misc Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big
misc Former Superintendent Ackerman Sues San Francisco Unified School District! According to a press release put out on PR Newswire by her attorney, Dr. Arlene Ackerman has filed suit against the San Francisco Unified School District in San Francisco Superior Court. She is
misc SFist Reviews: Awesome Color and Dinosaur Jr. Awesome Color opened last night at Slim’s for Dinosaur Jr and impressed a moderate crowd although they deserved bigger. As a long time fan of Dinosaur Jr and J. Mascis in general,
misc They Can't All Be The Stonewall Riots Many have offered touching words of remembrance, but few words strive to such tenderness and dignity as those of a commenter identified only as "Magda," which sounds like the kind of name you'd
misc Brainiac Receives Award For Braininess About Brains We've got mad science going on in the city by the bay. Sometimes it gets acknowledged. Michael Weiner, MD, a professor of radiology, medicine, psychiatry, and neurology at UCSF, has won the VA's
misc SFist Contest: David Gordon's Pick Up Performance- Dancing Henry Five Anyways, enter away if you want to go-- we'll announce winners on Thursday. Good luck!
misc San Francisco Makes Forbes's 'Most Overpriced Real Estate Markets' List Are you as shocked as we are? No, really, we think everyone knows things are pricey out here, and Forbe's is utilizing some interesting methodology to glean "overpricey' from the "pricey," and turn
misc That Itching ... That Burning ... It's the Hilton on Kearny Ew ew ew bedbugs. For the last year or two, we've been seeing a resurgence in the pests, probably thanks to the rising popularity of bed ownership or something. Even a classy joint
misc Week Around The -Ists The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview
misc Mary Cheney Loses a Turn To be fair, the seven-cent copy is "used," though for what purpose we cannot imagine. You can also obtain a "collectible" copy for $29.99 -- the seller explains that the book is
misc Teachers In E. Palo Alto School Dist. Going To Be Slightly Less Underpaid Ahh, teaching. That difficult, underpaid profession. We're totally behind those who are bringing future generations up to speed with the world being better compensated. Unfortunately, the salary typically given to this profession is
misc Easy Way to Do Good Tomorrow We just love this cute pic of a mail man loading letters and food. It's the perfect example of a nice canned food drive happening nationwide tomorrow. Some (or is it just us?
misc The Examiner Trafficking In Rough Trade The previous picture was also a male midsection -- a torso clutching a dangling hammer, as a matter of fact. Is this the paper's way of getting us to read the classifieds? Sorry,
misc SFist Give-Away: 86 Recipe Cards The San Francisco world of restaurant gossip columnists went head over heels when Grace-Ann Walden retired from the Chronicle and the Inside Scoop column. She had all the info, friends in all dining
misc Curbed SF Gets Its Revenge You know, sometimes maybe it's just better to rent -- a local family attempting to restore their Sunnyside/Glen Parkish area extreme-fixer-upper accidentally slid the house off its foundation and it collapsed into
misc Free Gay Movies Stuffing Gift Bags Creating Film Badges Folding T-Shirts Assembling Guest Packets Working Press Desk
misc JT Giveaway: Still Happening, y'all! SFist is still giving away tickets to see our boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, when he brings his virtuoso blend of singing, dancing, and white boy flava to the HP Pavilion on September 12th. You
misc World Still a Potentially Scary Place What's the price of a free society? Lunatics running around loose: online threats have lead UC Hastings to shut down, just for today. What are the threats? Who's responsible? We don't know. What
misc Justin Timberlake Ticket Giveaway!!!! Because we're not ashamed to admit we actually paid to see NSync live when we were 17, miss Justin's white boy 'fro, and still have the program from that concert somewhere in our
misc Lung Cancer! We meet that idea with skepticism; it is with vivid detail that we recall the extensive anti-smoking education of our youth, and our impression of smokers (both juvenile and adult) is that they've
misc Benefit for Irene McGee McGee has had a pretty rough time of it lately. First she got let go from her show on Free FM amongst rumors of all sorts of sexual harassment. And then her apartment
misc Hearings Can Sort of Be Healthy Too Since this hearing sounded like a whole heap of San Francisco fun, we searched around for any sort of description of it. SF Party Party, who have been one of the leading voices
misc Connect With a Good Deed If you want to help out, head on over the site and choose a project you'd like to work on. Among other things, you can do street outreach, give legal help, serve food,
