Things I Miss about San Francisco: Chapter Two

Things I Miss about San Francisco: Chapter Two -- The Folsom Street Fair

Ever feel like you don't quite fit in? That maybe you aren't quite "normal"?

Ever think you might be a little strange, maybe even weird?

Well, once a year the leather / fetish community comes together on San Francisco's Folsom Street to show you just how palinly, blandly normal you really are.



Yes. People do walk around naked during the Folsom Street Fair.

Yes. Slaves are punished in public during the Folsom Street Fair.






















Yes. Most of the people who choose to be nude and/or engage in S&M in public are people who should never, never, never be nude. Anywhere.

Yes. Some people get off on dressing like horses. More people than you'd think.

For the NSFW Slideshow, click here:
http://www.folsomstreetevents.org/photos/folsom-2008/index.php?slide=13
But fair warning, some people may find these pictures disturbing.

Townes Van Zandt Cover of the Day

Steve Earle Covering "To Live is to Fly"

"Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." - Steve Earle



And the original by the inimitable Townes Van Zandt:

Carrie Prejean Update

Is Carrie Prejean's body still the Temple of The Lord?

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I would say the jury's still out on that one.

But if so, God's gonna have to fire His architect

(fair warning. Clicking on the above pictures leads to NSFW versions)

(credit where credit is due: I stole these pictures from The Superficial)

Jokes For the Woefully Unimaginative

A vampire walks into a bar.
The bartender thinks to himself, "wait a minute, there's no such things as vampires!"
Then he realizes that it's just some guy in a vampire costume.




Knock, Knock!
Who's there?
Mike.
Mike Who?
Mike Johnson, from across the street.
Oh, hey, come on in, Mike!




A lady opens her refrigerator and is surprised to see a chicken sitting inside.
"What are you doing in my refrigerator?" asks the lady.
The chicken says nothing.
The lady cooks it and eats it.




A Priest and a Rabbi walk into a bar.
They each order a beer.
The bartender asks "who's paying?"
"This one's on me," says the priest.
And then the rabbi says "I'll get the next round!"





Q: If there are three women in a room, a blonde, a brunette and a redhead, how can you tell which is the blonde?

A: By her hair color.




A grasshopper walks into a bar and orders a beer.
The bartender says "a beer? I figured you'd order the drink that's named after you!"
"No," says the grasshopper, "I prefer the taste of beer."





A man comes home from work to find his wife in bed with his best friend.
"Dammit, Linda!" he says, "I'm filing for a divorce!"


Thank you! I'll be here all week!

A Suggestion for MLK Day

How about, from now on, we celebrate Dr. King's day by declaring that it will be a day with no hateful, angry e-mail forwards. Just for one day, let's have no e-mails from family memebers that make us embarrassed to be related to them.

Starting next year, a day or two before MLK Day, e-mail everyone on your list and ask them for just one day, to refrain from sending e-mails full of hatred and anger. No hating on Obama. No hating on immigrants. No hating on the gay people. No calling anyone a Nazi, a Commie, a fascist, etc. Let's see if we can't have just one hate-free day. It doesn't seem like too much to ask.

While we're at it, how about no more columns about what Dr. King would have supported or opposed. Oddly, it seems that Dr. King would have supported whatever it is that the columnist supports and oppose whatever the columnist is against. It's ghoulish, it's spurious, and it's just wrong. Just stop it.