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They're ba-ACK!

Gee, and it's been so nice getting in and out of the post office or the grocery store without standing in line for half an hour, and having parking spaces open for friends to come visit. Oh well, looks like that's all over 'til May. Students at the bigger/more notable institutions come tromping…

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Running a hospital: Saying sorry

#MedicalApologies V important & shld incl root cause analysis & transparency; see me 4 info re training RT @Paulflevy: http://bit.ly/6Nfm2b [from http://twitter.com/healthblawg/statuses/7609804099 ]

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Push Pollers on the Prowl

Has anyone else gotten a push-poll call on behalf of Scott Brown tonight? Mine, which was not with a human, went something like this: --Do you plan to vote? (Me: Yes!) --Do you plan to vote for the Republican, Scott Brown? (No.) --Do you plan to vote for the Democrat, Martha Coakley? (Yes.) --Did…

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The most random highway destination sign in the Boston area

Next stop, Newport, RI You cross over to Milton from Mattapan Square and one of the first things you see is a sign pointing the way to Newport, RI, and you think "Huh?" Was there ever a time when people in Mattapan or Milton needed to know the way to Newport, RI?

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Sunset over Plymouth Harbor

You ever just get in the car and go for a little drive only by the time you know it you're way past anywhere you normally go? That's how we wound up in Plymouth today, where the kidlet had her first ever chance to be singularly unimpressed by the Rock, but where she did enjoy some clam chowder at…

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MBTA: Driver runs red light, plows into trolley near BC

Channel 4 reports on a collision around 8:30 this morning at Lake Street and Comm. Ave. that disrupted service to the hour and left the car's driver with a cut on his head.

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In Rush to push out incumbent state senator, a possible campaign-law violation

David Ertischek at Wicked Local West Roxbury discovers that state Rep. Mike Rush already has a his state Senate campaign site up (you may recall he said he'd be running this year no matter what incumbent Marian Walsh does). Eagle-eyed Ertischek also notices the phone number on the site's…

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Men without pants

Videos: Guys take their pants off on the Red Line today - because they can.

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ALA Midwinter events

Saturday, January 16 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Kristin Cashore Mitali Perkins Lois Lowry M. T. Anderson

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Book It: Book Events January 10–17

Monday, January 11 6:00 pm, Brattle Theatre (sponsored by Harvard Book Store), $5 Raj Patel, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy With NPR's On Point producer John Wihbey 7:00 pm, Harvard Book Store Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark and Termite 7:30pm, Brookline…

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Budaeli » Blog Archive » Behind every account is a human being

Budaeli has no theme, it has no specialty and no plan and can change at a whim – because Budaeli is written by someone without specialty or plan and can change at a whim. When discussing culture, Budaeli will be about American culture. To the many international readers out there: Chris is most…

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What you're renting from Netflix

The Times posts a Boston-area map that lets you compare the Netflix habits of different Zip codes. Doff of the cap to Gabriel Fishman.

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