Mission Mission

Now if we’re talking about a brachiosaurus, that’s an entirely different matter!

And don’t forget that today is Official Kitten Sleep Appreciation Day!

Remember to support your local video store!  And this one too!

[Photo by the impeccable Greer]

And I love it too!  Perhaps it’s the location and delightful panaderia aroma wafting out every time I pass by on my way home from work, or maybe it’s the fact that there’s always a bunch of dudes watching soccer in there, but there’s something about this place that gets me.

What’s your favorite panaderia spot?

If it’s good enough for Timmy, I guess we better think about revising our so-so review.

[via Inside Scoop]

My sister (pictured) made a song out of a bunch of spam comments her blog Adventures in Audio got, and it rules:

Spam Poetry Song by Elisa’s Audio Adventures

Read about her process here.

(Now excuse me while I go do something similar with everything Cranky Old Mission Guy has ever said. It will be much longer.)

(Thanks, Rob T.!)

Discarded in a gutter as though it were… anything other than pizza. Tragic.

[Chappelle on SF streets in 2007 pic by sam.soneja]

Dave Chappelle was here in the Bay Area last week. He did two nights at Yoshi’s in Oakland. Did anyone get to see him? My mom did, and she was there until about 4:30 in the morning. Here’s her report:

All night long with Dave Chappelle @ Yoshi’s in Oakland.

I’m a big fan of both stand up comedy and late night/after hours, when our defenses slip away and delirium seeps in. The rules change, and things take on different meanings. Beginning in the earliest hours of Tuesday morning, Dave Chappelle performed an all night, 4 1/2 hour set of stand up routine, improv (once asking the audience for movies that’ve touched us in some meaningful way. He had funny, irreverent jokes for every movie mentioned, ending with a soundtrack for Precious, as if it were sung by a Country artist), piano playing (a little Moonlight Sonata), and a profound look at a keenly intelligent man at work. I laughed until I cried a few times.

There were way too many not funny hecklers to contend with, and sometimes I thought he spent too much time responding to them and engaging with them.

He said his biggest regret was not selling out to Comedy Central, and also said he’s not comfortable with people who say they tell the truth all the time. Dave smoked about 500 cigarettes, drank 2 cups of coffee, didn’t have a sip of water, and talked all night long!

He also has some big guns from working out and says he’s on steroids.

Thanks Dave, that was a great time!

Barbara Graber.

Watch the full video, shot and edited expertly by reader Allen P., here:

Our boy Rob at Thieves Tavern (the one on 14th Street) has a tempting offer:

I’m doing a deal with TCB courier. Anyone who orders food from them [today] gets a free shot.

Football rules! Check out TCB’s order forms here.

Fancy! Photos by Dolores Park Works.

Here it is high above the park, coming in for a landing: