STEVE JONES is the former Editor-in-Chief for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and has been an attendee of Burning Man since 2001. He has worked full-time for newspapers in California since 1991, winning a variety of writing awards along the way, from a Maggie in 2009 to public service and journalism awards from National Newspaper Association, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, and the American Civil Liberties Union. This is his first book, although his articles have appeared in two previous books: “Burning Man Live: 13 Year of Piss Clear, Black Rock City’s Alternative Newspaper” and “9/11: The Greatest Crime of All Time.” In addition to working for newspapers, Jones has done radio and television work, freelance writing for almost 50 publications, and delivered speeches to college classes and civic organizations.
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PUN INTENDED!![]()
Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death.
A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.
What's the definition of a will? It's a dead give away.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.
She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
Local Area Network in Australia - the LAN down under.
Every calendar's days are numbered.
A lot of money is tainted - Taint yours and taint mine.
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large.
Once you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen a mall.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.
Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
Acupuncture is a jab well done.
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2 months ago
GREAT TRUTHS![]()
1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
-- John Adams![]()
2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
-- Mark Twain![]()
3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
-- Mark Twain![]()
4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
--Winston Churchill![]()
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
-- George Bernard Shaw![]()
6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
-- G Gordon Liddy![]()
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
--James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)![]()
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
-- Douglas Case, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University ![]()
9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
-- PJ. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian![]()
10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
-- Frederic Bastiat , French economist(1801-1850
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3 months ago
Brad Olsen conferences and speaking events confirmed for 2023:
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