File this under "cool." Steve makes the pages of the New York Times today, in a column about blogging:

Some vloggers are further blurring the lines between journalism and blogging by producing news reports of local interest. Steve Garfield of Boston, a self-described citizen reporter, took a video camera to investigate, among other things, whether election campaign workers were following the law by staying 150 feet from polling stations. He posted his report at stevegarfield.blogs.com/videoblog/2004/09/150_feet.html

Note that the Times not only provided the URL, but hyperlinked it for your convenience in the Web version (something the Times-owned boston.com doesn't always do).

Jo, in training at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, has an assignment from her food management class:

We must decide upon 5 apps, 5 entrees and 3 desserts to use for our establishment and our project shall be to create these recipes, cost the ingredients, comparison shop at other establishments to find out what the market can bear, etc. I have the concept already. It shall be a gourmet style take out / pre-prepared food establishment. We will sell things fully prepared and ready to go as well as salad components you can assemble at home and pre-marinated meats and fish for you to just follow the heating/cooking instuctions, etc.

She's seeking suggestions on what folks would want to see in such an establishment after a LONG day at work.

Rogue Slayer Law Student works a few blocks from Lilly's, a Watertown bakery that burned to the ground last night:

I often met a friend from school there for breakfast of croissants and Earl Grey, and loved their sandwiches at lunchtime. Even when I was avoiding treats, I could just walk by at lunchtime and inhale the wondrous aromas wafting through the doors and windows, and feel treated nonetheless. ... Always lively, full of old and new friends, and that delicious combination of chocolate, fruits, breads, cakes and conversation. Here's hoping the Sidiropoulos family is able to rebuild or relocate. We'll all follow.

Fire details from Channel 5

Michael: Hey, South Carolina, You Can Have Him.

John: Under the "other skills" section of his resume, do you suppose Mitt Romney lists "brazen toady"?

Jay worries about the impact on the state's economy of its governor running around denigrating the place:

... [T]hat's when we should care. He touts Massachusetts to CEOs as a great place to do business and then mocks the state on a larger national stage?