Death defying

Though it's sponsored by some f**king corporation that splatters its name all over everything like snot, I feel compelled to alert people to the upcoming annual Street Luge event this coming weekend. It supposedly starts at 8:30 a.m. on Potrero Hill at DeHaro & Mariposa Streets. I can't imagine anybody I'd like to hang out with going to that and standing around all day to see some deluded thrill-seeker whiz by on a glorified skateboard, but I can imagine avoiding it on purpose.

I was stunned, though, to read that St. Gregory's Episcopal Church -- my best friend goes there, and it's one of the most liberal, artsy churches in San Francisco -- is actually welcoming the event.