SFist will re-energize its comment-of-the-day feature today -- awarding just one comment the honor per day -- starting with this one from charliegal in Photo du Jour 576.

See, after making an innocent remark regarding U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's dirty forehead, many decried the item as anti-Catholic and anti-religion, which couldn't have been further from the truth.

SFist commenter charliegal jumped into the fray with the following insight:

I disagree that the comment is out of line.

Catholics are encouraged by their church to leave the ash on their forehead WHILE THEY ENGAGE IN ACTS OF PENANCE, REPENTANCE, HUMILITY, AND ABSTINENCE.

But the wearing of the ash all day or in public is not part of the faith, especially not while engaging in commercial activities. Wearing the ash while engaging in such attention-seeking acts as holding a press conference would be described by many faithful as sacrilege.

If you want to make a comparison to other religions, the apt comparison would not be the mere wearing of a yarmulke, but wearing a yarmulke while driving a vehicle on the Sabbath to work. Or wearing a burka to a strip club. And such acts would also deserve criticism.

Furthermore, no elected official should be expressing their religious views while conducting the duties of that office. If she wants to wear the ash in private that is her choice. Wearing it to public events where she is supposed to be representing her constituents, who are of all faiths, is not appropriate.

Is Bravo's new show, , about a gaggle of vile, murder-worthy teens so poorly received that they have to resort to spamming a site like SFist? Seems so. See, yesterday on SFist, the following comment popped up on a week-old post about a missive the perturbed chancellor of Dwight School in New York City sent to parents and alumnae concerning said reality show ("Chancellor at NYC Prep School Livid About Bravo Reality Show").

Commenter / likely Bravo PR flack icantstopwatching writes:

It's an enjoyable show if you don't take it seriously -- admittedly, hard to do if you belong to the world it depicts. There's a lot of fun NYC Prep content at BravoTV.com. For instance, there's a fun quiz to see whether you could survive in the Darwinian private-school world of NYC Prep:
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If you're still having trouble telling these teens apart, check out the NYC Prep 101 photo gallery
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Like P.C.'s style? Here's a gallery of his best looks
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And here's P.C.'s therapy session (a video preview from tonight's ep.)
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Wait, who on earth is P.C.? Because we know of L.C. We like L.C. And, P.C., you're no L.C.

Anyway.

Bravo, you're a network littered with nothing but gay men. You really should know better than to post bad fangirl comments on SFist or any other site. Sheesh.

Saturday's Great American Food and Music Festival looked like it had win written all over it: ' Guy Fieri, alpha-male grilling fanboy Bobby Flay! A16's Nate Appleman! Boulevard's Nancy Oakes! LA's Pink’s Hot Dogs!, Tony Luke's Cheesesteaks! Booze! Jazzy tunes! Sun!

However, according to the unfortunate folks who attended Saturday's food and easy-listening gathering at Shoreline Amphitheater (who vented about the long lines, lack of food, computer snafus, and drink ticket nonsense) the event was, well, a shitshow.

For example, there's this:

"Jeez! A class of pre-schoolers could have done a better job organizing this festival than the producers: Serious Eats and The Agency Group.. If this event had happened in Japan, the head organizers (that's you, SeriousEats.com!!!) would have already committed suicide, and that's with 4 hours still left in the event (not suggesting that the festival organizers need to take such drastic measures)."

And this:

"...this was a crazy bad event. (which i had been looking forward to since it was first blogged about on serious eats.) i have never had such an atrocious experience at any public venue previously -- and i mean never."

And another:

Whether it be his readers or the wait staff at Bar Bambino, Eater editor extraordinaire, Paolo Lucchesi, can get almost anyone whipped up into a frothy frenzy. Take, for example, the very innocent post he posted up yesterday, linking to Lauren Smiley's feature article on Yelp in this week's SF Weekly. The article, more or less, is about how business owners strive to keep Yelpers happy in order to get good reviews. (Great job, Lauren!) But the real meat here is Eater mentioning the "Yelp elite" via a quote from said article, which prompted the comments section to explode.

What's the dust-up all about? We can't say for sure, exactly. But any comment thread boasting such terms as "you losers are so jealous of yelp," "douchebags," "leeches," and "AIDS-ridden cock" is well worth your time. Check it out.

One of the perks of being behind-the-scenes here at SFist is that we get to read all of the angry comments that come after a story has moved away from the home (or first five) pages. Typically they are the of the 4a.m. meth'd-out variety (our favorite kind, really). But after a post lingers in purgatory, frequently a MSM news source will pick up on it and it will cull all kinds of fresh voices. Take, for example, the "Map of Prop 8 Donors" post, which has garnered some news comments as of late. Comments we'd like to share with you.

SFist commenter italian415 pounded his (presumably hairy) chest yesterday with this gem.

I made a contribution to YES on Prop 8 as well. I invite any activist, whether they be gay, straight, black, white, whatever, to do what you deem necessary with the information you have been given. May I warn you, should you trespass or harass me in any way, shape, or form, I will use physicality to force my opinion on you. I will not hold back. So come one, come all. You have got my address, name, and company. Bring it. I am always fully stocked, locked, and loaded.

italian415 fails, however, at giving his name or the address to his compound. And we're simply dying to see said physicality IRL. Alas.