Photo diary: Back-to-back
Photo by Flickr user sflovestory
Hmmm, wonder if they know each other.
Body Found on Muni Bus After Shift Ended (w/updates)
Update (12:00 p.m., April 5, 2010):
SF Weekly reports that the S.F. Medical Examiner has determined Christopher Feasel’s cause of death: cocaine and methadone overdose. Still, as the Weekly’s Joe Eskenazi points out, many questions remain.
Update (1:40 p.m.):
The ex-wife of the man found dead on the Muni bus told the SF Examiner that she had not seen him for over a decade and that addiction was the reason they separated, according to the Examiner’s update story. Feasel had a record of mostly petty crimes in San Francisco and San Mateo counties over the last 12 years, according to the Examiner. He did not have a fixed address at the time he was found on the 5-Fulton.
Read the rest of the Examiner’s update.
Original post:
My apologies for starting off your Monday morning this way: a man’s body was found on the 5-Fulton hours after the bus was parked in the Muni yard on Presidio and Bush, the SF Examiner reports.
More from the Examiner:
The deceased was identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 37-year-old Christopher Feasel of San Francisco. Investigators have not determined the cause of death and police said the body showed no obvious signs of trauma.
Workers discovered Feasel around midnight Friday at the bus yard at Presidio Avenue and Bush Street. The bus had been in the lot since 6:30 p.m., police Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said.
We’ll keep you updated with more information as we find out.
Muni Metaphors, Part 2: Dating
Photo by Troy Holden
Last month, we posted a call for metaphors comparing our lovely little beleaguered transit system to, well, to anything readers wanted. We got some nice responses.
But now, over the last 12 hours, we’ve seen a couple show-stopping tweets of the Muni-metaphor variety. They’re both of the same sub-genre:
“muni is like a dude you sleep with once who steals all the covers and keeps trying to have sex with you while you’re trying to go to bed.” by @janee_
and
“Muni is like a dude you wake up to after a drunken night of alchool & thrown up pizza in your bed.” by @moMegs
So it’s time for another request: Single people, recently shacked-up, married, whatever … think of your best or worst dating experiences and compare them to Muni. Okay, GO!
Weekend Photos: Inside Muni
Photo by Flickr user captin_nod
This week in small doses:
– Last weekend saw another violent group attack at a T-Third station in Bayview – the third of such attack since January.
– MTA Board Votes to Extend Fiscal Emergency, Takes Premium Pass Off Table (Streets Blog SF)
– More info on proof of payment, via Akit. (SFMTA)
-TransLink makes way to cable cars (Examiner)
Lastly, a bit of fun: I know you’ve marked your calendars for the next Muni Diaries Live! party called Breaking It Down on Friday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Make-Out Room, right? You know that comedian Will Franken and the Cock-T’s are going to be there, and this week we’ve added Johnny Fun Cheap to the lineup. The man who knows best about having a blast on a dime on San Francisco will be on stage to tell some Muni tales! Be ready.
Photo by Flickr user rodo
Photo by Randy Brown
Photo by Flickr user captin_nod
Caltrain Good Samaritan?
Twitter user @TexasGirlErin posted this image on TwitPic with the caption: “There are still good people in the world. Caltrain tix lost anyone?”
If your credit card starts with a 5 and ends with 356, send an e-mail kulida@bloguje.cz to claim your prize!
Mister Muni Manners
Photo by Flickr user annnna.
For better or worse, this can go straight into our warm-and-fuzzy category of Muni stories.
I was on a 49-Van Ness/Mission trying to get home one evening after work. It was a really nice day: one of several schizophrenic, nice weather vs. crappy weather ones we’ve been having. As usual, the bus was full by the time it got to my stop. I grabbed a spot, held on, and spaced out. Then, I hear the tiniest “excuse me.” It sounded like it came from a fairy sitting in someone’s pocket. I looked around and didn’t see anything, so I commenced spacing.
I heard it again, then looked down at a little boy sitting in a seat near me. He looked from me to his dad, who indicated that he should give up his seat for the nice lady (hey, that’s me!). But he had to say it himself: “would you like to sit down?” asked the tiniest, politest person I think I’ve ever met.
I thanked him, but declined the seat. On my way out, I told his pop that he had a really nice boy.
1) Yeah, yeah, I don’t care if pop only does that to get at the ladies. It’s still nice.
2) I’m not gonna lie, I think it’s bogus when men push me out of the way to get to a fresh seat first. Equal rights and chivalry aren’t mutually exclusive, after all. So it made me extra happy to see semblances of it on the bus.
3) Did I mention I was on the 49? And that something nice happened on it?