This year (being AD 2005), Glen and Yolanda had the "Better Homes and Gardens" thing going over at their campsite.  In fact, one of the highlights this year was watching Glen use his leaf blower to blow the sand of his tarp.  Normally, this is not a particularly interesting event, except that this year, Glen did it in the buff.  Next year, we'll have some pictures for the ladies.

But I digress.  As can be seen, the corners of the tarp were held down with the leftover pumpkins from Halloween.  I can't remember who thought of it, but someone had the bright idea that the pumpkin would look better as an impromptu sculpture sitting on top of the acetylene cannon.  In the true spirit of great Desert Anarchy ideas, (A) the pumpkin got a new home, and (B) the pumpkin's owner was not consulted.

Now don't get me wrong: sculpture is a fine art form.  But when you get right down to it, the Desert Anarchy experience is really about performance art.  There was nothing left to do except give the pumpkin its allotted 15 milliseconds of fame.

We even got some video of the event.  You may notice the camera wobble a bit after the event.  That would be about the time that it started raining large chunks of pumpkin all around the cameraman.

After the orange rain subsided, the only damage was to Al's nose.  Apparently, he got dinged by a piece of stem.

Remember kids, don't try this at home.  The members of Desert Anarchy know all the risks involved with these stunts because they are trained professionals.  Unfortunately, they are all trained to be nerds and managers and other useless stuff.  When you get right down to it, what this really means is that they are equipped with first-aid kits and a sense of humor.

14 Jan 2006