We did a fire-bullfight, with half of us dressed as matadors and half as bulls. I’m especially proud of the leather corduroy pants with kevlar stitching (better fire protection than my old nomex flight suit), which I’m wearing in the scary three person move, and the giant bullhead with flaming horns.

People kept asking me what it was made out of. I’d tell them “It’s a cow face.” They’d ask, “No, really, what is it made out of, it looks so real?” I’d say, “Really, it is a cow face. I got it from Maine.

” The cow faces also made appearances as a top for my girl Kara. So thanks for providing such interesting costume raw materials- ones that won’t burn through even when splattered with huge amounts of flaming white gas (we didn’t mean to check that one, but luck had other ideas). Now I just need a way of cleaning off that playa dust.

Best of luck this hunting season!  Matt