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Making a different kind of connection via transit

Alas, you don't need a car to get a date. Single city folks who rely on transit could and should use their bus ride as a chance to hookup with someone before they get to their destination.

Stanford University researchers analyzed almost 1,000 heterosexual dates, and found that words -- how they're delivered, when they are said, and for how long they're spoken -- definitely make or break a potential date. Moreover, they determined that four minutes (or the time it takes to get to the next BART stop) is enough time to form a meaningful relationship -- one that just might have more depth than a drunken night at the bar.

What else do you have to do besides play Angry Birds on BART?

See Also: Muni Masturbation: A Pissed-Off Rider's Beef

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No

After the Boston Marathon bombing, communities across the nation are rethinking how to deal with events that draw massive crowds, such as San Francisco's Bay to Breakers race scheduled next month.

As the Examiner notes this morning, San Francisco police and race organizers are already rolling out a new set of rules, including no more backpacks.

We know what you're thinking -- where are you going to surreptitiously stow your beers now?

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Two tigers lowering their blood pressure

Screw exercise, researchers have found a lazy way to improve your health: Cuddling.

That's right, nestling up next to someone -- anyone -- will not only make you feel loved, but will lower your blood pressure, your heart rate, and generally do away with all that yucky stress, according to researchers at the Metropolitan University in England.

Sadly, those same nuzzle scientists reportedly found a third of the population receive no hugs on a daily basis, yet 75 percent would like fill their week with more caressing and cradling.

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Bikes (1), BART passengers who hate bikes (0)

Good News cyclists, BART is letting you back on board, bikes and all.

Don't get too excited, though; your hassle-free ride will only last a week.

The BART bike blackout is entering the second phase of the "bikes on board" pilot program that BART is using to test the waters (more like the tracks) to see whether cyclists, their bikes, and non-cyclists can travel in harmony during the heaviest commute hours.

The next phase starts March 18 and will last the entire week. During that time, BART will observe and examine whether things run smoothly enough to maybe make this all-bikes, all-the-time policy permanent.

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This is what a pig on drugs looks like

Is there a better way to get shoppers' attention than to have Joe the Pig singing holiday carols "with a special twist" outside Trader Joe's today?

If this is something you'd like to see for yourself, then head down to the Nob Hill Trader Joe's at 10 a.m. where Consumers Union -- the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports -- and fans of anti-animal-antibiotic mascot Joe the Pig will host a press conference to talk about meat on drugs.

More specifically, the group will be asking the very popular grocery store chain to stop selling meat and poultry that was raised on antibiotics.

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Dennis Herrera will get you for this

For those of you who are miffed, pissed, hurt, or whatever adjective aptly describes how you feel about the destruction that descended on San Francisco after the Giants won the World Series on Sunday, well, you are about to get some relief.

Financial relief, that is.

The City Attorney has said he will work aggressively to sue the "hooligans" who trashed San Francisco, including the person who torched a $700,000 Muni bus, totaling the newly rehabilitated coach.

See also: Here's What You Need to Know About the Giants Parade

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Seagulls ... the real culprits

Yesterday, we enlightened readers with the unsavory news that Californians (that includes you health-conscious San Franciscans) are getting fatter by the minute. Don't believe us? Look no further than the empty food container next to you.

Along with getting fat, we're also getting filthy.

According to Travel + Leisure magazine, San Francisco was ranked No. 11 on the list of America's dirtiest cities. We're squeezed right there between Houston, which came in at No. 10, and Washington, D.C. Here's the silver lining: We aren't as big of a cesspool as Los Angeles, which ranked No. 4 on the list.

See Also: 5 Reasons Californians Are Getting Fatter
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Pass the tarter sauce please

Call us horny, but aren't people supposed to be turned on by topless women? Leave it to PETA to make even that experience unpleasurable.

People for Ethical Treatment of Animals is at it again, dreaming up the foolish and unfathomable in hopes that it can get people to stop being people. However, this time, the animal activist group might have outdone themselves, at least in San Francisco. Three PETA members have vowed to strip off their clothing, slip into a mermaid outfit, and walk around Fisherman's Wharf topless tomorrow afternoon.

The logic is obvious: These sexy sea creatures want you to stop eating fish.

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Says public erections are not really political

Last week, SF Weekly told readers about how nudists in the Castro were starting to feel singled out because of their cock rings. They accused police of conducting "cock ring patrols" threatening to arrest nudists who were caught wearing the sex paraphernalia in public.

Cops deny they've been on penis patrol, though if they haven't been inspecting naked penises, they might be soon. Supervisor Scott Wiener, who has already explained his discomfort with naked people, told the Bay Area Reporter that he's considering legislation that would ban all public nudity.

The District 8 supervisor, who represents the penis-flapping Castro, says people aren't just uncomfortable with this lewd look, they're "absolutely repulsed by it." Or at least people who run in Wiener's circle.

He astutely noted that the whole purpose of a cock ring is to 1. maintain an erection, or 2. draw attention to the cock -- both of which are "obnoxious" and  "irresponsible," as long as you are in public.

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Not a morning person

In the morning, do you ever look curiously at those obnoxiously energetic people who are running (as in exercising) by the Ferry Building while you muster just enough energy to sip your coffee? Do you ever wonder if they those early-morning risers are happier than you?
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