--So, just how many new construction jobs will the casinos proposed by Governor Deval Patrick create? He said 30,000. An independent analyst says no way: "... building three casinos at a cost of $1 billion each in Massachusetts would create a total of 4,000 to 5,000 new construction jobs for the duration of the building period, probably three years." [Boston Globe]

--Now this is cool--A look at BNN's studios in an old Roxbury substation. [Boston Globe]

--Turns out that Mitt Romney's son, Josh Romney, won't run for Congress in Utah this year. [Salt Lake Tribune]

--Video of Atwood's 2nd annual Bacon-Eating Competition. Burp. [Cambridge Chronicle]

--A member of Harvard Class of '59 died before his 50th reunion. Or so a posting to the class' message board said. Turns out that Arthur Lemay faked his own obituary to see what his more liberal classmates might say about him. One classmate called the stunt "weird and narcissistic." [Boston Globe]

Image of the not-so-rapid Mattapan line cutting through Cedar Grove cemetery by Amythyst Lake from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.