We'd noticed some new spray-painting on popular corners in the Mission, but didn't actually look at them until folks in the SFist Tips column passed along the word that it's part of a Choose Your Own Adventure graffiti piece. We didn't manage to figure out where it starts, but there's some good entries near Dolores Park and Tartine, and here's the one we found on 17th and Mission. There's a picture set on Flickr......

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants it's money back. LAist are a bug bunch of geeks. They're Star Trek geeks, David Duchovny geeks and Frank Gehry geeks. During their Cochella preview their readers reveal themselves to be Depeche Mode geeks. Seattlest saw their basketball team preparing to leave for......

Before anyone accuses us of having a soft spot in our hearts for bands from Texas, let us just go ahead and admit we do. That leads us to this week's giveaway featuring Pilotdrift, a band from Texarkana. Don't get any ideas about their sound from their hometown though. Their music is atmospheric, symphonic, theatrical, and the singer even sounds a bit like Bowie. Their debut album is out now on Good Records Recordings, owned......

No word yet on if they'll be suspending mail delivery or if we don't have to go to work tomorrow, but July 14, 2005 has been declared "Embarcadero Center Cinema" Day in San Francisco by your Mayor Gavin Newsom. The theater is turning 10 years old (appropriate gifts for this age might include a Choose Your Own Adventure book or a science set) this year (hence the holiday), and for only 15 bucks you......