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    User-Generated Vehicular Assault

    The morning after Angry Volvo Man rammed five cars and injured four people on the streets of SF, the Chronicle begins the healing with a front-page report on PlateWire, a sort of Craigslist Missed Connections for angry angry drivers. Be warned: Five minutes of scrolling through PlateWire's sputtering, impotent posts ("Hey Jerk in the BLK BMW ... you and your ugly girl-friend") are enough to make you get behind the wheel and do something. More »
  • sean lennon

    Sean Lennon Refuses to Namedrop

    Fourth most frequently spotted Gawker Stalkee (after Chris Noth) Sean Lennon, whose new album features cameos from Lindsay Lohan, Devon Aoki, Asia Argento, Jordana Brewster and Carrie Fisher — not to mention fellow boomer-icon offspring Harper Simon and Bijou Phillips — is a stalwart when it comes to refusing to use his connections for material gain. Obviously! A San Francisco Chronicle reporter found this out the hard way:
    Q: Do you ever call [older brother Julian] for career advice? Do you call anyone for advice?
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  • sean penn

    Reading Sean Penn in Tehran

    It's Day Two of Sean Penn's week-long hostage situation over at the San Francisco Chronicle, during which the hyperbolic actor has forced the newspaper's poor editors to run his reports from time spent in Iran. But it's worth the effort, because you can trust Sean Penn to put on his Ernie Pyle costume and tell us what we really need to know. Brace yourself for the intensity: More »
  • san francisco chronicle

    The New York Post is gay

    The San Francisco Chronicle suggests that in light of the recent Sandy Koufax ordeal, the NY Post seems a little too interested in the sexual orientation of various baseball players, miscellaneous celebrities, etc. It all seems very suspicious, and C.W. Nevius thinks he's figured it out: the New York Post is gay. "For example," he writes, "those who see the Post on a regular basis will probably notice that the banner across the top of the front page is generally done up in red ink. Or is that pink? Just asking." More »
  • bbc

    The Office

    The BBC reports that US networks are considering bringing the popular UK TV series "The Office"—"a mock fly-on-the-wall documentary about a stationery supplies office"— to American audiences. The San Francisco Chronicle's reviewer, Tim Goodman, says American audiences "might not get it because of the subtleties. We like the sledgehammer stuff." Speak for yourself, Tim. Sledgehammer stuff is why network TV sucks. More »