Well, it's approaching go time here in San Francisco. Just over an hour until Steve Jobs descends from the heavens, bestowing his faithful with slim, sexy, capacitive phones that will make them look totally cool at this year's 4th of July BBQs--possibly even earning them an extra hot dog or two.

A brief update: Since this morning, that meager line outside of the AT&T store on 3rd and Market, yeah, it's grown a bit. My very none scientific estimate would put the line at about 75 people now--still nothing compared to the circus at my current position outside the Apple Store on Stockton. Oh, and J. Martin and Amanda Rybarczyk...still there. Looks like the two are going to buy the iPhone after all and try turn a profit that way.

As for the goings on at San Francisco's DMZ, the Apple clerics obscured the store windows with black cloth at around 2 p.m. Since then, there have been rumors about bacchanalian orgies and, possibly, the presence by Stevo himself. Also, slim, functional Apple barricades have also been placed in front of the store to herd in what now looks to be 300 plus people snaking up Stockton and around O'Farrell. Will they get their precioooouuussssss? Only time will tell.

Peep more pictures after the jump.