Hmm... where'd these come from?

Someone left all of this trash outside of my building today...



Into the recycling bag, my pretties!

Best newspaper article of 2007

Today's San Francisco Chronicle features an article--titled 'Enough is enough,' S.F. says of homeless--that basically says that San Franciscans are FINALLY sick of vagrants peeing, pooping, doing drugs, exposing their genitals, aggressively panhandling, and other no-nos on the streets of our fine city. It's one of the best things I've read all year, and includes a gem of a sound bite:

"Maybe there has been an epiphany," says David Latterman, president of Fall Line Analytics, a local market research firm. "People have realized they can hate George Bush but still not want people crapping in their doorway."

I am not in the least bit religious but A-M-E-N. If my tax dollars go to programs that feed and clothe the teeming masses of bums that crowd SF's streets, then I'd much rather that food be nutritious jail/prison rations and the clothes be of the jumpsuit variety popular in correctional institutions. It seems like a win-win for everyone.

Another day, another shooting in SF

There was another murder in San Francisco last night, this one just five blocks from Discipulus Legis's school (and about a mile from our apartment). This news on the heels of another story about how SF murder totals for 2007 have already surpassed the number of murders in 2006.

This is the first city I've ever lived in where I've felt afraid to be outside after dark.