Mission Mission

Upscale meat vendor 4505 Meats has a turducken that you can order for $380. Maybe you have disposable income for novelty foods? Or you really like meat but are always frustrated by the pitiful amount of animals you can get in one dish. I really don’t know if this makes me hungry, angry or just dismayed. I guess it’s all three.

It’s time to order turkeys and Turduckens! https://t.co/y8ZDmQ9frT pic.twitter.com/KRKG5ixrGv

— 4505 Meats (@4505_Meats) October 11, 2013

Guys. I was reading the excerpt from Nick Bilton’s forthcoming book about how Twitter was started in The New York Times and I realized something. I might have invented Twitter. I mean, I know I didn’t, but look at these pages that I blogged about a few years ago, it’s almost eerie. I explained my process in my previous post:

A long time ago in this very land (sometime in 2003) I sat alone in my living room, looking out the window onto Guerrero Street and wondered how I could connect with the people of the neighborhood, hear their thoughts, start a dialogue, without having to actually leave my house and face people in real life. Yes, it sounds sad and lonely. Whatever. The point is, I didn’t know about hyperlocal blogs or anything, so I made do with what I had. Which, apparently, wasn’t much. I figured I’d have to do some fishing.

One morning I tied a piece of paper onto a length of fishing line, attached a pen at the end and lowered them both out the window. I left my house for the day and when I came home that night I reeled the paper in (pen gone).

GOOD MORNING. (if evening, please reverse)

GOOD EVENING (if morning please reverse)

I mean, the bland prompt, time stamp, emoticons, timeline, it’s kinda weird. Before you jump all over me and explain why I didn’t invent Twitter or even Facebook, I know. But, maybe it demonstrates why something like that was ready to take off, that we were all ready to begin communicating in this specific manner. I guess I won’t sue. It’s not my style. And all I did was hang a piece of paper out the window. I guess I could have tried a little harder.

The Mission had a great Oh Sees show, sure, but c’mon, we need to be doing a LOT better than the lil Lower Haight, right?

[via Devon Chulick]

Opening act The Blind Shake are TOTALLY FUCKING MIND-BLOWING. Check them out one way or another.

And how about this ‘gram by Annie Southworth?!??!

[via Annie Southworth]

Imagine my surprise to see a dude dressed as a bear trying (and failing) to get into the Bernal Heights La Lengua Dispensary.

I love the look on the last frame.

One of those days where you get to play “Is it Halloween or just San Francisco?”

Sadly I missed two epic moments — one of him as the door was opened, with his arms spread wide, and another with his head slung low after the door was closed.

A still shot for posterity. God speed, pot bear.

"@chadsalty: Just ate a burger at @rheascafe and now i'm d e a d." officially killin' it at the cafe.

— Say Ray's (@RheasDeli) October 10, 2013

[via Everyday Photos]

It’s a good place to just play some ping pong with your friends. Also, El Rio’s 35th Birthday Party is coming up later this month btw. Can’t get enough El Rio!

[via Ping Pong Nite on Facebook]

Banksy is spending this month in New York, doing something new every day. This video is the best so far I think.

[via Sam Biddle]

[via shimshang]

Now let’s rock out:

(The Sonics are playing their first Bay Area shows ever as part of the Total Trash Halloween Bash in a couple weeks btw. The Sonics. The Sonics.)