--Obligatory stories about high gas prices over Memorial Day. Thanks to high gas prices, now you have to dig for conversation topics with family members at home instead of on the Cape. [Boston Herald]

--Did Mayor Menino just call Bill Clinton "Big Daddy"? [Boston Globe]

--Governor Deval Patrick is in trouble again for spending like a drunken sailor. Dan Kennedy suggests he may have a "tin ear." Then again, it's Menino who called Bill Clinton "big daddy." [Boston Herald, Media Nation]

--Who in the hell nails a snake to a telephone pole? Look out for hungover jackasses somewhere in Lawrence who are nursing a hangover and snake bites. [WCVB]

--Barbara Walters said she had "sweet feelings" for ailing Senator Ted Kennedy. Does that mean she slept with him, too? [Boston Herald]

--Jordan Knight sightings! But would that have been such a big deal if NKOTB weren't reuniting? Then people would have said, "Look, it's that due from the 'Surreal Life.'" [b0st0n]

Image of Chatham lobsters by Chris Seufert from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.