misc Ta-da: Sean Penn as Harvey Milk Recreating Harvey Milk's campaign poster for SF Supervisor, Penn is downright adorable. And surprisingly endearing. Aside from the obvious anal sex joke lingering above, your thoughts? Image credit: Tinobear
misc Day Around the Bay "Static and squat," declares John King on the new residential tower, Soma Grand. And it only gets worse, beautifully so. [SFGate] Have a sumptuous yet refreshing woodchuck, raccoon, or squirrel recipe? Send it
misc Soggy Examiners the Bane of Suburban San Francisco Our wait for MUNI wouldn't be complete without the 'Xam. It's too bad they don't have more newspaper boxes for distribution.
misc New Tunes Tuesday #17 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. 2. Shelby Lynne - Just A Little Lovin': If you are looking for some music to accompany your
misc San Francisco Hipsters Falling Behind We were in Seattle this weekend, and came across this Volvo in Wallingford. While we may not be hip enough to know what the kids at the Rickshaw Stop are going to be
misc Google Maps Street View Sees All LA-based comedy troupe The Vacationeers fears Google Maps Street View Big Brother-ness. And ever since we saw a shot of our bedroom window on it, featuring our awful interior decor, so do we.
misc Give the Peace Center a Chance Proposition C is a call to "convert" Alcatraz into a "Global Peace Center." The idea being that Alcatraz gives off negative vibes and so should be replaced by an "International Conference Center For
misc DANGER: Muni Cars Return to Claim More Victims Muni issued an alert yesterday afternoon that said simply, "Emergency - Powell line cable cars back in service." Oh no! Emergency! Cable cars unleashed on an unsuspecting public! Save yourselves! Run for the
misc Photo du Jour 45 Behold the Baron, a figure drawing class model. Who is he? Well, according to Flickr user lovenotes: This model, known as "The Baron," has pretty much done anything you could imagine in life
misc SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV Which Victorya kept reminding us of this week as she repeatedly called Sweet P. "Kit" as the designers prepared to leave their abode and head to the runway. There was more model boringness,
misc Ask SFist: City-Funded Homeless Showers? Someone reports, asks the following about city-enforced personal hygiene of the homeless population: I saw a city water truck soak a homeless guy and all his stuff this morning. The guy was camped
misc Cosco Busan Report Officially Released Also, be sure to check out the illuminating Oil Response Timeline. Happy reading!
misc Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About BART (but You Aren't Allowed to Know About Muni) Muni declined to comment when we asked them why they weren't participating. So we'll have to assume it's because their engineers are already in way over their heads; and nobody there has any
misc This Week in Le Rock: Jan 28 - Feb 3 Barton Carroll (seen above) will be headlining, on Tuesday, at Hotel Utah. Carroll's new CD, The Lost One, comes out the same day. His genuine, story-telling folk songs creates the perfect North Carolina
misc Automated Enforcement Camera Coming to Octavia and Market If this bill becomes a law, then you'll be seeing scary "Photo Enforced" signs popping up around this intersection in a year or so. It will look a little something like this crudely
misc Week Around the -Ists Gothamist learned that actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment, cause of death unknown so far (but apparently the masseuse who found him called Mary-Kate Olsen before 911). Bostonist considered
misc Photo du Jour 43 Shot in the Castro this week, the neighborhood is made to appear as its halcyon, pre-Staph era days for Gus Van Sant's .Milk
misc Christian Brando Has Died Christian Brando, an actor like his father, was known less for his movie roles and more for the trouble he found himself in. In 1990 he pled guilty to the charge of manslaughter
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. America Unzipped, Brian Alexander's book on the desire of American's to get down and dirty. SF Dish, offering a
misc As the Raiders Turn It appears that Al Davis re-emerged from his cryogenic chamber to get into a nasty spitball spat with Lane Kiffin. Apparently, Al is a little upset that the Raiders once again didn't have
misc SFist Finds: Ironic Bathroom Graffiti This philosophic message/challenge adorning/"besmirching" Caffe Trieste's bathroom wall in North Beach last November comes to us from Seven Morris via the "sfist" and "found" tags. Sometimes a blank wall is miles
misc Photo du Jour 43 Frank Chu gets all of the glory, but what about this guy? He's just as endearing, if not more so. Just because his narrative lacks some silly sci-fi bent, doesn't mean he's not
misc Net Neutrality Symposium at USF and on Your PC Come and see NN guru Tim Wu, Art Brodsky, Richard Clarke, Lawrence Spiwak, and a host of others. Why should you care about Network Neutrality? Here's why. Al Gore took the initiative in
misc Friday's Fashion Tip for the Ladies: Douching With Lysol This is a bit dorm-room wall, but: didn't Sybil's mother give her Lysol douches? Maybe it was bleach? Not sure. But the point is: she was clean, ladies. She was very clean. Find
