Advice
Why You Should NOT Buy an iPhone 8
There is a new iPhone going on sale today, for no better reason than it is September and Apple puts out a new iPhone every September. But people, you should not buy the new iPhone 8 just because there is a new iPhone 8. Oh, I’m sure you’ll just die
How Charlottesville and Gamergate are Completely Related
Guest Post by Xennial-in-Chief Breathe. This is for your own good. James Damore said, “I do not support the alt-right.” He said this in response to the revelation that alt-right groups supported him after his firing from Google for writing and posting a 10-page memo on the company’s discussion board. In
This Organic, Natural, Hypoallergenic Screaming Pillow is Perfect 2017
Are you stressed out about the Trump Administration’s attack on women’s reproductive rights? Do you get headaches thinking about what he’s doing to our immigrant communities? Are you having issues stomaching his Climate Change denial? Well luckily for you there is now the Softy Screamer! When your regular pillows are
1967 was the Summer of Love. Is 2017 the Summer of Hate?
Guest post by Kennedy Dillinger A lot can happen in 50 years. Babies are born. Generations die. People get married, then divorced. Empires fall and revolutions rise — and in the thick fog of San Francisco 50 years feels like 50 million as the flower children of yesterday celebrate the
The Best Cheap-Ass Wines & Where to Find ’em
By Rachel Fogletto Don’t you hate it when you’re making a wine run and you’re faced with the dreaded pop-quiz question from your well-meaning wine sales clerk, “Are you looking for anything in particular?” First of all, no one in the liquor store scanning the price-tags is looking for anything
A Guy at Burning Man Jumped into the Man While it is Burning
This randomly came across my FB feed this morning so I figured I’d share it with you all. An attendee of Burning Man decided to jump into the Burning of the Man yesterday in the Black Rock Desert. He was airlifted to a burn unit but is feared dead. According
Has Burning Man Become Silicon Valley?
This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column in the SF Examiner By now the dust is doing anything but settling in Black Rock City. Minds and other flammable things are exploding while a sense of all out revelry, exploration and wonder descends on some 70,000-plus people. In a way,