No that’s not my latest Twitter tweet (that would mean that I know how to use Twitter)-seen these posters in the bathrooms of bars around town. Haven’t tried it yet, but sounds like a good idea.
# T-A-X-I
March 19th, 2010The Torta Cubana
March 17th, 2010Don’t drive like a dumbass
March 16th, 2010Perhaps it’s not clear from the pic, but the dude in the gold Camry has decided that getting on the 101 was a bad idea and further decided to throw it in reverse…despite the oncoming traffic. This went on long enough for me to pull out my phone and snap a pic (and then some).
Please people, when you make a mistake, own it. Save face and don’t let everyone know you f’d up. This dude should have gotten on the damn highway and gotten off at the next exit. 10 minutes of your time vs. how much dignity lost?
Beware “YMCA” scammers
March 5th, 2010Was just at the Trader Joe’s on 9th/Bryant and there’s some dude there asking for donations for his YMCA basketball team so that they can go to some tournament. He’s got a clipboard with some badly photocopied paperwork and a less than official looking nametag around his neck. He gives some story about the state cutting funding and they can’t go to the tournament.
I had some kid give me the same pitch a few years ago and I gave him like five or ten bucks. This time around, things seemed a bit suspicious. Between the not so official paperwork, a reminiscent sales pitch, and the fact that this guy was not a kid, but well into his 20s–well I called the Berkeley YMCA that he said he was affiliated with. They confirmed that this is a scam and said I should call the po-po (yeah, I watch The Wire).
So…if you see someone asking for money for their YMCA bball team, just know it’s a scam. Call ’em out, call the cops, do what you feel is right.
Prime real estate
February 8th, 2010Corduroy mummy bike
February 6th, 2010If you sprinkle while you tinkle…
January 30th, 2010Madlib at Mighty
January 29th, 2010Why is Safeway still in business?
December 10th, 2009Check out this line at Safeway–it’s just 8:20pm on a Thursday evening. Only three lines with about 10 customers in each. If there’s a manager working here, why haven’t they been fired yet? This is why I try avoiding this time suck.