OK, fine, I have a problem, I admit it: I'm in love with fire. It was forged when my pyromaniac father regaled me of his youth burning things he shouldn't. Luckily, I didn't have a chemistry teacher like Mr. Sully to nurture it even further. But man, do I wish I did.
Some high school chemistry teachers will go so far as to set one thing on fire, but Mr. Sully positively pwns all of them with his rainbow display:
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If you'll recall, we recently posted a video which claimed to show you how to make magical burning fireballs.
A rash of comments have been posted both on the original Metacafe page and other host sites like Boing Boing, claiming this is a either a) a hoax, or b) very difficult to pull off without seriously injuring yourself.
Since the video tricks involved to make it a fake would be considerably high-budget, the general consensus is that it isn't a hoax. But selecting the proper material and fuel might be integral to your success, and not knowing exactly how to combine them could result in a horrible disaster anyway.
From what we can glean from the drooling rabble, it might not be a hoax, but playing with fire and lighter fluid is apt to get most fools burned. It's probably wise to keep this trick out of the kitchen and leave this one to the professionals...professional idiots.
NASA's Terra satellite captured this eerily beautiful view of Southern California as smoke from the fires is sucked out over the Pacific Ocean by the Santa Ana winds. (3:10 p.m. on October 24, 2007)
This week’s New York Times Magazine does a nice job of summing up a prolonged crisis near and dear to my California-native heart: the West’s aridity. A fact underlying today's frontpage news as Southern California wildfires burn out of control and Schwarzenegger declares a state of emergency.
