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Here's a Good Chance for Local Nerds to Date Other Dorks -- And Win a Pac-Man Bike Bell

If you're spending Saturday nights leveling up again and again in World of Warcraft, the chances are you're single. The good news is so are the people you're playing. Which means a real nerd herd mixer is in order. On June 19, matchmakers who specialize in geek hookups are hosting a singles part ... More >>

Watch a Professional Eater Down a Pizza in Less Than a Minute

Bet your Super Bowl party didn't have a professional eater in attendance, like this bro party that paid Guinness World Record holder Takeru Kobeyashi a hefty appearance fee to hang out and eat a pizza (cheese, from the looks of it) in less than a minute. He succeeds like a champ, and was paid $3,250 ... More >>

On a Rolla

Chilly Gonzales the Musical Genius on Failure, Satire, and Working With Drake

You may know him as Feist's or Peaches' producer. Or perhaps you read about him in the Guinness Book of World Records, in which he holds the title for longest piano solo (27 hours, to be precise). If you're a fan of Drake, then you've heard him playing piano on "Marvin's Room." You could have seen h ... More >>

Where to Catch See's Candies' 7,000-Pound Lollipop Redux

SFoodie was on the scene when See's Candies earned the "World's Largest Lollipop" honors in the Guinness Book of World Records on July 20 in Justin Herman Plaza. Now, the West Coast candy giant is hauling out the impressive 16-foot, 7-inch confection for a few more public views. It's currently on d ... More >>

See's Candy Tries to Break World Record With 7,000-Pound Lollipop

It will be like a scene from Willy Wonka. Next week, See's Candy plans to ring in National Lollipop Day 2012 by unveiling its freakish 7,000-pound sucker in San Francisco. Now that would certainly satisfy your oral fixation. The famous candy manufacturer isn't inventing this grossly large lollipop f ... More >>

Going for Guinness: Five Artists Into Breaking World Records

If there was a chart depicting competitiveness in the world of music, there would be three levels on it. Stage 1: The Pearl Jam -- for artists who neither want nor need your stinking awards, and will merely shrug at the world when they accidentally win one. Stage 2: The Taylor Swift -- for artists w ... More >>

Drivers Break Guinness World Record with Donuts

Drivers in Sonoma just might have broken the Guinness Book of World Records for -- of all strange things -- spinning the most donuts yesterday afternoon. News reports detailed the excitement at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma where 75 drivers spun simultaneous donuts for more than15 seconds (how man ... More >>

Honk for Hannah: British Taxi to Stop in S.F. for World-Record Roadtrip

​ You might notice a smashing black taxi cab traversing the streets of San Francisco this week -- but don't even think about trying to hail it. Three Englishmen will be driving Hannah, a 19-year-old British black taxi, through our fair city as part of their journey to make it in the Guinness Book ... More >>

An Intergenerational Cookie of Success

​Edna's Success of Mountain View bakes from recipes that have been in the family for three generations, all the way back from when company muse Edna Hickman baked for her own Montana eatery. (With its single table, Hickman's Success Cafe was once listed as the Smallest Operating Cafe in the Guinne ... More >>

Berkeley High Students Set a New World Record for Longest 'Soul Train' Line

Berkeley High students with their newly won Guinness World Record certificate.​ From the department of educationally awesome: Berkeleyside reports that this past Monday, about 300 Berkeley High School students, faculty, and alumni danced down an after-school Soul Train line -- the arrangemen ... More >>

S.F Businessman to Swim for 60 Hours Nonstop -- For No Reason

chlorine on the brain​To the non-athlete, even a five-mile run or swim seems crazy. But here is a guy who can make even ultra marathoners look sane. Jamie Patrick, a die-hard swimmer and owner of Patrick & Co. in San Francisco, is planning to swim 240 miles nonstop across the Sacramento River ... More >>

Azul Bartender Wins Cocktail Cup Semifinals

42BelowSemifinalists in the Cocktail World Cup celebrate Sunday. Winner Michael Callahan is in the black shirt and cap, on the right.​Last Sunday, San Francisco bartender Michael Callahan (Azul) advanced to the finals in the 42Below Cocktail World Cup. He'll join bartenders Nate Wales from La ... More >>

Bouncer: At Eddie Rickenbacker's, a motorcycle lover slumbers

Tour de Fat: Beer-Soaked Bikefest Rolls Saturday

Brian Yaeger"Remember, this is a bicycle festival with beer, not the other way around." Sure.​What do a 6-foot-tall carrot, Sasquatch, and a gang of nuns on bicycles have in common? Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing's annual lovefest for all things bicycle (and yeah, some beer). The Tour pedals ... More >>

Ukulele Fans Plan World Record Attempt at Castro Theatre

Later this month, a bunch of local ukulele strummers will gather at the Castro Theatre with their toys/instruments in an attempt to give San Franciscans what should rightfully be ours: the world record for the largest number of people playing ukuleles and singing together.Currently, the country hold ... More >>

Skateboarding Bulldog 'Tillman' Heading to San Francisco

Woof! ​Tillman the world-famous skateboarding bulldog -- the internet sensation who has single-pawedly wasted more American working hours than any creature other than the influenza virus -- is rolling our way. The Guinness Book-certified "fastest skateboarding dog" -- yes, there's competition -- w ... More >>

Can You Handle It? The Five Spiciest, Hottest Foods in the Country

schmevely/FlickrDave's Ultimate Insanity Hot Sauce: Be afraid.​You think you like it hot? As spicy foods go mainstream, Americans' tolerance of Scoville heat units has risen. Still, we don't advise trying these foods unless you have an abnormally maniacal pain threshold: 1. Dave's Ultimate In ... More >>

Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice

Guys Make the World's Biggest Meatball, Then Give It to Homeless People to Eat

Guinness World RecordsUm. Why?​Michael Bauer isn't the only one with a meatball obsession. Congrats to Nonni's Italian Eatery of Concord, N.H., for making the world's biggest specimen last weekend -- it weighed a whopping 222.5 pounds. SFoodie cannot stop looking at the picture of that huge sp ... More >>

Sweet Beat: Edna's Cashew Cookies

 A fabulous hybrid of cake and cookie -- plus generous amounts of whole cashews and cashew buttercream to further reel you in -- equals the kind of cookies you find yourself not wanting to share with anyone. Edna's Success of Mountain View uses a recipe that's been in the family for th ... More >>

Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia Sued for Copyright Infringement

wired.comHopefully, Pez won't kill Frosty.Laughing Squid and San Mateo County Times report that the Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia, which lives in the back of a shop called Computer Spectrum, is being sued for copyright infringement by Connecticut's Pez Candy, Inc.The candy company disputes th ... More >>

Everybody Gets a Sign!

Deep Freeze

Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

Breaker Breaker

Paging Freaks

Thiller Dance Vs. Iraq War Die-In: The Dolores Park Showdown

Dancing, Outraged Corpses to Converge on Dolores Park Saturday

Break Guinness Record for 'Thriller' Dance in Dolores Park

Van Halen in San Jo: Oh, God, the monster stirs

Cardinal Sin

DJ Kevvy Kev hosts the longest-running hip hop radio show in the world on Stanford's KZSU -- sans recognition

Holiday Gift Guide

At the Fringe

Chloe Veltman's roundup of the notable in this year's wacky stage fest

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Where Were Pat and Vanna When the Lights Went Out?

The S.F. taping of Wheel of Fortune goes momentarily dark; Spanganga fades permanently to black

Hear This

Underground-hero-turned-MTV-darling Twista brings his "Slow Jamz" to the Fillmore

"Crappy Records"

Zagat's new "music guide" is absurd, but its "format" offers a "nice way" to review "lame albums."

Celluloid Surf

The Red Vic hangs 10

Shear Talent

A San Francisco hairstylist tries to set a Guinness world record

Sound Advice

The bored, the gothic, and the really flexible

House Of Tudor

The return of "Stinky's"; crematory arts; girly freak shows

Darwin Award Qualifying Trials

Nah, it's just street-luge races. Down De Haro Street. At 70 mph. Well, like we said ...

Bad to The Bone

With an unorthodox take on classic rock, The Bone has become the Bay Area's newest radio sensation

Night Crawler

Side Dish

The Unsinkable Ralph Henke

A rolling battleship is the next project for the man who brought us the world's largest motor home. Even after 60 years and a heart transplant, the ideas just keep coming.

House of Tudor

Night + Day

This Old House

The House of Tudor