The Missus was in front of her building this morning, waiting for the bus, when some guy in a red sweat suit said good morning, then told her she has nice hair:

... His hands weren't inside his pockets, they were down his front pants. Really deep in his pants. I don't have to take a guess as to what he was holding on to in his pants, as he was walking... But I knew the cordial morning greeting was all I would be able to say to him without laughing and shrieking, "What the fuck is wrong with you, you pervert! There are children at this bus stop too!"

But I didn't say anything to him, because he kept walking and didn't stop to wait for the bus. ...

38 Dwight St. in the South End last night; 16-year-old is expected to survive.

The shooting comes a week after a 15-year-old was stabbed at E. Newton and Washington streets.

Emily Gallardo walks around the South End and Jamaica Plain sketching dogs she sees:

I take my inspiration from the dogs in the my neighborhood -- any stroll in the dog parks looks like a Westminster Dog Show parade. I want to thank the dogs and their owners in Boston's South End and Jamaica Plain for their patience and forbearance.

Via the JP Beat.

Four guys from the suburbs and one from Roslindale charged with the 1:20 a.m. attack at 120 Boylston St., police say. Victim expected to live.

Steven Thoi, 25, of Malden, Don Tran, 26, of Randolph, Tony Dang, 23, of Quincy, Peter Huynh, 27, of Malden, Mark Nguyen, 24, of Roslindale all charged.

About two hours later, police say three do-gooders who gave a ride to a couple of soon-to-be-thugs at a party at 10 Trotter Ct. in the South End wound up getting beaten with the butt end of a knife and robbed - after they picked up a third alleged thug.

Marco Rodriguez, 19, of Roxbury, Jesus Ortiz, 17, of Roxbury, a 16 year-old male from Roxbury all charged.

Read for yourself the National Research Council report on why it thinks more study is needed before BU should be allowed to study deadly pathogens in the South End.

Biolab follies - Phoenix report.

The Missus explains why she won't be stepping foot in that South End restaurant ever again.

Sushiesque spots somebody gauzing at the big Band-Aid on Thayer Street in the South End.

The South End News reports the moneyless developers of Columbus Center will do some "minimal work" at their hole in the ground to keep the hole "in play" should they suddenly find a winning Red Sox scratch ticket or otherwise find the money to actually turn the hole into a development.

Boston Police report a Massachusetts Avenue resident was held up at gunpoint yesterday - by his neighbor:

The victim stated that he was opening his apartment door when his neighbor put a gun to his side and forced his way into his apartment along with a companion. Per victim, his neighbor and companion barged into his companion while yelling and waving a gun and stole a number of the victim's personal property and fled the apartment. The victim provided officers with a description of the car that the suspects fled in, and a description of his neighbor's companion.

The robbery was around 7:30 p.m. Police say they spotted the car a little more than two hours later, right down the street, and now the guy and a 15-year-old pal from Dorchester face a number of charges.

Undercover Blonde reports the new host at the South End restaurant is a social worker by day - and is trained at picking out the sociopaths:

... You can totally tell. They're very calculating. They're in your face, looking over the list, surveying the entire scene of the restaurant before you can even quote them a wait time. They know exactly who is getting up when. They may try to be your friend, but they've always got an eye on where they can weasel in on the list and how they can get a table faster. ...