The legislature's Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development today considers a bill that would declare:

The quahog shall be the official shellfish of the Commonwealth

Which, of course, would outrage fans of the Wellfleet oyster, to say nothing of the clam strips at Woodman's. Up in Gloucester, Joey is steamed:

For Christ's sake, the lobster has more place as an official shellfish than the freaking quahog. lets see how much revenue is generated by each shellfish before we go handing out that designation to a third tier shellfish. HELLOOOOOOOO!!!!!

What a crock of shit! This bill must be sponsored by some South Shore hack. Where's our Goddamn representation???? North Shore Represent!!!!!!

The T's now busing from Fenway and St. Mary's inbound on the D and C lines due to signal problems near Kenmore.

The buses were of little help to Mike, who reports spending 50 minutes studying a Green Line tunnel. As Jeff Clark sat on a stuck train, he wondered if somebody could send him some breakfast.

That must be what that is, because surely the T isn't so short of cars on the Orange Line it would send one out with a cracked window held together with tape, would it? Dave Rodrigues took this photo this morning.

Gretchen Van Ness was at last week's Whole Foods meltdown and provides an account.

Meanwhile, the Jamaica Plain Gazette reports Mayor Menino supports Whole Foods, blasts the old Hi-Lo owners and suggests the protesters go back to Chicago or wherever it is they're from (the three people arrested last week were all from Jamaica Plain).