Hank III's Myspace page says it all,

Well i aint the best......I aint the worst...A bit shy and kinda a workaholic,Seems Like im good for bout five years of good lovin and Pornstar sex and then things seem to go to hell.but so far so good...So if your lookin for some trouble come on me and my Gals way!!!

Let's face it, underneath all of our progressive thinking and alleged altruism, we're a vain city. Thank God. After all, we are Californians nestled in a land of impossible waistlines and beauty. That said, is the above image what the double decker buses will look like? (Minus the tasteful Las Vegas backdrop, of course.) Hmm, we really didn't think this through. We thought that we'd be seeing ever so charming red double decker buses... more ›

Thank God. Really, thank you, God. Since it's next to impossible to remove producer and star Tyra Banks from America's Next Top Model -- we understand the difficulty in smiting a soul that clearly sprang forth from ninth circle of hell -- at least you have the mercy to replace the sweetly boring Twiggy with the exotic and more straight-heterosexual-male-friendly Paulina Porizkova.(Yay!) Now that the show has been reduced from a grotesque display of jarring anorexia to that of an inane, feel-good beauty pageant, we hope this move makes a dent in the direction that this show has taken. (Models going green? A cigarette-free Top Model house? Just vile.) more ›

-- Norman Nsu to return to Redwood City. [ABC7] more ›

This settles it for now. Wagner's Tannhäuser, the first new production ordered by SF Opera general director David Gockley, opened last night, initially making us a bit nervous. Why? Well, Gockley had announced the end of the fedora, and the return of glamorous period productions. Since last year’s most compelling production was Iphigenie en Tauride, a timeless rendition in a naked black cell, we fretted: is this season going to be the return of kitsch? more ›

-- The al fresco SF Mayoral race debate, featuring full frontal. Gosh. What madcap wackiness will they unload on us next? [SFBG] more ›

What we want to know is, what did we pay an extra $60 for? Has anyone out there actually missed a trip or had to reschedule one due to the current passport chaos? Please share. more ›

There's pirates coming this weekend! Thank God, an event you can be proud of. For some reason it's happening in Vallejo, so you'd better start planning your stow-away now if you want to get there by Saturday. Pirate shows! Pirate merchandise! Dudes dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow! This party's got it all. And if you're sad about skipping Pride for the pirates, don't worry -- you can combine them. more ›

Although, after getting crushed 8-3 by the Cardinals yesterday, the Los Angeles Dodgers haven't actually won a post-season game since beating the A's in the 1988 World Series, giving them an unmitigated sixteen year losing streak in the playoffs, you gotta give them credit for just barely edging out the Giants and winning the National League West this year. Well, maybe not under most circumstances, but if you made a bet with LAist about the Dodgers' and Giants' playoff hopes with ten days left in the season, then it seems you do gotta give the Dodgers credit for just edging out the Giants and winning the National League West this year. So alright, here it is, I, Shane, on behalf of all of the SFist staff, am writing a paean to the Dodgers, or at least as much of a paean as I can possibly write without soiling my keyboard, so that Phil Wallace and other members of the LAist staff may gloat. I also have to send Phil a carton of Rice-a-Roni or some other stupid San Francisco treat. (Thank God I vetoed that pound of flesh clause.) So here it comes... more ›