For those of you that are still obsessed with old video games and still own a Play-Doh extractor, you now have a chance to bake some cookies for your imaginary girlfriend. Roll up those sleeves, you man-child, and make some Tetris cookies. Take a look at this slideshow presentation and get cooking.—James Y Lee
Looks like yours truly is a negligent hypocrite, according to local Asian Mag.
By Joe Eskenazi
Look, I thought this was pretty simple. In February of last year, AsianWeek published a column explaining why we should hate black people. And in December, they published an eye-catching cover titled “Black-Asian Love.”
Would you call that a “changeup”? I did.
But I guess it’s not so simple. Under the header “Pots Calling the Kettle Black” AW’s former Editor-in-Chief (and current "Senior Editorial Consultant") Samson Wong accuses SF Weekly and your humble narrator ...
An interesting case of my-neighbor-is-an incorrigible-stoner has popped up over at Curbed SF:
" ... the apartment next door is a total hash den, and I can barely stand it anymore. It's 4:20 every hour, and the smoke just seeps through walls, I swear."
The call for advice has elicited the predictably polarized reactions among commenters, ranging from "call the FEDS" to "either suck it up and deal with it, or move." It is important to note that the apartment dweller in question lives on Stanyan Street in the Haight, a notoriously stoney SF hood, and likewise -- let's face facts here folks -- should have known. As another commenter puts it: "Just walk down Stanyan and you'll get a contact high."
Call me naive, but I don't think the feds are going to come knocking down doors because someone doesn't like to smell of doobies. And forget police intervention, because -- don't forget -- marijuana offenses are the SFPD's "lowest priority." (via Curbed SF)
-- Brian Bernbaum
Learning to drive manual is a piece of cake if you live in a Midwestern city or a town that’s flatter than an Olympic gymnast. However, those that wish to learn to drive stick shift in this God forsaken place filled with rolling steep hills and countless stop signs, it ain’t easy. I’ve rode shotgun and taught several people in the city successfully, but I don’t think it was because of my sage advice but more likely because of my threatening rolled-up newspaper and verbal abuse. Anyways, here are a few steps that should help you get on your way to learning to drive stick. —James Y Lee
Is this the smile of a woman who thinks you're going to vote against her?
by Benjamin Wachs
I know, I know, it was fun and affirming to be caught up in post-Iowa Obamamania. There was even substance to it: he genuinely mobilized young people in a way few political candidates – or rock stars – do. He’s appealing to something noble in our nature, and if we decide not to be complete cynics about it then it will doubtless have a good effect on American politics. He is the first promise we’ve seen, in the living flesh, of an America no longer painfully obsessed with race.
He is, in short, a serious contender.
But Hillary has immense resources and a serious political machine of Democratic insiders – practically the whole Democratic machine owes its jobs to Bill Clinton – backing her candidacy. Did you think she wasn’t going to win some big ones?
