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I passed this sport utility vehicle as I was binning a Fairview alley, on my way East to cash in my bottle booty. How unfortunate for the owners, I thought, to be the victims of such senseless vandalism. I encountered the Green Guy -- a worldly fellow if ever there was one, so I asked him what he made of the gibberish on the SUV. "oh, they would've been high when they did it," he posited. "It probably made perfect sense at the time. Maybe they went up to that Shambhala rave in Nelson."

"'Shambhala' is written on the back,'" I said, impressed. "Cracked the code!" declared the Green Guy, who added, "It's a drug thing. You wouldn't understand."

The Shambhala Electronic Music Festival was indeed held over the weekend, August 7 to 12, at the Salmo River Ranch, in Nelson, British Columbia. Family owned and operated; began in 1998; attendance of 10,000 in 2011 -- Sounds wonderful. I wonder if the wildlife gets counseling afterwards.