--Total commuter hell broke out today with a tractor rollover that blocked the Mass Pike, along with dodginess on the Blue Line that left, according to one individual, "hundreds of people" stranded at the Airport T stop. [WHDH, b0st0n LiveJournal]

--Speaking of transportation, an engineering firm has recommended the installation of 900 support anchors in the Ted Williams Tunnel to make up for the fact that some parts of the ceiling can't be inspected. [Boston Globe]

--Tourists like to visit the Cheers bar and buy T-shirts. You don't say? We'd be more impressed if they actually bought a life-size cutout of Norm. [Boston Globe]

--Jamaica Pond got a visit from the governor today. [Video by Steve Garfield]

--The New York Yankees are going to donate that Red Sox jersey buried under Yankee Stadium to the Jimmy Fund. Good. Now is this story over? [Boston Herald]

--MIT professor Dan Ariely, an economist who studies our irrational money habits, is heading up the school's Center for Future Banking. [The Tech, Bostonist's podcast interview with Ariely]

--An angry dad visited Barstool Sports because he wasn't thrilled that his daughter was the Smokeshow of the Day. The dad was lucky. She could have been on "Guess That Ass." [Barstool Sports]

Photo of Governor Deval Patrick at an event to stock Jamaica Pond by Steve Garfield from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.