We could also use a Dunkin' Donuts. Failing that, the makers of Raweos could always set up shop next door.

Did you see or hear about Gavin Newson's State of the City address? We did. For a few minutes. It seems the Gavin went on for over 100 minutes, as SFist Jim already pointed out. (Pretty people have a habit of droning on. We waste more time feigning interest in what attractive people have to say than we do standing in line or waiting at red lights.) He also thanked Carole Migden and Mark Leno for coming to hear him speak...in that order! (OMG! Read between the lines there, folks. Or not. Migden does outrank Leno as she's in the upper house, etc. But nothing like trying to start another fun fight, right?)

But as Phil Matier already pointed out, the Mayor took a page from Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth via busting out the Powerpoint. (Oh, Gav. You so Gorey.) The address focused less on the future, and more on all of the glorious achievements we have now (biotech companies, etc.), a brief whisper of our problems (an inexcusable murder rate, etc.), and Gavin's continued fondness for icy-blue neckwear.

But Newsom's address and the impending election brings up a serious issue that we've been putting on the back burner as of late: we have yet to receive a single shirtless shot of Quentin Mecke. Tsk, tsk.

Anyway, see and hear the SotC in its entirety here. (We would have posted it, but some people fear the embedded code. Don't. embedded codes are all of our friends!)