Monthly Archives: September 2007

An actual conversation I overheard while walking up 18th Ave. in San Francisco the other day:

Woman: “I want to go to the Mission District.”
Man: “Fine, if you want to get shot. I don’t want to get shot.”
Woman: “You’re being stupid.”
Man: “Maybe, but — at the end of the day — I’ll be the one who didn’t get shot.”

An actual conversation I had with a dog while sitting in the park a few minutes ago:

Dog: (approaches)
Me: (making no move to pet it) “Hi.”
Dog: (standing)
Me: “How are you?”
Dog: (pees on the tree I’m leaning against)
Me: (trying not to get splashed) “Oh.”
Dog: (runs away)
Me: (waving) “Thank you.”
(P.S. Remind me to tell you about all the other times dogs have almost peed on me. The count is probably up to about 30 […]

Jory John, Passive-Agressive Weatherman:

“Seriously, it’s fine if you don’t want to take your coat. It’s going to be cold, but obviously cold doesn’t affect you. Go for it, champ. No coat for you. That’s totally great. Wait, what are you still doing here? I’m being totally serious: You don’t need a coat. You’re obviously above the elements and […]

BART Journal: The Joy of Sports (with a new update added below)

So I decided to go to the East Bay yesterday to write with Avery and didn’t realize that there was some sort of big Cal football event going on in Berkeley, or maybe it wasn’t football, but it was a sport and you get the idea. The idea is that people go to these things, […]