misc Tales Of Mere Existence "A Position Of Power" Most of us fantasize of being powerful... but is it really worth bothering with?
misc What On Earth Is Happening With Al Davis' Face? While your editor is no picnic to look at, this here is some terrifying stuff. Check out the Gate's jarring shot of Oakland Raiders master and lord Al Davis. Shudder.
misc Music & Muzak & More Although this weekend is dominated by Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (FREE FREE FREE), there are a ton of other great options (musical and otherwise) if kicking it in the park with thousands of your
misc Ask SFist: Vice Presidential Debate at Bars? If this is any indication of things to come, tomorrow's Palin-Biden debate could prove the single most entertaining trainwreck in television history. And we want you to share this moment with other inebriated
misc This week in SF History - Blackie Swims the Golden Gate Timecapsule: October 1, 1938 On a foggy Saturday in 1938, a swaybacked, 12-year-old horse named Blackie swam - dog-paddled, really - completely across the choppy waters of the Golden Gate. The horse not
misc Sarah Palin Engages in Perverse Journalistic Orgy of Excess When asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Sarah Palin replied, "all of them." All of them! And so, a meme is born. All of them! All! All! All! Of! Them! The Modesto
misc American Football Spectacular: Recapping Today's Al Davis Press Conference The Raiders' dictator-for-life Al Davis deigned speak to his hated rivals in the press corps today regarding his firing of OAK head coach Lane Kiffin. Here's the recap: Paranoia; recrimination; recrimination; paranoia; accusation;
misc Barack Obama: S&M Fan? Look at what someone gone and did during last Sunday's Folsom Street Fair. Pretty sneaky, kids.
misc Photo du Jour 236 Well, this looks modern/practical. It appears to be some sort of electric car/pod parked on Market Church Street. How dangerous/fun!
misc Craigslist Ad du Jour: Internet Work Available Internet work needed Reply to: [email protected] [?] Date: 2008-09-29, 5:06PM PDT Must be good with the internet and computers. If so email me I need your help. This job is very
misc Film du Jour: Fun-Size Motorcycles Invade SF Did you all see these mini bikes zooming around the City this weekend? (These ones were caught frollicking along Great Highway.) Adorable.
misc Week Around the Ists SFist looked into the future of San Francisco by worrying about the taco intake of its youth; hailing its first-ever bicycle traffic light, installed at an infamously dangerous intersection; and questioning Mayor Newsom's
misc Photo du Jour 234 Tom Perkins' Maltese Falcon (one of the largest yachts in the world: 289 feet long ["almost as big as a football field"], 42 feet wide, and around 20 stories high) cruising by Alcatraz
misc Photos: Anonymous' Scientology Protest, Berkeley & SF Those crazy cats over at Anonymous took some time Friday to voice their discontent for the crazier cats over at the Church of Scientology. They managed to hit both Berekely and San Francisco.
misc Critical Mass Time Lapse Footage by mantooth316/Flickr Last night's Critical Mass looked downright peaceful, at least via this footage shot at the Pilsner. Was it?
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. , by using your AMEX card and help San Francisco get the largest share of a million-dollar tree-planting grant. Sagatiba
misc "Tales Of Mere Existence "TROUBLE" (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE) "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz B.M.X.
misc Photo du Jour 233 In related news, the footage we posted on the California Academy of Science's albino alligator arrival is back. If you recall, we posted this footage on SFist in August, a week before the
misc Vincent Schiavelli: Alive and in SF? Perusing the most recent Bigelow Report, our favorite source for Parties To Which We Were Not Invited, we were stopped dead (heh, you'll see why that's funny in a second) at this picture,
misc Film du Jour: Folsom Street Fair in the '70s Reading Marke B.'s latest post about DJ Bus Station John's up-and-coming sock hop, we came across this amazing, touching, and downright adorable footage of the Folsom Street Fair circa 1970. (Be sure
misc Freeway Blogger Strikes Again Hey, it's been ages since we last checked with Freeway Blogger, the good lad who's attached over 4,000 signs against the war on the freeways of California and the western United States.