Although we're only occasional smokers (read: when we're drunk or feeling awkward at a party), we sympathize with the need to have a cigarette. And while the smoking ban at bars and everywhere else has kept everyone relatively secondhand smoke free, the constant browbeating smokers receive from non-smokers is enough to make the anarchists in us want to light up in front of all the naysayers. That's when this article on bars working around the......

Last week's winner, the deceptive SF Weekly. Letters abound, either outraged by the fake Barry Bonds story or entertained by the elk. Why don't the negative letters have the names of the authors? Are you now questioning all the journalism you read in the Weekly now, or did you just think it was a good joke? Matt Smith says Gavin Newsom is supporting a cult. No, not the cult of Gavin, though no doubt Gavin......

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First la Timberlake, now this: the White Stripes have just canceled their tour, which was supposed to roll through here on 9/21. It seems: "The White Stripes announced today that they are canceling their forthcoming tour due to health issues. Meg White is suffering from acute anxiety and is unable to travel at this time. The White Stripes sincerely apologize to their fans. `We hate to let people down and are very sorry.'" You......

There's something almost symbolic about yesterday's big Giants trade of Edgardo Alfonzo for Steve Finley. Sabaen's trade for Fonzie way back in aught-three was the first big, head scratcher move that Sabaen ever made, the one that started the "has he gone nuts?" whispers. Now that somehow, inexplicably, Sabaen was able trade Edgardo to another team, a good one no less, people are starting to think that maybe he's got his groove thing going again....