misc Texts From Last Night: The Best of the 415 Because we've developed an addiction to this little site called Texts From Last Night -- to which users submit the funny / insane texts they either sent, or received "last night," identified only by
misc <i>SF Weekly</i> Catches On to 'Funemployment' Whether you're an optimist or a pessimist, getting laid off from your job in the shittiest economy in decades isn't exactly swell news, but certainly we live in one of the best cities
misc Photo du Jour 326 Today's Photo du Jour goes out to the Merrill's on Market Street, may it rest in peace.
misc Comedienne Deven Green Defines "Biblical Marriage" In this hilarious new video from Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian (a.k.a. LA-based comedienne Deven Green who was responsible for those voice-over spoofs of Brenda Dickson you may have seen/heard
misc Photo du Jour 325 We came across this over at Eye On Blogs. Greg Dewar, N-Judah Chronicle blogger, captured these shots of a futuristic San Francisco as conceived by J.J. Abrams in the new Star Trek
misc San Jose Falcon Brings Slow News Day to an End With Flight Yesterday afternoon, one of the young female falcons that adorn the roof at San Jose City Hall (named Ilahay, which is "angel" in Persian) took her first flight. According to the Mercury News,
misc 311 and Twitter, Together at Last The Ballard just posted this message, "@biz and @gavinnewsom just announced that you can report potholes in SF by tweeting @sf311." The seem to be having some sort of live press conference about
misc Macy's Union Square Ladies' Room Among Top Ten Best Public Restrooms in U.S. Cintas Corporation, a company that manufactures poo and pee toiletries, is having their annual America's Best Restroom Competition. And the Union Square Macy's 6th floor crapper made the top ten. Yay! Although females
misc Week Around the Ists LAist, too, had a whirlwind of a week regarding the upholding of Prop 8, prompting various protests and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to call the state "fundamentally broken." Case in point, Gov.
misc Tough Times at the DMV With budget cuts, and long lines, apparently this is the easiest way for disgruntled patrons at the Fell Street DMV to get out their frustrations. The colors are very harmonious though.
misc USF Baseball Team Has Dance-Off With UCONN This was shot on May 21st during a 5-hour rain delay during the Big East Baseball Tournament at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida. Please excuse the inclusion of "The Macarena" -- it's
misc AutoTune The News #4: Featuring Joe Biden and Once Again, The Angry Gorilla And that Katie Couric sure can sing! PREVIOUSLY: AutoTuning The News, AutoTuning the News, Obama Edition
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. V Australia, now offering round trip airfare to Brisbane from $639! The Wall Street Journal, upgrade your download with
misc UPDATE, Old Meme -- Help Find Beloved Labs a Home Together Update: Ha, it looks like we've been had, kind of -- it is a true story though. According to Snopes, this story actually happened down in LA in February, and the dogs did
misc "The Defenders": A Short Film About Why Straight Marriages Aren't All That Blessed Either This cute short film from Keith Hartman, shot shortly after the November passage of Prop 8, is another of many amusing critiques of the whole some-marriages-don't-deserve-to-be-called-marriages pathology.
misc Overheard Lines Ends Overheard Lines, the city's favorite eavesdropping site since 2005, came to a close today. But why is this deliriously entertaining site stopping? Well, according to Tim, the site's father, "I've been way too
misc Photo du Jour 321 How you? Rape jokes aren't funny, jerk. Read a whole lot more on it, right here. dare
misc Top Ten Bay Area News Anchors? City Nights (or whatever it's called) web-log writer Rich Lieberman came up with a (definitive?) list of the top-ten Bay Area newscasters. While they are "in no particular order," he lists the anchors
misc Castro Rainbow Flag Flies at Half-Mast A black flag flies over the rainbow flag in the Castro, which was set at half-mast this morning. after the California State Supreme Court ruled to uphold prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban.
misc Photos: Tonight's Prop 8 Rally There was a huge turnout tonight at both the City Hall and Yerba Buena rallies, and then a large chunk of people branched off toward the Castro. Stop8.org's Twitter feed informs us
misc Photo du Jour 320 San Francisco police officer Len Broberg, right, hugs Doug Mezzacapo, left, a married gay man, in front of San Francisco City Hall today.
