar eclipse said they saw a man deliberately ignite the figure at about 3 a.m., Grace said.
"It was in plain sight of many people," she said. "Everyone is looking at it this morning, this big black figure in the sky and that wasn't supposed to burn, saying, 'Now what do we do?'"
No injuries were reported, and the festival's in-house fire department, the Black Rock City Emergency Services Department, extinguished the fire in less than half an hour, Grace said. The fire also damaged part of the Green Man Pavilion, the exhibition space on which the figure was perched, Grace said.
Paul Addis, 35, of San Francisco, was booked into the Pershing County, Nev., jail on suspicion of arson, illegal possession of fireworks, destruction of property and resisting a public officer, according to the sheriff's department. He posted a $25,632 bond, a sheriff's dispatcher said.
Sheriff's officials did not know whether he had a lawyer. No one answered at two phone numbers listed in his name.
Addis is an actor and writer who is active in the San Francisco arts scene and recently portrayed Hunter S. Thompson in a play about the late journalist known for his drug-fueled lifestyle, according to entertainment listings posted on the Internet.
Grace said she assumed the early burn was timed to coincide with the eclipse.
"It's obviously a pretty selfish act, and people are disappointed about that, but spirits overall are pretty high," she said.
So really Mr. Addis' only crime is his timing, the Burnig Man was created to be burnt he just burnt it too early. I think this makes it really funny, because humor is all about... timing.
On my last birthday to be funny I blew the candles out early before everyone was done singing the happy birthday song. My family is quite musical and when we sing happy birthday it is in 5 part harmony and the birthday person waits till everyone as held onto the last note for quite some time and then takes a deep breath then blows out the candles, then everybody claps. But not this time just as the crowd was singing the "y" sound on the last you, I with a quick burst of air extinguished every candle. It worked magically instead of finishing the "ou" the crowd bursted out laughing, just because I blew the candles out early.
Then I started thinking if that was funny, maybe blowing them out even earlier would be more funny. Every year I am going to blow them out earlier and ealier to test out my theory. On my 100th birthday I am going to blow out the candles on the "H" sound at the beginning of the song in honor of Mr. Addis.
