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• Commented on Arrest Made In Stonestown Mall Baseball Bat Attack That Injured Two
  What is it about stopping for pedestrians that infuriates so many drivers? While I've never seen anything this bad, I've been honked at, flipped off and yelled at for stopping for pedestrians at intersections prominently marked with crosswalks and pedestrian...
• Commented on Is The Chronicle Turning On SFGate Commenters?
  Wait, there are still people who read the comments on SFGate? P.S.: You can tell this is my real name and my real face. If I were going to choose fakes, would I choose these?...
• Commented on Here's Your Chance To Ask Former Chron Editor (Among Other Things) Phil Bronstein Anything
  I don't remember whether they ever actually did it, but I remember the headline the wags in the newsroom at the (then Fang-owned) Examiner thought should have been written for the komodo dragon story: "Lizard bites snake."...
• Commented on SFPD: Suspect In Wild Downtown Chase, Arrest Is Only 15 (And The Dog Who Rode Alongside Her Is OK)
  According to what I heard on the scanner while they were chasing her, there allegedly was a dog in the car with her as she drove around the city. Again according to what I heard on the scanner, she allegedly...
• Commented on Coast Guard Rescues Man, Dog From Bay
  The dog and I were cruising along, everyone was having a good time, and Yada Yada Yada, we had to call the Coast Guard....
• Commented on SF To Citizens: Stop Dumping Your Stuff On The Sidewalks
  One factor I haven't seen addressed in the discussions about illegal dumping is that (and this is anecdotal) the minimum cost of a trip to the dump has roughly doubled. Just a few years ago you used to be able...
• Commented on Tens Of Thousands Of Jellyfish Wash Up On Ocean Beach
  Thanks, Eve! Mark did great work on that story....
• Commented on Old Clipper Ship's Remains Visible On Ocean Beach
  There wasn't much of the ship visible on Friday, but you could see it on the morning low tide as well (though if you want to go right up to it you may get your feet wet). Increasing surf probably...
• Commented on Video: Farewell, Ocean Beach Dead Whale
  Oops, missed this! Very busy, as I'm sure you understand. The smell was not too bad, in my opinion. Nowhere near as bad as some people seemed to think. A few people kept hands or sleeves over their faces, but...
• Commented on Video: Farewell, Ocean Beach Dead Whale
  Oops, missed this! Very busy, as I'm sure you understand. The smell was not too bad, in my opinion. Nowhere near as bad as some people seemed to think. A few people kept hands or sleeves over their faces, but...
• Commented on Video: Farewell, Ocean Beach Dead Whale
  Thanks for the Ocean Beach Bulletin shout-out, Eve. You're boss!...
• Commented on Chronicle Makes Case For Nabe Papers By Messing Up
  The article on SF Gate now has "avenue" instead of "street." But my first question on seeing the article was why the Chron suddenly decided to admit the existence of neighborhood newspapers now. Many of these pubs have been scooping...
• Commented on Ask the Appeal: Are There Lobsters in Golden Gate Park?
  Bruce!...
• Commented on Ask the Appeal: Are There Lobsters in Golden Gate Park?
  I think I missed the punch line....
• Commented on "Former Homosexual" Claims Witches Handle SF General Admissions, That He Was A Local "Club Celebrity": Have You Ever Heard Of Him?
  I'd be willing to bet that what he actually meant was "manwich."...
• Commented on Local Writer Will Pay You $15/Hr To Create A Wikipedia Entry To Support Her Story For The NYT
  What a crappy job....
• Commented on Hatless Chefs Not A Priority For SF Food Safety Officials
  Hair looks bad, but it's not really a big deal unless you only find it while chewing it. You know what's really disgusting? Food prep done by people wearing rubber gloves. I used to work in restaurants (nothing fancy), mostly...
• Commented on Polling Place Report: After-Work Uptick Reported, How's Yours?
  Voted in Outer Sunset/Parkside about 10:30 this morning. One other voter was there when I arrived, and one arrived shortly before I finished. Peeked in on a polling place in neighboring precinct at about 10:40 and saw no one but...
• Commented on Despite Planning Department Shenanigans, Sunset Pot Club Approved
  This is a long comment. Deal. My possible biases: I (and my wife and two kids) live a couple of blocks from the dispensary site. I know some people who have shopped for quack doctors to acquire a medical-marijuana card,...
• Commented on Today's Release Of Muni Audit Launches A Thousand (Well, Actually, 3) Press Conferences
  The Roxanne Wars! Effing brilliant, EB -- unlike the idea popular in some circles that refusing to let Muni cut any part of its overextended job description will somehow magically make everything run better....
• Commented on Attention Local Writers: Is A Start Up Using Your Good Name To Get Contributors?
  There we go. I think Matt will survive, but the first thing I thought of was how many writers' egos are going to be bruised by *not* being on the poaching list!...
• Commented on High Surf Advisory Monday Means Rip Currents, Even More Erosion
  Thanks for the link, guys!...
• Commented on Pedestrian Killed By Car On Sloat Blvd. Identified
  This intersection is a major corridor for students between the 23-Monterey and Lowell High School. As at nearly all the intersections on Sloat, it's nearly unheard of for cars to actually stop or even slow down for pedestrians. Recently installed...
• Commented on Crime Blotter, Thursday Jan. 7: Two Muni Muggings, Pedestrian Struck By Car
  The intersection in the pedestrian-vs-car item almost certainly is Sloat Blvd and Forest View Drive (not "Forest Side"). I was there shortly after 8 a.m. this morning, and there was a lot of debris from burned road flares in the...
• Commented on What's Bothering Michael Petrelis Now: White People!
  Matt, this is speculation, but if you're looking for couples of color in SF, it may be that the available pool of potential people is quite small because of various social, economic and other demographic factors. In other words, you...
• Commented on What's SFPD Supposed to be Doing on Muni?
  This was a few years back, but I used to see uniformed officers on the L-Taraval. They usually got off at West Portal if they were already aboard when I boarded, or boarded there. Used to see a K-9 team...