THIS is how you make fun of progressive supervisors!
I have a message for the four new Supervisors:
Hello. My name is Benjamin. And my job is to say much, much, funnier things about you than anybody did last night.
Last night, of course, was the "Roasted Supes" party, which is a vaguely clever name, or "the People's Inauguration," which is not.
It was supposed to be a roast, in which women close to the new Supervisors - former teachers, roommates, co-workers and wives - said funny th
According to a study appearing in this month's Pediatrics, medical scientists have now identified "thirdhand smoke," which is:
a) What you get when the kid of somebody who smokes talks to your kid;
b) Only possible through a Facebook widget, or;
c) The trace chemicals from smoke that hang around objects like clothes, making them smell "smoky."
The correct answer, of course, is (c). So far.
You know, when you name a sprawling, multi-billion dollar empire
"Virgin," you're going to get some odd wordings. Take Virgin Records:
When the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman declined to re-up his recording deal,
many snickered at the headline "Wyman Refuses Virgin." The embattled Virgin America airlines is based right here in Burlingame, so it was only a matter of time before an incredibly badly worded headline came our way. Well, today's the day. The San Jose Mercury News just penned the above ins
Walter Shorenstein's skyscrapers shaped San Francisco. His cash configured City Hall. Publicly, he's pristine. But there's more than meets the eye to the man behind the megaliths.
Most Government offices in America took Monday off to honor those who fell in our nation's defense. For the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, however, Memorial Day is really about honoring what all the other holidays, from Veterans Day to Christmas, are really about honoring: the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
That's why, whenever there is a holiday -- of any kind, at any time -- they try to take the entire rest of the week off. Because to take any less vacation time would be to disho
What if you had a pro football draft and nobody came?We're not talking about players here, but the media. The NFL draft has turned into an all-day -- and we really do mean all-day -- bonanza for anyone who's ever toted a microphone to report from parts unknown and describe each player in one of three ways: "A natural athlete," "a big, strong kid who can manhandle the opposition when properly motivated," or "breathing a lot easier since the charges were knocked down to misdemeanors." There was no
Joe EskenaziWho is man enough to wear this jersey?​Jerry Seinfeld once noted that, due to rampant player turnover, sports fans are "basically rooting for clothing." If so, that's bad news for any would-be fans of the fledgling United Football League's California Redwoods (I christen them "Tree-Huggers"). As revealed last week, the team's first-year duds will be an unimaginative league template prominently featuring Jolly Rancher green and teal (they swear it's "light blue"). You will not buy t
wallyg/FlickrBarbecue's a reliably toasty topic, a hallowed strain of American Southern cookery known for endless regional variations and no shortage of strident expert-y opinions about them. Even here in San Francisco, debates rage on.
This week, Chronicle reviewer-in-chief Michael Bauer made no bones about championing Wexler's, a smoke-centric restaurant that opened in June an old converted Financial District firehouse. He predicted purists would "cringe" at the buzzed newcomer's attemp
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