March 17, 2008
Bite Size News

--St. Patrick's Day, of course! Platinum Elite has wonderful photos and commentary from the parade. We were particularly enamored of the Elvis sighting. [Platinum Elite]
--Other kudos to Pax Arcana's fond memories of the holiday. Bring the Pepto to the Purple Shamrock, folks! [Pax Arcana]
--While it's cool that governor Deval Patrick is heading over to New York state to attend the swearing-in of the state's new governor, David Paterson, we're not quite sure what that has to do with Massachusetts. [WCVB]
--Yet another round of "Let's protect the children," not from real guns, but from fake guns on violent video games, courtesy of Mayor Menino. [WBZ]
--A state representative is pushing to lower the blood-alcohol limit from .08 to .02. [Boston Herald]
--Wow. It is expensive to attend Boston University. [BU Daily Free Press]
--Following the departure of Michele McPhee, a new Boston Herald Crime Queen has been crowned--Jessica Van Sack. [Boston Daily]
Image of what is clearly "the best job in Boston" by Paul Keleher from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. Today's Flickr stream is chock full of good stuff--Scientology protests, hockey fights, pies, and St. Patrick's, of course!


