This is, as Mom would say, "Cute with two u's." Cuute, that is. Legoland California in Carlsbad this week will feature a Lego version of the Obama inauguration. That's right, a Lego Barack, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama, Joe Biden, John Roberts, the Rev. Rick Warren, Oprah, and even George Bush and Dick Cheney. Maybe when they're done with this exhibit they can allow park visitors to construct their fantasies of Bush and Cheney being dragged through the streets like Mussolini. Oprah could dri
Jim HerdIs the city having a NextBus meltdown?It was Benito Mussolini who was credited for making Italy's trains run on time -- even though he didn't, and the notion of an Italian train running on time is rather novel. The notion of San Francisco trains running on time is quaint as well, which is why it's a good thing we've got NextBus.com to tell us when to sprint to the station and when to saunter. But the question of who owns the actual arrival and departure data for the trains isn't as strai
No worries, Basil. It's 'fair use!' ​In the past few years, it seems the powers that be have found so many devious new ways to restrict our freedoms. They're reading our e-mails, listening to our phone calls, and calling up incessantly to try to get us to donate to their "Police Athletic Leagues" (hey, we're on to you!). So it was heartwarming to learn that, last month, a local federal judge ruled that we're still entitled to one of our most basic freedoms: Firing off unsolicited mailings cont