SF News John Diaz-- Troublemaker In Friday's Chronicle, the paper's editorial page editor, John Diaz, writes that he recently discovered that he was placed on the Government's "Watch List." Which makes sense, we guess, because Diaz is Arabic
SF News News Shocker: Muni Aware of its own Shortcomings In case you were wondering how Muni was going to explain the near-meltdown two weeks ago, look no further than the agenda for the April 25th meeting of the Citizen's Advisory Committee. (It's
misc Lung Cancer! We meet that idea with skepticism; it is with vivid detail that we recall the extensive anti-smoking education of our youth, and our impression of smokers (both juvenile and adult) is that they've
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight 3.... 2.... 1.... blast off! Yuri's Night at NASA's Ames Research Center is a science-sound-music-art shindig that sounds fun and interesting. Hosed by Keynote Speaker (and hottie!) Anoushe Ansari, the first privately funded
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork We just saw The Science of Sleep, please don't fault us for it. Please don't tell us how we're oh so late in mentioning this brillant movie. You'll just ruin the high we
SF News College Basketball: Pick a Winner Take a big whiff everybody, it's that b-ball time of year. You've got the men's NCAAs, the women's NCAAs, and the men's NIT. Don't even get us started on Division II, DIII, or
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Geek Out! A science fair with open mic? Awesome! Dorkbot is a monthly meeting of artists, designers, engineers, students and any interested parties who gather to share ideas and projects relating to any form of
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings Have A Moral Obligation To Resist the Temptation to Cease Reporting Newsworthy Events We're proud to present another week's worth of Yvesdroppings, only some of which are made-up. Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at - gmail - dot - com. And! If you think you might
SF News Why We Hate Racists We're not going to reprint the various repulsive reasons given why Eng hates African-Americans -- you can read those for yourself in the Chronicle article -- and we'll let people decide for themselves
misc Science and Health: Another Old Wives Tale Debunked No one really knows where the idea to ‘feed a cold’ originated. Some people even think it’s the reverse: feed a fever, starve a cold. Either way, it probably goes back to
SF News News About The Mayor Hey, does anyone know what the mayor of San Francisco's up to? --M&R report that Gavin has been attending rehab sessions every day this last week -- some as individual sessions
SF News Gavin's Sock Puppet Now, the internets is a free place so if Peter wants to respond, he's more than welcome to. In fact, welcome aboard, Peter-- we're actually a little flattered that he's joining our little
SF News Stuck on a Tarmac You Can't Get Out Of Says Kate Hanni, one of the passengers, "there were people getting ill, the toilets did begin to overflow." We've done a lot of flying and can thankfully say, we've been through some bad
misc Make Love and Not War According to the organizers, one just has to think of peace while having an orgasm at some point of the day-- it doesn't matter when. It also doesn't matter with who as there's
SF News <a href=http://gorillamask.net/videoelnino.shtml>El Nino Is Spanish For the Nino</A> El Nino is a weather pattern that occurs every so often, in which temperatures in parts of the Pacific warm up and change weather patterns. In California, it'll usually means more rain, the
SF News Watching You Watching You Watching You Hewlett Packard takes us back to 1981 with the recent revelations that they hired private eyes (clap clap), to watch their board -- they saw their every move. (It is totally time for
SF News SFist Tourist Short answer? We have no idea. All we know is that tourists do what they do, because they are told to and some of it looks like it actually is fun. In the
SF News American Football Spectacular: Meet Your Oakland Raiders 2006 Draft Picks, "The Ivy League Hotelier and The Match-up Solution" * Picked round 7, pick 47; 455 overall / Kevin McMahan / WR / Maine / 6'2" / 196 / "Mr. Irrelevant" * Picked round 7, pick 6; 214 overall / Chris Morris / C / Michigan State / 6'4" / 305 / "The Heady Snapper" * Picked
SF News Catch A Wave and You're Sitting On Top of the World How this thing would work is that the turbine put near Ocean Beach would convert the energy given off by waves into electricity. The other one would go somewhere under the Bay Bridge
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Rising, Part Three There's so many 1906 earthquake related events, we've gotta do a third post rounding up your tourism options! Keep sending those events on in! Previous posts here and here. Additional events listings here,
Arts & Entertainment <i>Top Chef</i>: At the Pork End Of The Street Yes, folks, that is literally the worst headline ever -- at least until next week. Our horrible headlines are the latest in SFist's effort to induce you to watch what is possibly the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist in the Kitchen: <i>On Food and Cooking</i> The SFist test kitchen staff has a tiny list of essential food books. At the top you'll find Harold McGee's . Our copy's tattered cover and stained pages broadcast our love for this accessible
Arts & Entertainment Total Eclipse Of The Sun -- Eclipse of the heart, eclipse of the moon, eclipse of the sun -- same diff! So at 2:55 a.m. PST tonight, there's going to be a total lunar solar [do
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 3.14159 Day What are you doing today, March 14, at 1:59 p.m.? Celebrating irrational numbers, we hope -- that's when the Exploratorium, San Francisco's science museum, will be kicking off their 18th Annual
Arts & Entertainment An Entire Week's Worth of Eavesdropping, Knocked Off in a Single Busride Sniff. Mom, I'm fine. I have like an AMAZING immune system right now. I take vitamins every day. Sniff It's just a cold. What kind of doctor are you going to go see
