--Representative Ed "Biz" Markey is going to Bali--in Second Life. Way to be hip to the Internets, but does that avatar look like him? Discuss. [Boston Globe]

--Boston got dumped by CNN. A debate that was supposed to be in Boston next week has been knocked off the schedule because of the early caucus dates this year. And we were hoping for a look at Wolf Blitzer. [Boston Globe]

--The jury in the trial of Alexander Pring-Wilson, who was convicted of manslaughter for the 2003 stabbing of Michael Colono in Cambridge, said it was deadlocked, but deliberations resumed today. [Boston Herald]

--Officials believe that Sunday's fire at the East Somerville Community School started because of an "electrical problem in a fixed room heater." [Somerville Journal]

--Mike Ditka thinks Tom Brady is too sensitive. [NY Daily News]

--Awesome spoof of the first draft of Mitt Romney's "I Am Mormon, Hear Me Roar" speech. (Thanks, Michael!) [Weekly Standard]

--An online dating service, scientificmatch.com, claims that it can help you find the perfect mate by comparing DNA. But you don't want too perfect a DNA match! That's called incest. [WBZ]

--Somebody's selling underpants worn by Red Sox players on eBay. No thanks. [Boston Herald]

Image from Ed Markey's official site.