Bay Area Blog Pulse

We'll start with the fun stuff. Beth Spotswood manages to score the hottest ticket in town, and returns with an "Only in San Francisco" review of Brokeback Mountain. Distraught after the loss of the Hayes Green temple? SF Mike finds solace at the festive Marlena's. SF Leef, on the other hand, is a little jealous of the new 826 Valencia satellite store themes. And remember, kids, Santarchy comes but once a year!

Coastsider reports that if you live around Moss Beach and somebody robbed your house recently, the Sherriff is putting recently seized items on display for the public to claim. Happy shopping! Cal Patriot is procrastinating during finals by engaging in LiveJournal debates. And Kimo weighs in on the aftermath of the recent wifi hearings at City Hall.

Silicon Valley is still the reigning knowledge market champeen, dot-bomb be damned. Bladam takes a test drive of the new Yahoo! publishers network, but decides to stick with AdSense. Eric Rice takes a stab at trying to explain Second Life -- social network, development platform, nascent cult. Okay, that last one isn't true. Yet. And Ryan King at Supr.c.ilio.us comes to the defense of snark, and asks that people take a stab or six at trying to define it.

Photo by visitor Simon Willison from Bath, UK.