Quote of the Day

"I think my tongue just took a shit." - John Stewart (after tasting baconnaise on a pancake wrapped sausage on a stick)

Breakin the Bad News

HJO's finest acting moment (Watch the entire clip).

You can't teach this kind of timing:

D.I.Y. Selecta

For all you Trustafarians out there...

Create your own Dub Reggae sounds: http://www.infinitewheel.com/dubselector9.html

Thanks to my man Chris Hall for putting me on.

Your Ad Here

Would you choose the flight or the money?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/business/media/18adco.html?_r=1&hp

Rags to Riches

My company recently moved from the edge of the Tenderloin to the edge of the Financial District/North Beach/Chinatown. If you know SF, you know that this is a major step up (DC:Southeast to Capitol Hill, RVA:Gilpin Court to The Fan).

Here's an article about my company's former stomping grounds (One Hallidie Plaza):

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/24/BAQUSAAUD.DTL&hw=Hallidie+Plaza&sn=010&sc=171

We keep it gully across from the TransAmerica Pyramid now.

LA I love you, but you're bringing me down

I'm gonna dead this for everybody right now.

Haters need to get off Becks' back.

Wouldn't you leave L.A. for AC Milan too? It's a no-brainer.

All of these hateful American journalists/bloggers (bastards) need to eat a dick and get over it. The quality of the MLS doesn't even compare with European Club football.

It's done. Leave it. Get used to seeing Becks' in that Milan kit.

East Bound & Down is Coming!

I LOVE YOU BARACK

Peep the blonde lady in the white coat to the left:

The Employment Line

Bjork on Iceland

I'm on a Boat!

Skanks

In The Know: Are Reality Shows Setting Unrealistic Standards For Skanks?

LMAO

"Gangstas don't ask questions."

Hilarious:

"No Hipster Scum"

American Apparel took one on the chin yesterday in their bid to become the retail hipster clothing equivalent of Starbucks. AA's quest for even more real estate in SF was denied as angry Mission district residents expressed discontent with a proposal to put bright-colored cotton outfits on Valencia St.

Mission district residents opposed to AA's encroachment cited that AA's presence would incite a bumrush of retail chains in the Mission, thus killing the character of the Mission and forcing an increase in rent rates. Apparently the ever increasingly gentrified Mission is wagging their finger at chains usurping the empty lots on Valencia.

This is a bit ironic to me. It's also a bit hypocritical since the Mission is becoming "whiter" and "hipper" (2 characteristics I find synonymous with AA) as I type. Traditionally a Latino haven, cheap rents and ghetto fabulousness have beckoned scensters from all corners of the globe to divirge on the Mission.

(I'm wearing a very comfortable henley from AA right now so I too could come off as a hypocrite. I admit this.)

AA wanting more retail space in the Bay Area is baffling since they just opened a store near Chinatown, already have a location in Haight-Ashbury and have two burgeoning store fronts on Berkeley's campus. The kids on Valencia are already wearing AA. This is like trying to put a Walmart next to a Costco.

I do appreciate the effort from Missionites to keep the Mission chain store-free. It's as if they're saying "Keep San Francisco weird". That's a positive. Add the fact that AA has a sleazy rep (peep their pseudo-porn ads)and it's easy to see why they're opposed.



The news: http://missionlocal.org/2009/02/mission-residents-1-american-apparel-0/

It's Official (Like a referee with a whistle)

Signs of aging:

Everytime I look in the mirror I find a new grey hair (bad lighting?).

As of 15 minutes ago I own a box full of business cards with my name and info on them (Jamaal = Manager).

3pm=Naptime. 11:30=bedtime.

I'm no longer capable of sleeping past 9 on Weekends.

2008 Recap

RVA's own Skillz gives a great recap of the year that was:

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Audio-Skillz-2008-Rap-Up-.html