Burning Man 2006: A Week Away From the Markets.

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Instead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; I was interacting with the Bureau of Land Management. 
It wasn't the NYSE open I was watching but the sunrise over the sand.  It wasn't an earnings report I was chasing but an art car with a full bar roaming The Playa.  I wasn't in New York City; I was in Black Rock City.  I wasn't waiting for the market to close; I was waiting for The Man to burn.  I wasn't trying to figure out esoteric series of Ford Motor preferred; I was trying to figure out how to find the water slide at 2:30 and Eager.  I wasn't waiting for the right moment to sell calls against my position in AMD; I was trying to looking for the right moment to take a photo of a 15 story Belgian Waffle at sunset.  I wasn't busy being disgusted by out of control CEO ripping off shareholders I was busy holding my nose at a porta-potty in 100 degree heat.   Instead of reading The Economist; I was participating in a peace message to the Middle East photographed from the air and writen in human bodies.  Instead of watching Wal-Mart management pretend to be Green I was AT Wal-Mart buying a week's worth of water and supplies.  Instead of watching the Dollar fall; I was watching the Temple burn.  Instead of braving CNBC reporting; I was braving dust storms.  Instead of analyzing win-loss ratios trades; I was feeling my heart and moving on. Instead of interacting with blog readers; I was interacting with Playa flies.  Yes I was at Burning Man 2006.  And, instead of sharing my economics and investment views; I was giving hugs, sharing beer, meeting up with old friends and making new ones.