misc California: The Prop 19 State Very Small Array put together this curious map of the states as named by Google's autocomplete on Friday. When looking up California, they ended up with Prop 19, the state's marijuana initiative. (On
misc This Week in Willie Brown Big Red, the intimidating crane looming over the Transbay Terminal, started swinging it's wrecking ball this morning, which probably ruined the dustless process that so delighted Da Mayor last week. Likewise, Willie himself
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 CA Central Valley Will be the First to Get High Speed Rail Although there has been a lot of drama about the California High-Speed Rail project around the Bay Area (looking at you, Peninsula), the Chronicle reports today that the High-Speed Rail Authority has finally
misc Homobiles, A Safe Queer Car Service If you've ever been tossed from a taxi for necking with a same-sex paramour, sporting leather and chains en route to the San Francisco Armory, or harassed by your cabbie for donning drag
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Klaxons' Freaky Orgy (NSFW) Klaxons 'Twin Flames' from Trim Editing on Vimeo. For your afternoon viewing pleasure, please enjoy this little music video for the Klaxons' swell song "Twin Flames," which was directed by Saam Farahmand and
misc Googler Caught Illegally Chatting Behind the Wheel of Self-Driving Prius Apparently not content to test a computer's ability to drive one of those autonomous Priuses, a Google engineer was spotted testing California's hands-free cell phone law by chatting from the driver's seat (but
misc News Websites Re-Post Fake News Story About An S.F. Man Orgasming During a TSA Pat-Down If only because it sounds like something that really might happen here, and not unlike a scene from the Folsom Street Fair, a fake news item went around yesterday about a sexually dysfunctional
misc Bernal Heights Blog Debuts You know, kids, your editor once lived atop Bernal Heights for a brief spell during the early '00s. We don't remember much about our tenure there, really, except titularly wild times at Wild
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Re-Visiting Delano's Wine Aisle Meltdown Yes, we first posted this footage back in June. However, seeing as how Delano's now faces almost certain closure in the Bay Area, we thought we would re-introduce you to a "crazy Russian
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 Carpool to Holiday Shopping, Get Parking Discounts at City Garages A public service announcement from the Examiner: an MTA program to encourage carpooling and hopefully ease holiday congestion begins tomorrow and runs until December 26th at eight different city garages. The program offers
misc Day Around the Bay The SF Bay Guardian Wins Its Case Against The SF Weekly: So, What's Next? [SFAppeal] Curbed Shows You Around Temescal, another NYT-approved Neighborhood [CurbedSF] Salon, a San Francisco-based online publication looks to partner
misc <strike>This</strike> Last Week in Willie Brown Welcome to a late edition of This Week in Willie Brown. Because we are all busy people with big families, large meals to eat and lots of post-meal naps to take over the
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Anderson Cooper Entertains Apes Dressed as a Bunny Last week, your boyfriend Anderson Cooper ran a series investigating "Amazing Animals: Smarter Than You Think" on AC360, which included the above segment on Bonobos a species of great ape known for their
misc Sonoma County Native Coined the "Bikini Traveler" Hey, did you hear about that "Bikini Traveler" gal who was all over the news last week? Well, we somehow missed it until last night. In an effort to avoid the dreaded pat-down
misc Photo du Jour 747 Graffiti and invisible trains, Everydaydude captures our own version of Ghostbusters II.
misc George W. Bush, Taking Questions Live from Facebook HQ Today Yesterday afternoon, Facebook announced they will be hosting the most recent George Bush in their Palo Alto headquarters for a livestreamed Q&A session at 2 p.m. PST this afternoon. The
misc Pardon Our Dust: Comments Are a Bit Wonky As some of you might have noticed, SFist has a spiffy new comments system this morning. Look, you can "like" each others' comments now! Currently, comments from the previous six days are being
misc Day Around the Bay The polls are still open in our cake vs. pie vote, but pie has taken a commanding lead. Things San Franciscans Like: Their Google Friends [SFAppeal] Bay Guardian wins antitrust case against SF
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: First in Line for Black Friday Making plans to take advantage of Black Friday shopping deals? We'd rather not, personally, that's why we have the Internet and a stack of Amazon gift cards. But if that's your kind of