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The Fog Bender, one of the greatest San Francisco artists of all time, has started doing tattoos. Hit him up.

Now please enjoy this list of posts we’ve done over the years highlighting epic Fog Bender originals…

[Photo by Ryan, via It's Always Sunny in San Francisco]

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Now please enjoy this list of previous posts about puppies…

Eh there, guys.

It’s at the newly refurbished Swedish American Hall on Friday, December 11th, and it sounds like it’s gonna be pretty special. Here’s the message Christopher posted on Facebook earlier:

I’ve been writing songs for 8 years now in San Francisco, join me in a special show, about those songs & those years

Songs like Lust for Life and I Will Always Love You and years such as 2009 and 2011! Sounds good!

Get tickets here.

Mission Local reports:

The Roosevelt Tamale Parlor on 24th Street near York posted a sign outside its door that said it would be shutting down by the end of this coming Sunday, December 6.

The owners cited “personal health issues” and the “shrinking restaurant labor pool” for the closure, saying the low supply of workers has “fueled unsustainable wage expectations,” a problem Mission Local has written about before for storefronts on Valencia Street.

“We are losing a large part of our kitchen staff, and replacing them is too expensive,” said Aaron Presbrey, one of the restaurant’s owners. “We can’t sustain the place with the current wage expectations.”

Read on for more story, plus the full text of the restaurant’s original announcement.

Now, also note that they’re planning to start marketing their salsa and gravy as retail items, so maybe follow them on Facebook if you want to keep abreast of those developments.

[Photo by Shannon]

[Photo by Ashely, via It's Always Sunny in San Francisco]

Best SF blogger of all time Brock Keeling the other day posted this thoughtful seasonal greeting on Facebook:

In between your unfollow-worthy posts about Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders, “Merry Christmas” vs. “Happy Holidays,” imported vs. locally-sourced terrorism, and other Daily Show- vs. FOX News-inspired dreck you insist on shouting to followers who think and feel exactly the same way you do — far be it from me that I should tell anyone to stop screaming into a bag of birdseed! — cushion your self-righteous updates with one like my own:

Socks remain one of the most requested clothing items at homeless shelters, but rarely the most donated. Freezing temps, blisters, and infections are common conditions that can lead to more serious health issues for our homeless population. Go ahead and donate a bag or five of socks to your nearest shelter. (Black non-dress socks, imo, are ideal because they last longer and are better suited for inevitable job interviews.) But best of all, not only will you feel better inside your own crazy head, you’ll get to make pious, grandstanding posts like this one. Fabulous.

St. Anthony Foundation is a good place to start (details: https://goo.gl/O1OBZN). Check your local shelters for drop-off info.

Get to work!

Note: the title of this post also refers to a post we did in 2009 involving another all-time blogging great, Tony Pierce, and the prospect of a Valencia Street American Apparel shop.

[Photo by Karma, via It's Always Sunny in San Francisco]

Now please enjoy this old post involving the old California Academy of Sciences and a boomerang.

Did you know there was a rad organization in San Francisco dedicated to tracking down war criminals and bringing them to justice? You didn’t??? Well, here’s your chance to get involved and help them out, all while drinking wine and listening to some jazzy melodies from our own Vic Wong!

Quick aside before we get into it — the human rights world is heavy, and most of us on the YPCHR side juggle it with day jobs, side projects, and whatever low-stakes hobby keeps the brain from melting. For me lately that’s been a slow-burn fascination with how international online communities actually work; a friend of mine moved to Prague last year and got me down a rabbit hole reading Czech-language reviews of everything from coffee roasters to a nejlepší online casino ranking site he kept linking me, just because the writing style over there is so much drier and funnier than ours. Anyway — totally unrelated to war crimes tribunals, I promise — but it’s the kind of small, dumb decompression that makes showing up for the serious stuff sustainable. Speaking of which:

CJA is an international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other severe human rights abuses around the world through litigation, policy advocacy and outreach in pursuit of truth, justice and redress for victims and survivors. 

In addition to our quarterly free speaker series events, the YPCHR puts on an annual fundraiser for our peers.  This year our event is called A Toast to Justice and will be held on December 3 at SomArts (934 Brannan St.).  Guests will enjoy wine tasting from several local and international wineries and live music from jazz guitarist Vic Wong, plus remarks from renowned artist Richard Kamler.  The exhibition in the gallery is a group show called A Place of Her Own featuring all female artists.

Tickets available here!