Will wonders never cease?

This video follows US Senate candidate Mike Capuano one recent Saturday, October 24 from his home in Somerville to campaign events in West Roxbury and Milford.

Tufts Daily reports police officers responding to a fire alarm in one dorm entered one student's room to find no student but: "a marijuana cigarette on a computer tray; a plastic bag with what appeared to be hallucinogenic mushrooms; four plastic baggies with marijuana; two boxes of full, unused CO2 cartridges, numbering approximately 40 cartridges; and two pieces of a pipe that screwed together with a balloon on one end. They also discovered a box with 150 used CO2 cartridges."

If only the dorm were on the Medford side of the campus: In addition to citations for drug possession, the room's occupant will be cited for possessing inhalants, which is illegal in Somerville, where the dorm is located.

During the late mayoral campaign, Floon made a big deal about how backwards Boston was because it didn't have a 311 system, just a Mayor's Hotline with a number nobody could remember.

But maybe Boston isn't quite so 1990s (set aside for a moment the fact that City Hall has no voice mail): In the next week or two, Somerville plans to emulate Boston's anonymous crime-tip texting service with something called Tip411. According to a city blog:

... This will allow residents to anonymously communicate with the SPD at a moment's notice to report crimes, safety issues, etc. via text message. ...

Somerville also plans to take a look at Boston's iPhone app, which lets iPhoners upload photos of potholes, trash and the like to the city.

H/t Stuart Goldman.

Mark Garfinkel reports on a mannequin that appears to be about to pull an Orange Line from a billboard just past the Zakim at the Charlestown/Somerville line:

... Two calls were placed to Boston and Somerville fire departments regarding a possible suicidal man on top of a billboard yesterday morning. ...

Mark also provides a photo.

Tufts Daily reports cops didn't have much trouble convincing a student at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy they had the goods on her for vandalizing some freshly poured sidewalk cement:

"Kind of easy to catch when you write your own name in there," TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy said.

Fortunately for her, the cement had yet to set, so she was able to smooth it out - under the watchful eye of campus police.

MBTA Transit Police tweet today's lesson re smoking on MBTA:

If you run away from group home,& are carrying a large knife, not a good idea to enjoy a smoke @Davis Sq Sta

Yesterday:
Today's top T tip: If you're wanted by police, don't smoke at a T station

The kids at Teen TV Somerville frame the planned Green Line expansion in a novel way - and feature the stylings of the immortal Wig Zamore and US Rep. Mike Capuano. Even better: Judges pick the best song about the Green Line (the first from a kid who thinks the whole thing is a big mistake: "It's not too late ... to give this train away" - sing it!):

Latest Green Line Extension documents from the state.
State to study three locations for trolley repair facility.

Tip o' the beret to Erin Sunderland.

BehindDarkEyes photographed people honking a tchinik in Davis Square yesterday.

Charlie Rosenberg took photos today:

Mike Mennonno reports he's finally had enough of sneering, snorting, obnoxious taco makers at his local Anna's:

... I've actually seen two of them gang up on a customer -- a Tufts student I think he was -- berating him for calling pico de gallo "salsa", almost bringing the poor kid to tears. They often mutter to one another in Spanish about customers who annoy them. And by the way, amigos: I know what "una puta flaca mala" means.