misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. The new YellowPages.com, helping you click less and live more. Beyond Golden Clouds, showcasing 41 large-scale Japanese folding
misc Sea Lion Shot in the Face, Survives An injured Sea Lion was picked up on a Sausalito beach Wednesday night, where he was found with his right eye missing, his left eye swollen shut and shotgun pellets lodged inside his
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Doodling In Math Class Vi Hart, a "recreational mathematician," does some astounding classroom doodling that goes above and beyond your average unicorn and "Mrs. Brock Bieber" notebook scribblings. Enjoy. [via The Daily What]
misc Brian Wilson Answers Your Questions via Webcam We've known for a while now that Brian Wilson is no stranger to conducting delightfully weird interviews questions via webcam, but since none of us unfortunately had the World Series closer on speed-dial,
misc Here's Our Dirty Santa on The Tonight Show As we mentioned yesterday: current Lefty O'Doul's Santa-in-Residence and former Macy's Santa Claus, John Toomey flew down to LA yesterday to appear on the Tonight Show. A little over three minutes in to
misc Too $hort Visits Twitter Headquarters Local photographer Troy Holden snapped this shot of Too $hort. The Oakland rap crooner stopped by Twitter headquarters on Thursday. PREVIOUSLY: Kanye West Visits Twitter Headquarters Conan O'Brien Visits Twitter Headquarters Look Who's
misc DVR Alert: Fired Macy's Santa on Jay Leno tonight John Toomey, the fired Macy's Santa Claus who recently found work at Lefty O'Doul's, has apparently become a "media sensation." This morning, Toomey zipped off down to LA for a taping of the
misc What's Going on Here, Golden Gate Bridget? First of all, we have no idea what this is. On the surface, we have a kind of a nice 80's song with a weird Deborah Harry-meets-Phil Collins-meets-The Squeeze kind of thing going
misc <em>On the Road</em> Shooting Wraps Up in SF, Kirsten Dunst Spotted Speaking of tacky gossip news: Kirsten Dunst was spotted at Zeki's in Nob Hill this week. She is in town to shoot the final scenes for the movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On
misc San Francisco Animal Care and Control Would Like You to Help Them Swaddle Kittens We all love kittens and puppies on the Internet, of course, but if you really love animals then you ought to show your support by donating your old towels to SFACC where they
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Time-Lapse Molds and Fungi This is from the BBC's amazing documentary series Planet Earth, narrated by David Attenborough. And it's NSF you if you're squeamish about yellow slimy things growing before your eyes, time-lapse-style. But otherwise, lovely.
misc Ace Washington Performs "Who's in Charge in Silly Hall?" We mentioned this briefly in last night's scenes from the Board of Supervisors, but here's Ace Washington's original number, which we will be calling "Who's in Charge in Silly Hall?" Ace's use of
misc Scenes from the Interim Mayor Selection Hearings at City Hall So, we didn't get a new mayor out of today's Board of Supervisors meeting, but the afternoon wasn't a total waste. Before any of the supes could even motion to move the selection
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Awww, Let's Love S.F. This little celebratory video about our fair city comes from the still-in-alpha-stages site In the Mo, which is a socially-networked travel site of sorts, featuring a lot nice video content (3,500 video
misc Follow SFist Team On Twitter While many of you know about SFist's action-packed Twitter feed, some of you, sadly, do not know about your favorite SFist team player's personal 140-characters-or-less musings. Horrors! Allow us to us fix that
misc This Is Why People Hate San Francisco: Volume 7 After a hiatus, we return for an installment of this mildly confusing feature, in which we ask those ensconced too cozily in your SF bubbles to take a step back, summon your inner
misc Altamont Pass to Get Less-Deadly Wind Turbines In our ongoing coverage of local bird deaths, we have some good news to report: future generations of golden eagles, red-tailed hawks and other local birds will be spared death by wind turbine.
misc 7 Reasons To Love San Francisco There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does
misc Public Urination Problems Begin at an Early Age Don't bother asking why we were reading the Mommy Files over on SFGate, but today's entry "Is it appropriate for little boys to pee in public?" is priceless. Take a look: "...he [the
misc Google Unleases Another Telephone, This One Could Replace Your Wallet (Or At Least Your Clipper Card) Google released a new telephone today - or rather, it announced a Google-branded version of an already-released Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. The advantage of Google's version, the Nexus S, being that it comes
misc Desaturated Santa Blows San Franciscans Minds For the second year in a row, the brilliant BrodyQat stunned SantaCon revelers and spectators with her Desaturated Santa Costume. No, it's not Photoshopped! Says BrodyQuat on Reddit: "It's a custom grey Santa
misc Photos: SantaCon 2010 If Civic Center, the Tenderloin, and Polk Street were any indication, SantaCon 2010 had a huge turn-out (with much of the Summer's Eve set taking things up a notch, which we did our
