Hey, do you like to relieve yourself in public? If so, "urine" luck! The golden-shower-loving perverts at the Department of Public Works just denied the dangerous lunatics calling themselves Citizens for Halloween a permit for portable toilets, so you're going to have to make do with the neighbors' bushes, local storefronts, and taxis. Or you could just dress up as Louis Leakey and tell people it's all part of the costume. Apparently you can't......

-- Sniff, sniff: contrary to other studies done, tina's use is at a "high plateau." [BAR] -- Bush, Nixon; Nixon, Bush. [Beyond Chron] -- Bill's Song: Walsh remembered. [Chron] -- Tim Goodman on Nancy's return in Weeds. Also, Mary-Louise Parker is just awesome, period. [Chron] -- SF tries killing the Great Pumpkin. Good luck with that. [ABC 7, via AP] -- SF gun shows -- wait for it -- under fire. [Examiner] -- AT&T......

-Three fires raged in Rockridge last night and police think it's all due to arson. What the hell is going on in Oakland these days? -Former HP head honcho, CEO Carly Fiorina, can't understand why she was fired and replaced by a bunch of people who just got indicted. We would imagine that would kind of hurt, but we're also pretty sure all the millions she got as a buy out would probably ease some of that pain. ...

With Halloween just around the corner, we've been thinking a lot about creepy things, and have been watching a lot of creepy things on TV. Of course some of these creepy TV things aren't SUPPOSED to be creepy, but damned if they don't give us the willies nonetheless. Take "Breaking Bonaduce" (please!) The monster in the jungle on "Lost"? The weekly freaks encountered by the "Supernatural" boys? The when-the-hell-will-they-show-them-already aliens on "Invasion"? None of......