The saga continues...   This email from Laura, one of the employees from Blue Bottle. She wrote in response to the email I sent Wedensday.... No hard feelings, this is what democracy feels like. it's messy. It's complex. It's about compromise. Sorry your in the cross hairs. I'll answer your queerys.... On Oct 13, 2010, at 5:17 PM, laura stevenson wrote: > Hey Chicken, I've met you a couple times and went on the Ritual bus trip to NBC's in LA.  I've been trai ...Continue Reading

So I've got a few people signed up for Bullfights this Saturday. But we need more, or I'm not going. It's in Sacramento. We take the bus. Leave from SF at the Chez Poulet at 10:00 FOR FUCKING REAL. Here is the story... In Thornton, California, there are many Portuguese people. In their cultural tradition, they fight with bulls. But due to hippys and Sally Struthers and people voting for Democrats, they can no longer kill the bulls. So the horseman spears the bull with ...Continue Reading

And so it goes, 50 people showed up to the Park and Rec hearing. With a 1,200 person petition. We spoke. Were shot down. It seems like they don't actually have to answer to anyone. Smarmy would be a good word to describe the commissioners and the directors attitude. It ended with shouting. Spitting. Crying. It was terribly exciting. So money wins the day. And the park shall have a commercial entity. 2, actually. What started out as a food cart is now looking more like a food court. It's not the end of the world. Bu ...Continue Reading

So about the commercialization of our parks… There is a meeting on Thursday, October 7, , 2010, 4:00 pm. City Hall, Room 416. You can sign a petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/dp94110/petition.html The issue is that the stewards of our parks, Parks and Rec, has decided in their infinite wisdom that selling parking spaces in our parks to raise money is a good idea. I sent out a note yesterday attacking everyone jumping up and down like a maniac. Maybe I had too much coffee. Maybe I painted th ...Continue Reading

http://www.petitiononline.com/dp94110/petition.html So it goes, in a lame-brained attempt to generate revenue, the Parks and Rec office decided to open Dolores Park to commercial entities. They gave a permit to a national chain cafe to operate and they are gonna charge 'em $1,000 a month or something. Just like saying NO to American Apparel on Valencia, just like saying NO to changing our street names to corporations' names and just like not allowing giant companies to put big box stores all over SF we say Fuck No t ...Continue Reading

OK, OK... I'll post the headshot. But none of you fuckers laugh, OK?   OK?   OK. Fine. Here it is: Goodnight. ...Continue Reading

There is a guy, see. Motorsport fan. Liked to race cars. But he was a schlub. No money, no fancy sponsorship. So he bought a car for $500 on Craigslist. Entered a rally race in Mexico. Competed against $400,000 cars. And smoked 'em. Amazing story. He blogged it, accidentally. He sent emails to his friend. The friend put it together in a story. It's simply heroic. Today, we have to appreciate the station of the fool. In feudal times, the position of the fool was one of a sage. The fool of the court would only s ...Continue Reading

RIP Dammitina Dawoo How long can I sit here in front of this blank screen with the title above and a blank white page mocking me? How could I ever reduce the joy that Dammit bestowed on me to mere words? …The same devices that used car salesmen and politicians use. The same feeble and obvious combinations used over and over again in different combinations to elicit unique and special meanings but always within limits of convention and always said before better. I would be the most talented writer on Earth if I could co ...Continue Reading

OK. So our beloved civic infrastructure needs to balance the budget of this City of Art and Innovation we all live in. Fair enough. Budgets need to be balanced. I’d suggest they cut the hair gel thing by 50%... but I digress… Newsome is ballyhooing about not raising taxes. So where does the money come from? They are gonna raise operating fees for businesses. Small businesses. In this case, tattoo parlors. Now lets take a look at the ‘idea’ of taxes, shall we? A tax is an account that citizens of a civic apparatus pay ...Continue Reading

Hi. I am having an odd sensation. In general. I can see better. The focus is crisper. The colors brighter. The edges sharper. Like I'm high. And I'm certainly not high. I can hear better. I can feel something is different, but I can't put my finger on it. My shoulders are back. I am standing tall. My creaky body isn’t…. well, creaking. I feel young. Am I that old? Jesus. But this feeling, it’s real. Is it a coincidence that 460 people just sent me emails saying the gushiest stuff to me? I got a metric to ...Continue Reading