Hollis-Amtrak to Emeryville, approx. 11:01am - Forgetful

City of Emeryville is forgetful: City Hall still has the flag at half staff. Did someone other than Gerald Ford die recently that would require the flag to fly half staff? The Flag Code says that unless a flag is illuminated, it should be taken down at night. Is someone putting it up at half staff every morning or do they just leave it up all night? In related news, Pixar's flag is not at half staff. Let's give them a good citizen merit badge for observing the 30-day rule.

Missed Connections: Trader Joe's

February 1, indie-rock boy with red flannel and grey mittens - m4m - 21 If you're real, tell me what I look like.

It seems Trader Joe's is quite the Emeryville missed connections epicenter. Maybe everyone should just go for broke and bust out their best pick-up lines instead of doing missed connections?

Hollis-Amtrak to BART, approx. 5:24 pm - Feminazi

Feminazi: "Are you on the 38? I'm waiting for the Emery Go Round....DO NOT MAKE A PIT STOP. DON'T STOP ANYWHERE. DO NOT STOP ANYWHERE." Who's on the other end? A child or a husband? Freaked out he's snogging the secretary like Mayor Newsom?

Missed Connections: Home Depot

January 30, Emeryville home de pot, 2pm - m4w - 25 Toilet flappers of love.

Hollis-Amtrak to BART, approx. 5:43pm - Don't Go Hungry

Don't go hungry: A young lady walks up to the bus stop with two grocery bags. She tells a guy who's already there that she planned to ride her bike home but she "went crazy at Berkeley Bowl." She needed chicken broth and other stuff. He asks if she "went hungry." She's confused for a sec, and he explains that if you go shopping hungry, you end up buying a lot. Later, she says she's usually at the seafood counter--is that a craigslist casual encounters code or something?

Emery Go Fug: A woman gets on the shuttle at the Pixar stop. She's wearing a very short denim skirt, and thigh-high leg warmers made of heathered dark gray wool that look obviously hand-knit. Did she visit grandma over Christmas in her short, short skirt and did grandma say, "Let me knit you a leg cozy since you like to wear slutty skirts"?! Seriously, they're the ugliest things ever: not even Kate Moss on her best fashion day can rock that hideous thing.

Missed Connections: Emeryville Fire Dept

January 30, My Emeryville Fireman.... - w4m - 29 He bats his lashes, women swoon.

Missed Connections: Bay Street?

January 29, you wish you owned that bag - m4w - 28 Cockblocked by dad and grandma. Hey guy, Bay Street wishes it sold handbags that could pwn Milan.