Yes, that’s an explosive being lit with an object someone is gripping with his mouth. (And he’s not even one of my communications degree friends! No offense comm. majors! I love you all bunches and… I can’t think of another word that indicates “large quantity” and ends in –unches. Damn.) No, this image wasn’t staged. Yes, my friend left with a burn mark on the corner of his mouth. No, there was no alcohol involved in anything that happened at the launch site. I just wish my camera had been out when the boys decided to tie the fuses of 5 fireworks together to set them off simultaneously.