Broke-Ass of the Week – Brock Keeling, Editor of SFist
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit'probably not.
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Brock and his friend Kate demonstrating my favorite new fetish: neck-humping.
As editor of SFist Brock Keeling has a lot of people reading his words everyday; luckily he’s pretty good at typing them out. His witty and sarcastic tone make SFist incredibly readable and the sheer volume with which he publishes is astounding. If I published as much as he did, my posts would devolve into a series of grunts, curses and blather…I’m half way there as it is.
Covering the strange, demented, and pleasant spectacle that is San Francisco, SFist is pretty much the most popular blog in this fair city. As part of the Gothamist family, it relays all the details of city life from local politics to arts & culture, while doing it in ways newspapers still fail to do: through humor and tongue-in-cheek informality. But despite the popularity of SFist, Brock is still the editor of a website, meaning he certainly qualifies as a Broke-Ass. Let’s see what kind of insights he can give us into his personal brand of brokeitude.
Name: Brock Keeling
Age: 35
Occupation: Editor / writer
What neighborhood do you live in?: The crime-heavy, newly rechristened LoRi neighborhood (Lower Outer Rincon Hill), right under the overpass.
Best money saving tip: Cut up your credit cards and ATM/debit cards.
What do you refuse to spend money on?: My savings accounts
Most expensive thing you’ve ever bought: Computer, coat
How’d that feel?: (Computer) painfully necessary; (coat) like I was touched by the hand of God.
Favorite cheap eat: Banh Mi sandwiches. No, just kidding. Probably those chicken and cheese fried roll thingys at 7-11.
Favorite dive bar: Bender’s (Is that a dive bar? I think it is. The bathrooms are janky, so I would assume so.)
Best deal you’ve ever gotten: Any happy hour that lasts until 10 p.m.
Favorite free thing to do: Walk around downtown area on weekends
If you woke up a millionaire, what’s the first thing you’d buy?: A suite at the Four Seasons where I would stay until my compound was complete.
Despite not having money, do you still love your life?: I like it.
Do you own my book?: Alas, I watch TV.
Best hangover cure: Water, sleep, Campbell’s Tomato Juice
Are you a hipster?: I am over 30, so that would be impossible.
