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Lower Haight Naan N' Chutney Cockroach Breaks Via Twitter

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

You might have remembered that a few weeks ago the Chez Maman robbery “broke over twitter” and the SF Weekly editorial board Bukkaketa all over ‘mnstrm media.’  Sorta felt that it was obvious that someone being held up at gunpoint would be able to tweet about it before the internets could blog about it but, hey, why not write a story about twitter breaking the story so our blog can ‘go viral’ (via 40 retweets).

But hey, now it is has been EIGHT DAYS since the world-changing cockroach story at Naan N’ Chutney and “the blogosphere” is only now covering.  Hot damn.  Twitter is really “shocking the local digerati especially in light of lack of real time coverage from any major S.F. news organizations.”

San Francisco: Racism is Still Alive and Kicking (At Least at Toronado)

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

One winter when I lived in Boston I was driving down to the Smokies to do a little backpacking and escape the snow when I stopped off at a Pennsylvania Waffle House to perform a hit and run on their bathrooms. Walked in and it was covered in swastikas; some with markers, some carved into the walls with knifes. I thought about how great it was to not have to live in a such a pit as I pissed all over their bathroom sink as a symbol of my rage.

So last night I went to Toronado and spotted this in the bathroom: “S.F. 94% Nigger Free!  Check Stats!”  Of course, I was offended, but since I actually like Toronado, I decided to mumble something to a bartender about it.  Mind you Toronado is loud and I was, well, drinking at Toronado, so I completely accept the fact that the bartender might not have completely comprehended what I was saying.  But if I worked somewhere and this shit was on the wall, I’d stop what I was doing immediately and cover this shit up.  But not at Toronado: later in the night, it was still there.

Sorry about the piss on your wall.

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