misc Our Eyes...They Burn... When they saw us, the guy just turned around with not even a look of surprise in his face and stared back. Like a raccoon. No "oops, we just got busted" face or
misc SFist Rants: Our Poor, Poor Favorite Book Of course, with anything coming out of the White House, we first have to plead skepticism. It would be like this Administration to leak out the names of hefty tomes as a way
misc SFist Rants: When the Olympics Committee Comes A-Calling We’re considering booking our dream vacation now if the Olympic Games will be in San Francisco instead of Los Angeles or Chicago in 2016. Maybe it's a chance to try apartment or
misc Craigslist Encounters: Empty Boards Just like other network effect services, a new Craigslist sites takes time to develop as people in the far-off reaches (say... Centre County, Pennsylvania) don't just wake up and start using Craigslist. But
misc SFist Rants: Cum on Feel the Noise We were not amused. There's actually a lot of space between our place and the courtyard. In fact, we're not directly connected to it. In between us is an alleyway and then, after
misc SFist Rants: We Want Our 7th Inning Back And yes, we do hate America, why do you ask? The main reason we don't like it? Hello, overkill. Seriously, we already play the National Anthem. Do we really need to hear two
misc SFist Rants: Dear Mr. USPS Dear Mr. USPS: Last Saturday, we come home at the same time as the mail woman, so we take our mail right away out of the box, and there is a "sorry we
misc SFist Rants: Couldn't Stand the Weather It's not that it's rainy. We can handle the rain, or at least be okay with it. It's always rainy this time of year. No. What's getting to us is the whole schizo-ness
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Swearing Festival It did. Unfortunately, while the concept was brilliant, the execution wasn't. The problem wasn't in what was scheduled; it was in how long it took for what was scheduled to take place. Long
misc SFist Tech Rant/Roundup: Finger-Pointing Leander Kahney of Wired News got some flak for his commentary about the relative merits of Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. He says that the popular perception of Gates as evil monopolistic robber
misc SFist Rants: 80W and 101 to San Jose: No, the Other Right Lanes What’s the problem with the 5th Street exit? It’s simple: really bad signage. You’re driving west, just getting off the bridge, and you know that you should be in the
misc SFist Rants: Obsessing Over the iPod When we first bought it, we spent the entire weekend uploading our CDs on it. When we did that, we spent the better part of the next two weeks doing nothing but downloading
misc SFist Rants: A Modest Public Transportation Proposal While having to go through all the rigmarole of hopping on Caltrains and being at the least fifteen minutes late kind of sucks, what really chaps our hide is that we have a
misc SFist Rants: Stay Home If You're Sick This SFist is not writing from our desk, as we usually do -- we are writing from home, where we sit propped up by pillows, chugging Airborne, and blowing our nose every 15
misc SFist Rants: Get Outta My Face When I'm Shopping! We don't put up with telemarketers, yeah? There's all these fancy "do not call lists" and all that kind of stuff. You can even post a "no solicitors" sign on your door. But
misc SFist Rants: Hating on Starbucks And yes, we're totally serious. Let's go to the way back machine and take a look at those bleak, dark days before Starbucks entered the world. You remember what that was like? The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Rants: Are You Ready for Some Football? Also not shown was the big, first place battle between Michael Vick's Falcons and the Tampa Bay Bucs. As well as the old skool defensive battle between Da Bears and the Panthers that
misc SFist Rants: La Cumbre Taqueria La Cumbre, on Valencia at 16th, is the kind of place people tell visitors to San Francisco to go to get some "real Mission Mexican." Heck, it's the sort of place we can
misc SFist Rants: Our Mail Carrier We have lived many places in our 34 years on this earth, but we've never lived anywhere with more lackadaisical mail carriers than San Francisco. The list of rotten service we've experienced staggers
misc SFist Rants: Step Down. STEP DOWN! If you ride the MUNI buses, you probably already know that to open the back door, you need to step down into the stairwell, and the door will open automatically. That's not really
misc SFist Rants: Blue Angels We're not afraid to admit it -- loud jets have always scared the crap out of us, and 9/11 certainly didn't help that fear. The Blue Angels are undoubtedly amazing. We have
misc SFist Rants: Kids With Cameras With the first season of local youth-programmer Uthtvs’ flagship shows, "Elements" and "Speak on It" ending a couple of weeks ago (with reruns starting on UPN starting in October, or you can stream
misc SFist Rants: Stand to the Right, Walk to the Left, <i>Honey</i> Seriously, people. We recall being in the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport a few years ago, when a rather snappy gentleman uttered the above phrase ("Stand to the right, walk to the left,
