January 20, 2009 by Das.

Well, it’s official, I officially work on Obama St. in SF.

I read a blog post about a prank pulled here in the Financial District in San Francisco. Apparently some webby pranksters pulled an instant classic by swapping out several Bush Street signs into Obama Street.

Representing our per capita regional dominance of photoshop, some coy ideators created a mask for the metal signage. Too bad it wasn’t the workings of good ole’ Adobo Photoshop creative studio. At least four blocks of signs had been changed in the heart of the city’s Financial District.

My office building is immediately to the left of the first frame/still of the video. Chalk drawings on the ground pointing up to get commuters and locals to notice the “change.” It’s not clear how serious a crime this is or if police will bother to prosecute. I’m sure JM the editor would pay no mind. In fact, we should check, it might have been his idea.

There is a rally that is expected to be held at Bush Street and Presidio later today –– where Bush Street officially stops with a little “end” sign on the street corner. I’ll try to get out and get some pictures for you guys.

GC
assistant to the editor’s assistant

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January 3, 2009 by Das.

Disclaimer: Feel free to completely disregard this blog post if you are anti-[american]football. 49ers fans go ahead and sip that ginger ale and/or Pepto Bismol.

Today, I got my first rss feed text update on the new device and it featured the story about 49ers new head coach, Mike Singletary, and how he fired Offensive Coordinator, Mike Martz. Now according to everyone i’ve talked to or spoken about this headline, as well as everyone i’ve read, or listened to, I am the only one who feels like this is a grave mistake. I was at the final game vs. the Washington Redskins, and I must say that the win we earned left me with a really good taste in my mouth. The cherry on top being the extension of Coach Singletary’s contract as Head Coach. But for the sake of getting it off my chest, I need to express the reasons I think we are now further away from making the playoffs in the near future, and why losing Martz will have an adverse affect.

1) Losing Martz means we will have to hire a 5th offensive coordinator in as many years.

2) *Passing Offense: 2008 - 13rd (Martz), 2007 - 32nd, 2006 - 25th (Turner), 2005 - 32nd. We were finally able to sustain long drives, instead of going 3 and out. He was under contract for 2 yrs. A 2nd year under Martz’ system would have benefited every quarterback, Total Offensive Rank, and every player on the offense.

3) Coach Singletary’s explanation was that the team wanted to head in a different direction offensively. Which direction is that? Because we went from 32nd to 13th in passing, and 32nd to 23rd in Total Offense. Are we aiming to go from 13th back to 32nd? Because that’s what happened to the last teams Martz coached. For ex. Rams went from Rank#2,3,5,4,6 under Martz, to 24th without. Detroit Lions went from 23rd & 26th w/out Martz, to 7th & 9th w/ Martz, then back to 24th w/out Martz.

4) The only offensive coordinator who has the potential to even hang with Martz is Al Saunders. He’s the only option I believe in, but I don’t think he’ll even be interviewed for the job. Holmgren is not gonna take an assistant coach job after previously holding a GM & Head Coach position. If seducing Mike Shanahan by singing this Player tune, then i’d grow a mullet and grab a mic in a second. However, it’s just not gonna happen. He is an elite head coach.

5) Shaun Hill is not the answer. I said this last year, but believing Shaun is the long-term answer, or has the potential to be an elite QB, and savior of the franchise, you’ve truly lost your mind. If you seriously think about it, who is better, Mark Grieb or Shaun Hill? Hill’s wins came against imploding opponents who were missing several key weapons. Here are two videos for your comparative enjoyment:

Mark Grieb - QB San Jose Sabercats vs. Shaun Hill - QB SF 49ers

The sad thing here is that you can fit all of Shaun Hill’s highlights by splitting half the 2:00 video with Alex Smith highlights. I will admit, I am a tad bitter for the reason that I started Shaun Hill in two fantasy football championship games this year. (Of course, I lost BOTH of them. He was playing the Rams for pete’s sake, and I had Favre as my other QB. My #1 QB got hurt.)

I seriously hope they have a plan that is well thought out. We demand success. After all, Al Davis doesn’t make our decisions. We aren’t the weak @ss Raiders.

2009 Wishes:
Wash our hands of Vernon Davis for Adrian Wilson from the Cardinals and/or Anquan Boldin?
Pick Michael Johnson - 6′7″ Georgia Tech DE (imagine a faster muscular Mario Williams)
Pick Taylor Mays - USC FS (imagine a bigger Ronnie Lott w/ 4.3 40yd dash speed, or imagine Ed Reed with size) in next April’s draft

2010 Wishes:
WR Julio Jones (He will be a top-3 draft selection, and we will likely have a top-3 pick.)
WR Malcom Williams

-Frantic 49er

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December 3, 2008 by admin.

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November 16, 2008 by admin.

Anthony Morrow, that’s who. The undrafted rookie guard from Georgia Tech got his first NBA start yesterday afternoon for the Warriors while visiting the Clippers at Staples Center and made an impressive debut to the basketball world by scoring 37 points. Which also happens to be the most points ever scored by an undrafted rookie and more points than his highest scoring game while at Georgia Tech. Needless to say we’re probably gonna see alot more of Morrow in the weeks to come.

Morrow Highlights

jm
The Editor

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November 4, 2008 by admin.

The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama II.

The results of this election officially erases all the lingering bitterness I had from the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections. I couldn’t sleep for days following Gore’s loss and watched in horror as George W. did nothing to unite the country after proclaiming himself to be a “uniter, not a divider”. Ahhh…revenge is sweet.

Das forwarded me this email from an anonymous writer who took the words right out of my mouth.

Dear Red States,

If you manage to steal this election too we’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend
to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with us. In case
you aren’t aware, that includes California , Hawaii, Oregon, Washington,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this
split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new
country of New California.

To sum up briefly: You get Texas , Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get
stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of Liberty . You get
Dollywood. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom. We get Harvard. You
get Ole’ Miss. We get 85% of America ’s venture capital and entrepreneurs. You
get Alabama. We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red
states pay their fair share.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22% lower than the Christian Coalition’s, we
get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms. Please be aware
that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we’re going to want
all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your
evangelicals. They have kids they’re apparently willing to send to their deaths
for no purpose, and they don’t care if you don’t show pictures of their
children’s caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq , and hope that
the WMDs turn up, but we’re not willing to spend our resources in Bush’s
Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80% of the country’s
fresh water, more than 90% of the pineapple le and lettuce, 92% of the nation’s
fresh fruit, 95% of America ’s quality wines, 90% of all cheese, 90% of the high
tech industry, 95% of the corn and soybeans (thanks Iowa !), most of the U.S.
low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and
Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.

With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88% of all
obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92% of all U.S.
mosquitoes, nearly 100% of the tornadoes, 90% of the hurricanes, 99% of all
Southern Baptists, virtually 100% of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob
Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia . We get Hollywood and
Yosemite, thank you.

Additionally, 38% of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually
swallowed by a whale, 62% believe life is sacred unless we’re discussing the
war, the death penalty or gun laws, 44% say that evolution is only a theory,
53% that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61% of you crazy bastards believe you
are people with higher morals than we lefties. Finally, we’re taking the good
pot, too. You can have that dirt weed they grow in Mexico .

Peace out,
Blue States

jm
The Editor

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November 2, 2008 by admin.

How about some memorable moments from the McCain campaign trail…

OBAMA-MANIA

jm
The Editor

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November 1, 2008 by admin.

In case you haven’t heard it yet…here’s the full recording of the crank phone call made to Sarah Palin by a Canadian comedian. What’s so great about this is that she never figured out it was fake. This guy was saying ridiculous things throughout the call and it kept getting worse and worse.

3 More Days
jm
The Editor

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