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No more Mother’s Cookies
Blargh. I loves me some Circus Animals now and then. SFGate: Mother’s Cookies abruptly shut downGeorge Raine, Chronicle Staff Writer(10-08) 17:21 PDT �" Mother’s Cookies, an Oakland institution for 92 years, has been shuttered, its owner seeking bankruptcy protection for the company.The... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

BUH
I have an irrational fear of lightning already, which stories like this DO NOT HELP: Seattle Times: NY man survives lightning strike at gas stationBARKER, N.Y. �" Authorities say a man filling up his truck at an upstate New York gas station was struck by lightning but survived with barely a... Read more...
Published a week ago

On Vox: QotD: Broken Bones
I’ve only broken one bone in my life, my left pinky during a game of fly’s-up in grade school. 4th or 5th grade, I think, but I don’t remember exactly when. I had a hell of a time convincing anyone it was actually broken�"it was only a hairline fracture and didn’t really hurt, it was... Read more...
Published a week ago

Triple Door celebrates 5th anniversary
One of my all-time favorite concert venues, I had no idea it was just 5 years old. Seattle Times article quote after the jump.Seattle Times: The Triple Door, Seattle’s swanky supper club, celebrates its 5th anniversaryBy Jonathan ZwickelSpecial to The Seattle TimesThe Bay Area has Yoshi’s.... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Seven years already?
On this date in 2001, I made my first DVD rental from Netflix. Picked three movies, received all three two days later. In alphabetical order: Antz. I can’t remember exactly why I rented this. Only thing I can figure is it was a fairly new DVD release at the time, and probably I wanted to be... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Appropriate image for a bank takeover
Appropriate image for a bank takeoverFlickr: Don NunnKids playing peek-a-boo, just what you want to instill confidence when your bank fails :-D Here’s JPMorgan Chase’s Welcome WaMu FAQ, to show they really aren’t playing games. Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

LeSignOfTheApocalypseSac
LeSignOfTheApocalypseSacFlickr: Don NunnOr: LeWhatTheHellIsThisSac? Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

“Are you embarrassed now?”
“Are you embarrassed now?”Flickr: Don NunnJulie Anne had a bit of a... beer “incident”, we’ll say. And our server John-Paul totally hooked her up! Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

So I was standing at the urinal just now
And I was thinking, hey dude in the stall by the sinks, you should turn your phone to its “silent” mode if you’re going to press a lot of buttons while you’re doing your natural business in there, because it sounds like you’re emitting an oddly staccato but low-pitched grunt otherwise.... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Overheard in New York | Not to Mention Spidey-Sense
This one hurts my brain. Woman #1: So, how are you holding up?Woman #2: You know, doing the best I can, using the five senses.Woman #1: There’s six senses.Woman #2: No there’s five: walking, talking, breathing, reading and writing.Woman #1: What about seeing?Woman #2: Well yeah, there’s... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago