SF News Hulu Wins Best Internet April's Fools Day Prank As you well know, no one should trust anything on the internet today, April Fool's Day. What's more, most jokes fall flat. However, Hulu's 4/1 gag wins for sheer '90s adorability. Behold.
SF News Video: Brian Wilson Explains Why One Should "Fear the Beard" In an ad for SportsCenter on ESPN, Brian Wilson explains to Josh Elliott and Jay Harris why they should fear his famous beard. Video: ESPN / YouTube
Arts & Entertainment Burglarized Car Has Message for Would-be Robbers This poor Volvo wants you to rob the rich: "This car has already been broken in to. Go ROB THE RICH and stay out of this one. Thanks." Duly noted! Photo credit: ebjSF/
Arts & Entertainment Video: Disappointing Gay Best Friend Oh, this is rich. Laughing Squid brings our attention to Tyler Coates and Mikala Bierma's "Disappointing Gay Best Friend," a series of unflinching comedic/tragic shorts that illustrate the demise of a gay
SF News Watch David Letterman's Top 10 Reasons to Buy an iPad 2 Do you have the fever for the flavor of an iPad 2. No? Well, we do. Why? Well, we have no idea why, exactly. Maybe because it's shiny and new, it's "2"-ishness,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fourth Street Bar & Grill Uses Tsunami Tragedy for Happy Hour Deal SoMa's Fourth Street Bar & Grill wants you to celebrate today's tsunami and its survivors with a (humorous?) happy hour. Thoughts?
misc McSweeney's Jumps Aboard Brian Wilson Beard Bandwagon With Delightful Results McSweeny's is now selling poster-size versions (11"x17") of this image showing you how to grow Brian Wilson's noted facial hair. They run at $8 a pop. What can you do with it?
misc Meanwhile, In Sweden... We came across this parenting doohickey while shopping at Whole Foods in SoMa. Just about lost our appetite, we did. See, this here is The Snotsucker from Sweden. Basically, as one of our
misc Thing You Need To See: Cat In an Abercrombie & Fitch Bag Just because, that's why. Happy Friday, everyone. Have a joyous and dry weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Margaret Cho's "Hey Big Dog" Laughing Squid brings our attention to Margaret Cho's "Hey Big Dog" featuring the world's greatest living singer/songwriter, Fiona Apple. It’s from Cho's comedy music album "Cho Dependent" which you can get
SF News Kidnapped Naked Lady Returns To Homestead Last week, a unidentified woman stole one of Larry “Vincent” Garrison's naked lady paintings from the Homestead. As a lesser Full House daughter once famously quipped, how rude. Fortunately, said painting was returned
SF News Padres Pitcher Hates S.F. Oh this is cute. Padres pitcher Mat Latos recently made his views on San Francisco and the Giants quite clear via his balls. Big League Stew reports on the rivalry: "The young San
SF News Scene from a Bernal Heights Sewer Pipe Burst We're not sure what's going on here, exactly - the brown in the water is probably dirt rather than fecal matter - but Bernalwood came across this scene today in Bernal Heights. Todd_
misc Watch Cloris Leachman Snatch Peaches Christ's Wig Who can snatch the wig off a drag queen - a noted drag queen, mind you - and walk away unscathed? Cloris Leachman, that's who. On February 5, Peaches Christ hosted SF Sketchfest's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Starbucks Wine In A Cup The kids at Laughing Squid have come up with the perfect use for the new Trenta sized cup at Starbucks: covert wine drinking. At 31 ounces, it perfectly holds an entire bottle of
misc Here Are Some People Trying to Catch a Remote Controlled Duck With Nets The folks at WildRescue.org, the very same ones who have been working to free those seagulls imprisoned in tiny beer can collars, have been training some new volunteers in the use of
SF News GLAAD Demands Apology from <em>Saturday Night Live</em> for Transgendered Skit GLAAD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, an organization that hands out awards to straight people for being famous) is upset at a recently aired skit on Saturday Night Live, one that
misc Bikes of San Francisco This might be an oldie - yes, we assume it's appeared on Laughing Squid or any number of other sites that consider bicycling a personality trait; by all means, relish the fact that
Arts & Entertainment Furry Convention Taking Place In San Jose Right Now Further Confusion, billed at the world's largest anthropomorphic (or "furry") convention, is currently spreading lint and color audacity in San Jose now through the 17th. Guests of honor include Blotch and Paul Kidd.
SF News Peter Hartlaub Rides His Old Chronicle Paper Route Back before print publishing turned into a creepy fetish for navel-gazing journalists looking to emulate their leader, there was a time when people used to purchase and then have delivered their e-information in
SF News Crosshair Map Cover of The Stranger This Week, Created by Dan Savage and Aaron Huffman While no one in their right mind could accuse Sarah Palin of fostering an environment of violence that resulted in Saturday's Arizona shooting rampage - as SFist dutifully noted, accused shooter Jared Lee
SF News Photos: "No Pants" BART Ride 2011 On a glacial Sunday morning, many randy riders headed to the Powell Street BART station sans pants for the annual "No Pants" BART Ride. Here are some images from Sunday morning's scandalous ride.
SF News Daisy Does The Niners: One For My Baby And One More For The Road By Daisy Barringer I woke up yesterday morning to the sound of rain tapping on my window, a bedroom as icy as my dead heart, and an overwhelming desire to pull the covers
SF News “Squirrelly” Man Tries To Break Into Zeitgeist, Gets Arrested, Flees In Handcuffs Starting out the new year by adding zest to crime blotters all over San Francisco, a man was arrested on Sunday for trying to break into Zeitgeist for a glass (or eight) of
SF News Should We Be Worried About February 9th, 2011? Last week we called your attention to this gentleman who used his two minutes of public comment at the Board of Supervisors meeting to creep us out and predict Judgement Day for February