• Local writers -- writers, mind you -- weigh in on Obama's and McCain's favorite books. [SFGate]
• We would so hop aboard the "Peskin machine." That is, if there was one. [SFBG]
• Hayward parents upset that their kids won't grow up to hate fags. [CBS 5]
• Looking back at San Francisco's leftist leaders. [SF Weekly]
• Barleycorner's death, one year later. [Eater]
• A fake Steve Jobs Facebook profile. Ta-da. [Valleywag]

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