Jeanette Runyon has today's potd taken near Central Wharf. The burst of sun in the upper corner initially caught our attention, and the smooth color transitions of the sky are what kept our interest.

If the thought of huge holiday meals has you looking for smaller dishes to tide you over between parties, Burtons Grill has a new bar menu to keep your stomach and your wallet full. Each plate is priced at $4.95 and holds a generous serving. Two plates would definitely make a decent meal.

As frustrating as the Red Sox are, at least they play almost every day. And last week, when we had a Day Without Boston Sports, we needed it, because everyone in town was getting their fannies kicked.

Bands Whose Name One Cannot Say on Radio Fuck Buttons brings back the days when rock shows were a shambles of drone and melody and shrieking. Performing with Brooklyn stoner band Growing. Great Scott, 1222 Comm. Ave., Allston, 9 p.m.

In this "Better late than never" editon of the PotD, we have this picture that several of our Bostonist photo walkers picked as one of their favorite photos from the walk. It's definitely more of a fun photo than a serious piece of art, but fun is one of the things that makes a photo walk a success.

• Attention holiday shoppers: Boston offers free parking on Black Friday, and every Saturday left in 2009. [Boston Globe]

• Some firehouses in Boston are busy and some aren't and it's a trend that might require City Hall to reassign some jakes. [Boston Herald]

• The Franklin Park Zoo's population has grown thanks to the birth of two rare animal babies. Check out pictures of the animal goodness here. [WCVB]

Going forward, Hub-o-sphere will experiment by filling the weekly post with reader submissions.

Spazz It's been 15 years since the release of Speak Squeak Creak, Melt Banana's ineffable debut album, and the Japanese spazz-rock band has shown no signs of mellowing. For those who like their songs the way they like their sentences: short but convoluted. Performing with Captain Cutthroat and Exusamwa. Middle East Downstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 8 p.m. $14.

The commenters on yesterday's post about the unforgiveably awful Sonic Youth-Feelies show at the Wilbur Theatre have raised a lot of thoughtful points about the state of touring rock shows in today's world. Sound techs on the professional message board ProSoundWeb noticed the post yesterday and chimed in with their own advice, which has given this Bostonist a much better understanding of what went wrong on Sunday.

Things were going to be different once Milan Lucic and Marc Savard were able to suit up again. When injury claimed not one, but two of the Bruins' game-making talents, objectives changed a bit. Winning games would be great, but keeping things in relatively working order until Looch and Savvy got back (and got things going) would be pretty acceptable.

Bostonist was there for the taping of the debate between Democratic primary candidates competing for the chance to get Teddy Kennedy's senate seat in the upcoming January special election. Here's our record of what happened, in case you didn't get to watch for yourself. We weren't supposed to post before the thing actually aired. This is unedited, uncut, so forgive errors--will correct as soon as possible! And to be clear, this is by no means an exact transcript--there's lots of paraphrase, and a little snide commentary. (Full program if you missed it.)