Best new favorite album: Goldfrapp, Black Cherry Best new favorite band: Gnarls Barkley Best new favorite album by an old favorite band: Cornelius, Sensuous Best website: Netvibes Runners up: Tumblr, Facebook, Pandora Most overrated website: Second Life Best print magazine: Washington Monthly Best online magazine: Slate Best bay area hike with dogs: Phoenix Lake Trail, Mt. Tamalpais Watershed, Marin County, CA Worst natural disaster: SoCal Wildfires Best short-film compilation DVD series: Wolphin Best new favorite nonprofit organization: The Long Now Foundation Best new hobby: Skiing Best board game: Polarity Best major life change: getting engaged Best photo:
I stopped by UCSF Medical Center last Friday for some tests (nothing serious) and decided to poke around the bookstore on my way back to the parking garage. Right inside the door was an entire barrel full of these. Apparently this is the kind of thing medical students are collecting nowadays instead of Beanie Babies. That's ebola there up above, the notorious and super-deadly virus capable of turning your guts into a delicious banana-berry slurry...or at least something that looks kind of like that. My favorites are the STDs -- who knew syphilis was so cute? -- and I love the little bloodshot eyes on rabies. Also awesome: chickenpox, bedbugs and flesh-eating bacteria.
On October 14, my dog Ozzie and myself will be participating in San Francisco's annual Doggone Fun Run, a 5k run/walk to raise money for the SFSPCA, where Ozzie takes agility classes, and PAWS, a group that helps people with terminal diseases like HIV/AIDS stay together with their pets. If you feel like sponsoring our run by shooting us some cash, just click on this link to visit our donation page and make a pledge.
I've been slumping around the computer for weeks waiting for something that would spark an inspiration to put up a worthwhile blog entry. I'm still looking. However, in the area of non-worthwhile blogging about stupid bullshit, I'm happy to say that inspiration has finally struck. I direct your eager eyes to this website, dug up via Peter Hartlaub's blog at SFGate.com, which provides an in-depth investigation of In-N-Out Burger's mythical super-Secret Menu. Reviews of the verified menu items are featured, with pictures and everything. Two words, folks: Animal Fries.
Also, be sure to read this related article on the quest to consume the Moby Dick of grilled meat sandwiches, the 20 x 20 burger. Here's a photo, because words alone cannot describe the sheer presence of this goddamn thing:
Yes, that's 20 meat patties, 20 slices of cheese. And at least five years off that guy's life.
(Yes, that's a real mascot.)
Hope everybody had a great year.
