Hehehe... this is what I get for not checking in on this thread!
First of all, sorry for the extended hijack... that said: I went off a little about a few of the things you can do in the other thread.
Think of Burning Man as Mad Max meets an art show meets a Grateful Dead show meets the ultimate spiritual experience meets... hmm, it's hard to describe.

It really
does have to be experienced; I've tried for nine years to describe it to people and the only way that has ever really worked is to buy them a ticket.
Everything from the burning of the man himself to driving bars to multiple Black Rock City radio stations (Black Rock City is the community formed by the sudden arrival of 30,000-40,000 people in the middle of nowhere in the desert in Nevada) to art cars to bizarre sound sculptures; lasers dancing across the sky; bursting flames coming from strange vehicles, art pieces and people... and, of course, the ordeal of surviving in the desert in a place where there is
nothing before the folks arrive. You bring
everything you need with you- food, water,
shade. You take
everything with you when you leave.
It's indescribable. I keep trying, but not even pics really
get it across. 