Callum Hanlon wonders what happened to the "angry gladiator-looking man" who would curse out anybody who dared look at him as he lumbered down Comm. Ave. by BU:

... I miss the way that you scream "Get the **** away from me," whenever I try to address you in any way, shape or form. I miss the way you wear those weights--especially that bullet-proof jacket looking thing--all over your extremely fit body ...

Fox O'Rian posts a couple photos from an accident last night at Comm. Ave. and St. Paul street involving an SUV and a botched U-turn that shut down B-Line service for an hour.

BehindDarkEyes watches the sun set over the Green Line in Brighton.

While I was out picking up some food early Saturday morning, I heard two people outside of the Shaw's at Packard's Corner in Allston discussing the speed limit on Comm. Ave. The discussion centered around whether 6 mph was too slow for traffic or not. This seemed like a crazy discussion so I turned to see where they were pointing...

Harry Mattison photographs a bevy of cars parked in those brand spanking new bike lanes the city just installed:

... Cars parked in the bike lane force the bikes to swerve in and out of traffic - a situation that could be more dangerous than having no bike lane at all. So hopefully drivers will learn - with help from some parking tickets, if needed - that bike lanes are for bikes, not cars. ...

Ed. Great White North note: In Montreal, some bike lanes actually have curbs to keep the cars out.

Boston Biker has the scoop on the new lanes between Kenmore Square and the BU Bridge.

The Globe reports:

Ten soccer game spectators were injured — four of them critically — in Dorchester today when they sought refuge under a gigantic tree that was struck by lightning during a flash storm

I like how the Globe follows that with:

The victims, all males, had burns consistent with lightning strikes, authorities said.

Because you know how people in Dorchester love to make up stories about getting hit by lightning.

Lightning also knocked out Green Line service between Harvard Avenue and Packard's Corner. In fact, it hit a trolley. Amazingly, nobody hurt.

Alyk grows weary of all the "but there aren't any trees!" carping about the Greenway; posts a photo of what the Comm. Ave. mall in the Back Bay (you know, tree-lined Comm. Ave.?) looked like in 1872, after it was built.

Menino tells Banker & Tradesmen that maybe a bit of sophistry is involved when BC says it'll house all its undergrads on campus, then turns around and buys a high-rise apartment building on Comm. Ave. that isn't on campus.

Via Michael Pahre, who notes that BC officials are careful to talk about "university-controlled" housing rather than "on campus."

Phill Jupitus is some British comedian and broadcaster who loves Boston, which is wonderful, but he writes:

The city also boasts some first-class shopping. The first place to go is probably Commonwealth Avenue but I also like Boylston Street.

Where is this first-class shopping on Comm. Ave.? In Kenmore Square? Along BU? He also says he likes the food in the Italian Quarter.