Fire!

I enjoyed this book review from Mythbuster's Adam Savage. The book is called 'The Practical Pyromaniac'. Excerpt from the review:

"The Practical Pyromaniac" provides no-nonsense walkthroughs of a host of excellent, intriguing and magical experiments (with plenty of very sage safety talk and advice). Detailed and thoughtful instructions lead aspiring firebugs from creating an olive-oil lamp and one-candlepower engine to making an operating fire piston and a blindingly bright arc light. Some of the experiments contained in this book are simple; some are reasonably complex. Many are potentially dangerous, but Mr. Gurstelle carefully explains why they're dangerous. Knowing exactly why stuff is dangerous is 90% of safety.

I'm not lonely for fire today but I have very fond memories of playing around with flames. I remember back in the day (back in Austin) when we could pile up leaves in the driveway and burn them. Nothing evokes Autumn more for me then the smell of burning leaves.
Anyway, the books sounds like it is well worth checking out.