The Examiner lavishes Gavin with praise today, just hours before his annual State of the City address. "Am I satisfied? No," Newsom tells the Examiner. "But the fact is we’re moving in the right direction." Whats' more, it seems, he's "in campaign mode." Oh, Gavin, when aren't you in campaign mode? That's what we love about you....

Hey everyone, in the midst of all this Ruby Rippey-Tourk madness, guess who showed up for a photo session and interview with the Chron? That's right -- Peter Ragone's best friend and your correspondent's biggest fan, John Nelson! We always love to meet our readers! It's all somewhat anticlimactic, as Ragone's already admitted he posted all the comments listed under his IP address under John's name (and -- c'mon, we've got bigger fish to fry......

So we contacted everyone running for the District 6 seat, and run all the interviews we've received. (Thanks, Manuel Jimenez, Matt Drake, and Rob Black!) So in the spirit of fair play, it seems only right to give the last candidate some space of his own, to answer the exact same questions we asked everyone else. That's right: it's the one, the only -- they call him the Big Dog of the District, but......

SFist reruns an interview with Dave Terry of Aqueduct, just in time for their Noise Pop performance at Bimbo's, opening for Rogue Wave...

Am I the only one who found 2005 to be one of the fastest years on record? I can't even believe it's over - I remember it just starting. I didn't even get everything on my list done! Here's a more leisurely 2006! Politics - Voters rejecting the Governor was awesome but I'm still waiting for something, anything, to take down Bush. What the hell will it take?! Federal Government Department - We know......

Okay, there are three bloggers in town who at one point in their lives asked themselves, "Am I the only person who thinks Meredith Brody's restaurant reviews stink?" Well, thanks to the magic of the internets, we discovered that we were not, in fact, alone. Some say SFist Cedric's disdain for Meredith borders on the obsessive, but someone's listening, apparently. Our other brother in Meredith snark is over at Rangelife. Now, there are two......

SFist interviews Aqueduct's David Terry...