Mission Mission

Our pal Lily lays it bare in a caption to the above pic:

Maybe the reason I didn’t like that movie Inception is cuz San Francisco just looks like all the “cool” effects already. Or maybe it was cuz that movie is stupid and boring. [link]

Or a little bit of both?

Just got a very important message from our pal Al:

Alex: I shampooed with Rolling Rock
Sent at 1:26 PM on Tuesday
me: on purp?
Alex: duh
me: why
Alex: cause I’m supposed to be givin up beer
for like 10 days
part of this thing I’m doing with my aunt
at any rate
I was drunk last night
and bought a six pack
and if it’s around
I’ll break down
and drink it
so I used it to shampoo
me: is that a thing?
Alex: http://www.refinery29.com/beer-hair-rinse
take one in the shower with you
drink half
pour the rest on head

Lookin’ good, Al! Thanks for the tip!

Perhaps this is the entrance to some super-secret Mission book club!

Our pal Brittney just found out:

I was taking an 11:15-ish outbound 27-Bryant home from work, and we’d only gone one stop when at 5th and Mission a blonde blur of a man snatched my iPhone right out of my hand then ran right out the back doors of the bus.

The most I could muster was to stand to my feet and yell, “HEY.” He took me completely by surprise. I had my headphones on and with a single jerk he detached the phone cleanly from the headphone jack and forcibly removed it from my hand. A couple of goths, a couple, ran out after him, while I stood there stunned.

They screamed at him. There was yelling. I didn’t make any of it out. I just stood there.

Read on.

Ash Reiter has been one of my favorite local bands since hella years ago, and now they’re about to release a big awesome new full-length called “Hola,” but it’s a little dependent on funding.

They’ve got a Kickstarter page set up where you can pledge money toward the release and be guaranteed a copy of the record in return. For a small pledge you get a digital version, for a slightly less small pledge you get a CD, and for a lil more you get the vinyl. Or there’s t-shirts, or you can get them to record a cover of your choice just for you, OR they’ll write and record an original song just for you, OR they’ll go skydiving or ballooning with you. Check it out!

Here’s a jam from the band’s most recent EP:

Aaaaaaaand, that’s a 12-pack on the rear rack. Critical Mass rules. (And it’s got its big 20th anniversary celebration coming up!)

Let’s rock:

[via The Fog Bender]

Allison Arieff in a New York Times blog post looks at why maybe Facebook should’ve moved to downtown San Jose or something instead of just expanding their big isolated suburban campus:

There may be a place to get a latte there but there is no Third Place, those accessible anchors of community life like bars, farmer’s markets or barber shops that help foster civic engagement and interaction with both regulars and new faces. Yes, it’s stating the obvious, but Facebook workers interact with other Facebook workers. There’s next to nil outside influence to be found on a corporate campus. Indeed, many tech employees (Facebook’s and others) have observed that many of their most meaningful encounters occur not at work but while waiting on city streets for the now-ubiquitous corporate shuttles from San Francisco that take them south to Silicon Valley.

(Emphasis ours.) Yep, cities are the bomb! You’re welcome, Facebook!

Read on.

You see it every day, but it never ceases to amaze. (Unless you’re dead inside or something I guess.)

[via Finch Linden]

Cool Try kills it again, what more can I say?

Also available in tie-dye and as a crewneck sweatshirt:

Is he about to do what I think he’s about to do?? See for yourself:

http://youtu.be/TyTsD1LhRZE

[via Danny MacAskill]