Crony
4.4.2k8
Ya might remember a Venue Announcement from about a month ago. It was the story of a magic Peet's™ coffee cup.
A few days after posting this sucker, I went to Peet's™ to replenish my coffee supply. I bought four pounds of whole beans (this 4lb. order got me some strange looks from the staff, believe it or not. I said, "what's with the strange looks?" They said that's an awful lot of beans. I thought fast and said, "I'm going camping." They said, "wow! How long? A couple weeks?" I said, "no. Overnight," and got a whole lot more strange looks. I said camping makes me thirsty and left the store.)
Getting home, I noticed that one of the bags had a sticker advertising a Peet's "Why I love Peet's™" contest that had folks write in why they loved Peet's™ and if their story was chosen, they could win a year's supply of coffee for themselves and their pals. I figured this contest was in the bag, because there was likely no better proclamation of love for Peet's™ than a ridiculous story of a magic coffee cup that made non-Peet's™ coffee taste like shit when it was really that non-Peet's™ coffee actually DID taste like shit. So I took out the swear-word and submitted the Venue Announcement to the contest and waited.
I didn't win. I should have known better. I should have written in some bullshit about being stuck in the rain or being a first-year intern in the ER and that was why I love Peet's™ and I would have won like these doorknobs.
I unsubscribed from the spam that I knew that signing up for a contest would bring. Optional reason for unsubscribing: "Your contest judges are inept."
Tonight - Homestead.
Go support your local bar. These are rare things in SF these days.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
BAVC
4.3.2k8
Here's an old press release from PG&E:
TNSC Robot and Linkey Loo Robot both remember this very well. We remember it because the whole "no power" thing meant only one thing to us: COFFEE CRISIS.
The barnyard where we worked had fairly decent coffee but was brewed in an electric coffee system, and thus offline. The coffee kart down in the lobby suffered the same setback. Sure you could get bagels and OJ, but lattes, cappys and regular cups of joe were unavailable. Linkey Loo Robot, assessing the situ in his caffeine-deprived mode, as it was, came up with a wicked solution: Gas! "Gas?" I asked. "Yes! Gas!" he said. "A gas stove can boil water and I know where there's a gas stove closeby!" "Brilliant!" I yelled and we ran for his car.
After a quick push-start, we bolted for the place with a gas stove ... hoping that his hunch was true and that SLOW CLUB would be the coffee oasis he imagined. And luck was with us, as were all the street lights (because they were out), and when we made the turn off Potrero onto Mariposa Street, we saw a short line at the door to Slow Club. That could mean but one thing: Coffee.
And coffee it was. Hot, bitter, delicious, life-sustaining coffee. The staff at Slow Club were being very fair and not gouging us with disaster-inflated prices, and they did us ALL a service by limiting each customer to two large cups. LL Robot and I got two each and shared with our unfortunate brothers back at the hog farm where we worked.
The day was salvaged by LL Robot's quick thinking and Slow Club's Wolf range. Hoo-ray.
This look back is brought to you by tonight's venue: - Bigfoot Lodge.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
4.3.2k8
Here's an old press release from PG&E:
December 8, 1998
At approximately 8:15 a.m. today, a major outage originated at PG&E’s San Mateo Substation. The outage affected approximately 375,000 customers from San Mateo north to, and including parts of, San Francisco.
The cause of the outage was simple human error, which then triggered a complex sequence of events.
The Mayor’s office of San Francisco and the various department heads for the City have provided both guidance and assistance in ensuring San Francisco residents and businesses come back on line as fast as possible. With the full cooperation of the City, we have been able to restore power safely, effectively and quickly.
Full restoration of power to affected customers was completed this afternoon by 2:15 p.m.
TNSC Robot and Linkey Loo Robot both remember this very well. We remember it because the whole "no power" thing meant only one thing to us: COFFEE CRISIS.
The barnyard where we worked had fairly decent coffee but was brewed in an electric coffee system, and thus offline. The coffee kart down in the lobby suffered the same setback. Sure you could get bagels and OJ, but lattes, cappys and regular cups of joe were unavailable. Linkey Loo Robot, assessing the situ in his caffeine-deprived mode, as it was, came up with a wicked solution: Gas! "Gas?" I asked. "Yes! Gas!" he said. "A gas stove can boil water and I know where there's a gas stove closeby!" "Brilliant!" I yelled and we ran for his car.
After a quick push-start, we bolted for the place with a gas stove ... hoping that his hunch was true and that SLOW CLUB would be the coffee oasis he imagined. And luck was with us, as were all the street lights (because they were out), and when we made the turn off Potrero onto Mariposa Street, we saw a short line at the door to Slow Club. That could mean but one thing: Coffee.
And coffee it was. Hot, bitter, delicious, life-sustaining coffee. The staff at Slow Club were being very fair and not gouging us with disaster-inflated prices, and they did us ALL a service by limiting each customer to two large cups. LL Robot and I got two each and shared with our unfortunate brothers back at the hog farm where we worked.
The day was salvaged by LL Robot's quick thinking and Slow Club's Wolf range. Hoo-ray.
This look back is brought to you by tonight's venue: - Bigfoot Lodge.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Irate
4.2.2k8
CUBS WIN!!!! CUBS WIN!!!!
In 15 innings, no less.
Tonight - Club Deluxe.
Here's tonight's: Find the Reference!
As uzsh, them suggestive Burlsesque gals are peelin' it over at Deluxe. Get there early! TNSC member Jason Porter will be meeting his future ex-wife.
$5 cover.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
4.2.2k8
CUBS WIN!!!! CUBS WIN!!!!
In 15 innings, no less.
Tonight - Club Deluxe.
Here's tonight's: Find the Reference!
As uzsh, them suggestive Burlsesque gals are peelin' it over at Deluxe. Get there early! TNSC member Jason Porter will be meeting his future ex-wife.
$5 cover.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Quaker
4.1.2k8
Wow! Do we have a space-related problem at home: We got none. What with my little wife's rock collection, bobbin collection, vintage hairbrush collection, piggybank collection, playing card collection, salt-and-shaker collection, bicycle tool collection, jelly jar collection, encyclopedia set collection, newspaper collection, comic book collection, manilla folder collection, paid bills collection, paper doll collection, furniture collection, mustard spoon collection, short pants collection, velcro strip collection, zipper pull collection, beer can collection, ethernet cable collection and gummy bear collection, we have no room for baby clothes.
Tonight - ELIXIR SF.
Some notes:
Come meet Maker's Mark™ Master Distiller Dave Pickerell as he pours and talks about his great whisky (that's right, they don't use the "e") and distillery.
AND!!! Your very own Lee Lee the Musical Bee is in SF tonight and will be in attendence tonight!
Don't miss it!
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
4.1.2k8
Wow! Do we have a space-related problem at home: We got none. What with my little wife's rock collection, bobbin collection, vintage hairbrush collection, piggybank collection, playing card collection, salt-and-shaker collection, bicycle tool collection, jelly jar collection, encyclopedia set collection, newspaper collection, comic book collection, manilla folder collection, paid bills collection, paper doll collection, furniture collection, mustard spoon collection, short pants collection, velcro strip collection, zipper pull collection, beer can collection, ethernet cable collection and gummy bear collection, we have no room for baby clothes.
Tonight - ELIXIR SF.
Some notes:
Come meet Maker's Mark™ Master Distiller Dave Pickerell as he pours and talks about his great whisky (that's right, they don't use the "e") and distillery.
AND!!! Your very own Lee Lee the Musical Bee is in SF tonight and will be in attendence tonight!
Don't miss it!
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
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