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Photo by Wayne Willyard, proprietor of Specimen Designs
As reported by @SFMayorTracker, well, this. This report by BCN on the SF Examiner site explains how it happened. Which is nice, because we had been scratching our heads trying to imagine that.
Photo by Keoki Seu
Include an #sfgiants hashtag, and @munidiaries, @bartdiaries, or @caltraindiaries at the end of your tweet to make sure we put your name in the hat, and follow us on Twitter to find out the winner.
Again, to recap:
I mean, seriously, all you gotta do is tweet at us about your ride and you get this:
If you want a more children-friendly prize, we also have an adorable Muni Diaries baby onesie and a gift bag of Chronicle Books to give away to two more winners who tweet their Giants ride to us.
Fine print: anyone who tweets their Giants ride at @munidiaries, @bartdiaries, and @caltraindiaries is eligible. We won’t be able to retweet all of you because we’ll be too busy woo-hooing our beloved World Series champions at the game, but rest assured that your name will be in the hat for the three prizes. We’ll announce the winner here and on Twitter on Saturday.
So keep your eyes peeled and ears open for great fan photos, overheard shenanigans, and other happenings on your ride to AT&T Park, and share what you see.
Local internet wunderdude, Mr. Eric Sir, has a right splendid idea for how Nat Ford’s now-approved $384,000 severance package should be paid out. Read more at Mr. Eric Sir’s site.
Photo by Heather Champ
My fave:
Riding the Geary express
A lady cried out in distress
“A man in this seat
Was stroking his meat!
T’was impressive, but I digress”
And who can forget the lovable Muni Haiku Project?
Ahead of yesterday’s SFMTA board meeting that, among other things, concerned itself with outgoing chief Nat Ford’s severance package, former Rescue Muni member Herbert J. Weiner sent us this tome:
Nat Ford
Your Run is OverSuccess and Failure
Failure:
You have left
MTA worse thanyou found it Transit
First: Riders motorists
bus and taxi drivers
frail and elderly lastSuccess: You threw so
many under the wheels
Perhaps the most
skillful driver youweaved in and out of
critics City Hall and
improvements that
could have been madebringing quiet peaceful
streets to an end
cutting and eliminating
runs so crucial tothe frail and sick
So many thrown under
the wheels Now the
wheels welcome youbut not the victims
Your bus has finally
crashed Your run is
over You must leaveby the rear doors
With luck they won’t
slam on you
There’s even a site dedicated to what people are reading while riding Muni. Check out Between the Lines. And earlier this month, we told you about Raymond, the Muni poet laureate.
Are you aware of other intersections of Muni and literature? Let us know!
Photo by Bryan
So, if you had to write a job description for the next No.1 and No.2 at SFMTA, what would it be?
Commenter Susan had some ideas:
Criteria:
1- has to ride muni (and pay the $2 fee to get their fastpass loaded on clipper)
2 – has to buy a $100/year parking permit, and pay all their parking tickets
3 – has to take taxis (if they aren’t on strike) 1 time a week – probably when Muni fails – to realize how difficult it is to get a taxi.
“You too shall feel our pain,” right?
What do you think? Write us your job description for the next Nat Ford!
Photo courtesy Bernal History Project
Over on Muni Time Capsule today, we posted a couple photos of old streetcars and cable cars that used to run up and down the hills of San Francisco. Check it out over at Muni Time Capsule.
Thanks, Bernalwood.