So a bunch of bloggers had a few drinks last night, or as someone on the Wall and SF Junto put it "some lame meeting of whiney bloggers at a hipster bar” when Alex and Maggie of the strangely peculiar blog, The Mayor and the Hair, came by and asked if one of them was Dean of Gavin Sucks. It was. And so, they dumped their alcohol on poor Dean, who had to spend the rest of the night wearing a wine and beer soaked shirt....

While the Castro has that fabulous organ, the Red Vic (1727 Haight St at Cole) wins the prize for best popcorn, a very important aspect of our movie-going experience. Tonight the Red Vic screens the D.A. Pennebaker documentary, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, a cinema verité cult classic depicting David Bowie getting ready for and playing one of the last Ziggy-era concerts, featuring glam rock guitarist extraordinaire, Mick Ronson (who grew up Mormon).......

-The San Francisco Unified School District is still trying to figure out what to do -Here's a really sad story about a funeral director who's presided over forty funerals this year -In the BALCO case, the Chron argued in papers filed with a Federal Appeals Court that protecting confidential sources is essential for the public interest. -Somebody on Death Row in San Quentin commited suicide -Fog City Journal says watch out for this dude. -Pelosi......

SFist Jon forwards along the following news item: The art and antiques store Phantom*SF at 18th and Castro's in a tough spot about the coffee-table sculpture the owner's displayed in the window, of a well-muscled, well-hung man. The store owner has been told to cover the statue completely or face pornography charges -- which is a problem because the owner has hung the price tag on the tip of the.... well, you know. Apparently some neighborhood families don't want their kids seeing that sort of thing (though it's unclear what the store owner will do about the David statue he has in the same window as well). The owner, Bevan Dufty, the cops, and the DAs are all unsure about what to do next. Dufty suggests "dialogue" (always the last refuge of the wicked!). A big rig filled with fish overturned around 3 a.m., closing down southbound 880. Since 880's always such an easy and uncongested commute, we're sure this has had no impact on the morning commute. From Death Row records to an actual death row -- Snoop Dogg's going to be protesting for the clemency of Stanley "Tookie" Williams. Williams, who founded the Crips gang, was convicted of killing four people in 1979, and is scheduled to be executed at San Quentin on Dec. 13. No governor has granted clemency for the death penalty since it was reinstated in California in 1978. ...