The San Francisco Citizen

This was the scene at famous Pier 39 in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf the other day. Barack Obama has a new T-shirt.

But what’s that, John McCain is left-handed as well? And Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton?

That means four out the last six U.S. presidents be lefties. And, as of next year, the stat will be five out the last seven presidents. That’s 71%, or a rate ten times higher than what you’d expect.

Why are so many of our Presidents Left-Handed?

San Francisco’s historic Cable Car bell ringing contest delighted hundreds in Union Square yesterday. It looked like this and this.

Mayor Gavin Newsom and MTA Director Nat Ford enjoy KBLX radio’s stirring interpretation of LL Cool Jay’s Rock the Bells. (Sadly, credit for the song was given to Run DMC.)

KGO-TV personality Janelle Wang’s hair momentarily defied gravity as she did the robot on her way to the bell: 

Grand Champion Carl Payne gave in to pleas from the crowd wanting to get a closer look at his humoungous bell ringing ring: 

Carl Payne’s cable car ring. You can see the words “Champion Bell Ringer” and also the years of his victories on this Super Bowl-style finger bling:

Yesterday was all about the bell, steampunkish in its own way: 

See you next year!

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Here’s what happened with these four small front-wheel-drive cars parked on the Streets of San Francisco:

A fast-moving vehicle hit the Corolla, which hit the Honda, which hit the Ford, which hit the other Toyota.

Stuff happens. Click to expand:

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