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Muni needs all the help it can get. And so can we, it seems.
Perhaps that’s why pink-and-black pipe-cleaner man is hanging onto the stop request line. I mean, it’s not like those things can just hold themselves together, amirite?
By Muni rider Kelsey via Facebook: “Guys, #muni is being taken over by pink and black pipe-cleaner mountaineers.”
Hot Chocolate Run
On Sunday, the 5K/15K Hot Chocolate Run will take place inside Golden Gate Park. The race starts at 7:30 AM from Martin Luther King Drive. An attendance of 10,000 is expected.
Traffic is anticipated to be heavy during the race along John F. Kennedy Drive, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, The Great Highway and Lincoln Way between La Playa and The Great Highway.
For more details, please visit www.hotchocolate15k.com/sanfrancisco.
The following street closures will be required from 8 to 11 a.m.:
Lincoln Way between La Playa and Great Highway
Great Highway from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard
The 18 46th Avenue Muni route will be affected during the event.
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Photo by Lynn Friedman
In case you had any doubt or harbored any denial that the new year is well under way, Muni Diaries has cracked the case. Things are back to normal, folks. Hang on and enjoy the ride!
This week’s Things on Muni was brought to you by fellow Muni riders @ThisWillNeverDo, @misslabennett, @LilMissTati, @faithy, @cxslug, and @keaneiscool. Follow @munidiaries and sharing the crazy today!
Photo by WarzauWynn
Photo by Adam Kuban
My good friend Nick tipped me off to this. He texted me last week and was all, “Hey, did you know that J-Church had a song about getting hit by Muni?” And I was all, “No, no way! Rad!” Then I set about finding the song.
It’s called “As I Lie,” from the Nostalgic for Nothing LP. Click the link below to hear the dearly departed Lance and the boys lament from under the wheels of a Muni bus.
A sample of the lyrics:
“As I lie here crushed beneath the wheels of a Muni bus,
The commuters all around me crane their necks to see,
By the looks on their faces I must be a disgrace,
I can see my bike down the block”
Nice.
Support musicians, especially those who sing about Muni. Buy their music. Check out “As I Lie” on iTunes.
A subtle suggestion to those for whom “MOVE THE FUCK TO THE GODDAM TENDERLOIN!” fails to work. Via vlviaig.
On our last installment of Muni Signage Hack: Emerge like memories of a failure. So poignant.