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Shadow Circus Vaudeville Theatre: Sex, Drugs & Puppets Shows
Shadow Circus Vaudeville Theatre, San Francisco’s most belligerent puppetry troupe will be performing this Wednesday, April 15th at Climate Theater in San Francisco and this…
Stumptown Comics Fest 2009
Stumptown Comics Fest 2009 takes place April 18 & 19 at Lloyd Center Doubletree hotel in Portland, OR. Here’s this year’s schedule and list of…
All Dogs Go to Heaven, The 79th Annual Blessing of the Animals
Hundreds of pets in Los Angeles turned out for the 79th annual Blessing of the Animals conducted by Archbishop Mahoney himself.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 30th Anniversary Celebration
Happy birthday to our friends The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be celebrating their 30th Anniversary on Easter Sunday, April 12th in San Francisco’s Dolores…
Schoolhouse Crunk, Read a Book by Notarapper
“Read a Book” by Notarapper just stuck me as a beautiful retake on the youth-oriented PSA of the 1980’s like Schoolhouse Rock and the snippets…
Bigwheeling Is Not A Crime T-Shirt
As a result of the on the ongoing saga of the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race, there are now “Bigwheeling Is Not A Crime”…
Kacie Kinzer Wants To See If Humans Will Help The Tweenbots
Designer Kacie Kinzer asks the question, would total strangers help a little robot? I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with…
A Nigerian Dictator Scam on Craigslist?
Last week I posted an ad to Craigslist offering our yellow loveseat for sale for $200. A gentleman wrote to say that he was interested,…
The Simpsons Postage Stamps
¡Ay, caramba! On May 7th the US Postal Service will be releasing a series of postage stamps commemorating The Simpsons. As part of the pre-release…
Blogging At 37,000 Feet via Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi on Virgin America
I’m posting this via the Gogo inflight internet service on a Virgin America flight from SFO to LAX. I’m getting speeds of 1.3 Mbps down,…