misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Three Muppets Do "Carol of the Bells" The Muppets have been up to all kinds of new web stuff lately -- like this revived "Bohemian Rhapsody" that we shared a few weeks back -- and now we have this delightful
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist spent the week giggling uncomfortably after a free mass-distributed daily paper accidentally printed a full-color photo of a penis. Seattlest followed Tiger Woods' alleged eleventh mistress into the wilds of Washington State.
misc A Few of SFist's Favorite Holiday Things Tis the season, folks. Here are a few of SFist's favorite holiday moments. Whether they be food, TV shows, movies or songs, each of these things get us in the holiday mood. And
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Orrin Hatch, a Mormon, Writes Hanukkah Song Eight Days of Hanukkah from Tablet Magazine on Vimeo. Hanukkah starts this week. And tis the season, chosen ones, for Orrin Hatch (R-Orrin Hatch) has written you a song. It's called "Eight Days
misc Photo du Jour 523 Wow, we're piling on the Newsoms today, yes? First, Jennifer makes a return to the glossies. Now, we have this ultra-charming picture found by Beth Spotswood. Snapped by Bill Wilson, Mayor Gavin Newsom
misc Gift Guide: Caffeinated Comics by Amy Crocker Caffeinated Comics has posted this helpful holiday gift guide, suggesting specialized comic books for your entire list. Their recommendations include: Your Buddy Who Lives in the Mission: "The Graphic Bio
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The FarmVille Theme, by Oakland Composer Steve Kirk FarmVille, for those unaware, is one of those time-sucking Facebook apps that drive us, personally, insane. But hey, we all need a little distraction sometimes, and it turns out the theme song to
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist watched the State Senate reject gay marraige legislation supported by the Governor and State Assembly. The small silver lining was State Senator Diane Savino's impassioned speech -- "We have nothing to fear
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Virgin America, with its new non-stop route from LAX and SFO to Ft. Lauderdale. GroupOn, using collective buying power
misc Photo du Jour 520 Ambrosia Salad performing at the final (for now, anyway) Chili Dog, shot by Darwin Bell.
misc Day Around the Day Broke-Ass Stuart reads tonight in the Ferry Building. [Broke-Ass] San Francisco observes World AIDS Day. [Appeal] The silence of AIDS. [Eye On Blogs] Thanksgiving Day hit and run fatality in the Presidio. [Richmond
misc Photo du Jour 518 The skull-shatteringly brilliant Kevin Montgomery over at Mission Mission snapped this extraordinarily depressing shot of an abandoned mouse left atop a compost bin at 19th and Capp streets. Mean! Read more about this
misc Photos: Castro Tree Lighting Ceremony Looking more like a family-friendly event than a gloriously lascivious Castro Street bash, the annual tree lighting ceremony took place last night. Supervisor Bevan Dufty was on hand to illuminate the 20-foot tree,
misc Photo du Jour 517 "Lost bear on the streets of San Francisco, this morning," reports heygrover who snapped this adorable shot.
misc Week Around the Ists Torontoist thought it was awwww-some that their street artist pal Posterchild asked his girlfriend to marry him by means of street art. Seattlest was thankful for all the ways that Washington sports doesn't
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Virgin America, with its new non-stop route from LAX and SFO to Ft. Lauderdale. GroupOn, using collective buying power
misc Photo du Jour 516 In addition to it being Black Friday, today is also trustifarian holiday Buy Nothing Day, a day when well-to-do faux-revolutionaries tell others how to spend their money.
misc Builder of Oakland's Fox Theater Once Imprisoned For 'White Slavery' On this relatively slow local news day in which most everyone is out of the office, the Oakland Tribune is running this amusing scandal from the archives about Maury Diggs, the builder of
misc Welcome Back! Um, Why Are You at Work Today? We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving. We sure did. And, as SFist does on a semi-regular basis during holiday adjacent days, we have to ask: are you at the office today? If
