Mission Mission

Our pal Iron Davy (half of the team responsible for our recent redesign) explains (he’s a bee expert):

My bad! Next time I’ll title the post “Bee party rocks the Mission!” [link]

“Apparently they love coffee,” says tipster Felix Sargent.

This is mere days after a swarm of bees were unleashed on Valencia Street. Watch your backs!

Even the trees in this town are like, “Fuck it.” C’mon, people (and flora), it’s springtime. The sun is shining, the weekend is here. Things are going to be okay!

That said,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J-DNj99mOk

[Photo by YMFY]

Guy walks into Pushbike, looking a little windblownt. Shopgirl Tara asks, “Getting blown around a bit out there?” Guy confirms, in earnest:

I’m gettin’ BLOWN ALL OVER THE PLACE!

Ho-ho-ho! (Then he bought some some shoes I think.)

One of the first big, highly trafficked stories Mission Mission ever had was about a gang of bees attacking the Mission (be sure to click through and dig those crazy pics). This was a few years back. Today, the bees are back.

Says Star:

Just saw a gigantic swarm of displaced bees at 14th & Valencia. It was intense! A plague, I say. [link]

And here Misa explains the picture she took (above):

SFPD & beekeeper busy working to save a swarm of bees on 14th & valencia [link]

Below is a shot by SFist reader Blair’s friend Carol. The bees are the dark triangle above the door:

And an even better shot by Squeaky Clean Dave:

Thanks to SFist editor Brock Keeling for the tip (and for linking our original bee post way back in the day). See below for a bunch of followup posts wherein you can learn a ton about bees and beekeeping and being an EMERGENCY BEEKEEPER.

Here’s a little Wednesday-afternoon psychology exercise (via Allie, my favorite Ann Arbor-based blogger (not pictured)):

Do you ever see people on the street and wonder what it’s like to know them? Sometimes I think about the people I know and how they look to strangers on the street. What do the strangers think of them? Think of someone who’s really important to you. What would you have thought of that person if you just saw them on the street and didn’t know them? Would you think they were remarkable-looking at all? [link]

Whoa! Noodle that for a while.

So, I immediately thought of my friend Al (pictured, not to be confused with Allie). Al is moving to New York tomorrow, so she’s about to get regarded by a lot of strangers. They’ll probably think she’s remarkable looking.

UPDATE: I’m halfway through this post and Al herself IMs me. This is amazing:

Alex: I was too busy getting spit on
me: spit on?
Alex: yes!
on Haight
me: haha
Alex: some dude just was like angry at the world
younger, fairly attractive homeless kid
‘fuck you’
spits on me
like out of nowhere
me: haha!
omg al
you are making my day
Alex: why?
me: thats a riot!
Alex: it wasn’t that cool
just sayin
me: i know
i’m blogging about this
i’m already halfway through a farewell al post, but this is the icing on the cake
Alex: are you shitting me

No, Al, I’m not shitting you. More importantly, I guess now we know what strangers think of you. I’ll miss you though.

[via Melinda]

Say, now is a good time to point out that you can watch Cosmos in its 13-part entirety on Hulu.

[Spotted on the patio at the Sycamore by MrEricSir]

Not sure how I missed this (oh yeah, I was in ‘nam), but WNYC’s Radiolab did a live taping at the Mission’s Brava Theater last week, hosted by another heavy hitter in the podcasting scene (and SF native!), Jesse Thorn. Illustrator Jay Sacher was there, and whipped up an excellent illustrated review at meathaus.com.

If you haven’t heard it, Radiolab is like the this American Life of science radio. They take a broad science topic, like “symmetry” in this case, and do a number of stories on it. Jay points out that their production is a bit cutesy and they sometimes glaze over the real science to drive their narrative home, but I maintain that it’s still an entertaining show and you should totally add it to your podcast list because it will totally impress people “in the know”.

Head over to meathaus.com for the full piece.

[Thanks for the tip, Suzanne!]

It’s even better bigger. Click it to blow it up!

[Photo by Hopped Up]