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Aw. That's just sad. Bathroom emergency? We're just surprised that Sal didn't take the opportunity to swoop in and read some headlines. more ›

Unless you see all four of Mike Daisey's "Great Men of Genius" monologues (and see them IN ORDER), you might miss the point. GMOG is NOT in fact one man acting as four different "geniuses" -- Bertolt Brecht, P.T. Barnum, Nicola Tesla, and L. Ron Hubbard -- in four 75-minute monologues. Rather, this is one five-hour monologue, broken up into four segments, wherein the true genius of the piece, Mike Daisey, interweaves vignettes from his life with the excerpted life stories of those famous men. And did we say he's funny? more ›

Well just look at that big goofy smile on Mark Leno! He's had a good day today, and so have all of California's queers. (And who, in this state, isn't just a little queer in one sense or another?) Assembly Bill 849, which would grant marriage equality to same-sex couples, passed its last hurdle to being considered by the state senate. Although a similar bill lost by five votes a few months ago, this one has an excellent shot at being passed next week; but it'll have an even excellenter shot if you remind your pesky legislators how keen it would be if gay couples didn't have to make air-quotes whenever they say the word "marriage" anymore. Equality California makes it easy to give a gay-is-great shoutout to whomever represents you, so you've no excuse for not weighing in. more ›

SFist interviews Harmon Leon more ›

As you know, SFist reads the weeklies so that you don’t have too. While our love affair with Bay Area weeklies is long and sordid, we vividly recall the fateful summer day we were reading The Wave and stumbled across a bit by a local who had his girlfriend infiltrate the Raiderette try outs. Sheer genius, we thought. A mere two weeks later Harmon Leon presented another hilarious instance of infiltration when he described his efforts to be hired as a security guard in a piece titled the “Insecurity Guard”. more ›