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July 22, 2008

CI X

Behold the before-and-after glory of the Chicken Inferno, 10th edition. Even better, check out this cool time-lapse video.

After ten years (and despite the pyrotechnics) this is becoming quite the family affair.

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July 17, 2006

Chicken Inferno 2006

Flatlanders^1,2 from around the country recently convened on Hopkins' Hill to celebrate the Chicken Inferno, taking part in the joyous destruction that invades a certain corner of Northern Pennsylvania every July. This year, participants inaugurated a new era of chicken construction, eschewing 3D realism (which may have reached its apotheosis in last year's effort) in favor of a more stylized representation.

Here, Ben discusses his interpretation with one of the chief architects.

1 - For those unfamiliar with this term, it's analogous to "city-slicker," denoting naïveté and bumbling cluelessness w/r/t to rural ways. Please note, however, that I use it with affection and no small amount of self-deprecation.

2- (UPDATE) I should also note that the pejorative connotation was (in this case) undeserved. There were flatlanders wielding chainsaws and tossing hay-bales in a manner indistiguishable from native practice.

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