Tonight: Leotards and Ironic Rave Music

The winner of the Gay Man Beauty Contest (40 or older only) gets a date with Myles (includes kiss).

Moratorium on Acceptable Socioculinary Protocol

Means carnitas burrito for breakfast!

The Kids Are United

Many machines on lx, in a post titled The Mission kids love Obama, notes:

The kids are anywhere from 8 to 14; enthusiasm is uniform.  Their schools did polls and he won with numbers like 451-30.  They wear Obama t-shirts, stickers on their cheeks.  They quiz every adult in sight to make sure they voted the right way.

I remember being really excited about Michael Dukakis when I was 7, but I have a feeling this is different.

Burning Bush

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Meanwhile, over in the Castro, Carlos Reyes saw the outgoing president burned in effigy. Lots more pictures here.

Celebration

Last night, the party was on Valencia Street. Elly took this nice photo, Elizabeth took a few more and wished she could commemorate the occasion the way Walt Whitman would’ve, and Johnny0 thought about Footloose.

Glory

David Rees and his comic strips were a big help in getting me through the last seven years. Now he’s a great blogger too, and he posted a moving one just now. Link.

Liveblogging the Returns

We like the coverage over at Plebiscite. Such as:

Tennessee puts glass shards and rat poison in its barbeque. Trust me, I grew up there. And I grew only 5 feet tall. Mostly due to BBQ defects. [Link]

And:

Chuck Dodd is a fucking moron. [Link]

Check it out.

Write-In Candidate?

Photo by evilsigntist.

Update: Meave changes the subject:

Related to elections, but unrelated to Slayer, do you know why are Carmen Chu and Michela Alioto-Pier almost always the only supes opposed to city propositions, when any of the supes are opposed to them? My boyfriend jokes that Carmen Chu ran on a NO campaign, but for real, is that her thing? I have only lived here for five elections, not all of the rules are clear yet.

Link.

Thank Fuck The Future's Here

So says M.I.A. in her Happy Election Day blog post, in which she also debuts this new video for S.U.S., her take on The Wire theme song (in collaboration with Baltimore’s own Blaqstarr). Be sure to stay tuned until the final seconds.

Previously:

SHEEEEEEEIT on Mike Monteiro’s blog.

Re-Elect Clay Davis T-Shirt (Also, The Wire vs. San Francisco) here on Mission Mission.

New Neighborhood Butcher

Jesse at Beer & Nosh just put up a profile of Alhambra Halal Meat Co., a new butcher shop on 24th Street. Jesse marvels at Alhambra’s spotlessness and fastidiousness, meets the staff, shoots an array of gorgeous photos, and leaves with a choice lamb neck. (Details on the braising of the neck are here.)