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The Case Against Mount Rushmore
Trump is going to Mount Rushmore this week, so you know something terrible is going to happen. His visit will be accompanied by fighter jets and a fireworks display, even though fireworks have been banned there since 2010 over wildfire concerns. The governor of South Dakota has bizarrely said there

Is the Internet Worth it? Do The Good Parts Outweigh the Bad?
The story goes that when the Great Library of Alexandria burned down in 48 B.C., it had a copy of every book in the “known world.” Its destruction represented the annihilation of so much of the world’s knowledge that humanity lost things that are now gone forever. What’s remarkable is that each of us holds, in our pocket or bag, a device that connects us to infinitely more information than could have ever been held in a million Great Libraries.

Is San Francisco a Friendly City?
Has staring at technology and navigating sidewalks where there are often mentally ill people made us more anti-social?

I Might Be Waiting Tables Again Soon and I’m Nervous
On the last shift I worked in my restaurant, business had already slowed to a trickle with fewer and fewer customers feeling comfortable going out in public, but it was before anything had truly been shutdown. That night, my husband and three of our friends came in to have a

What It’s Like Running an SF Restaurant During COVID
Now that SF eateries are allowed have outdoor dinning again (albeit with very stringent social distancing rules) all staff having to wear face coverings at all times, all menus and amenities like salt and pepper shakers needing to be sanitized after each meal. It’s not an easy adjustment for the

San Francisco Allowing Bars, Museums & Saloons to Reopen Next Week w/ Restrictions
San Francisco is allowing bars, museums & saloons to reopen next week (June 29th) providing they follow new social distancing guidelines. In case you haven’t noticed, bars that serve food have already begun serving outdoors, like bizarro Zeitgeist for example: Starting Monday, as long as Gavin Newsom and the State

San Jose Karen Coughs on Baby for Not Social Distancing
If you want to stay alive while getting a frozen yogurt these days, do not upset Covid Karen, because she’ll pull down her mask, and cough on your baby, just to prove her point; namely that you are not ‘social distancing’ far enough from her. The suspect, who was standing

I Volunteered with the SF-Marin Food Bank and it was Fantastic!
I spent last Wednesday delivering food for the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. There are thousands of San Franciscans who can’t leave their homes due to COVID, so the food bank is now delivering tens of thousands of bags full of groceries to those in need.