--Find out where to meet up on March 6 to ask Rep. Ed Markey (aka "Biz Markey") to support Cape Wind. [Blue Mass Group, more on Cape Wind from Bostonist] --Holy crap. This guy eats a Big Mac in one bite. Honest. Where is Morgan Spurlock when you need him? [Andy Eats via Menu Pages] --Following a more highbrow food track, Le Cordon Bleu is opening in Cambirdge on April 7. [Beantown Bloggery] --Apparently Barstool......

--Adam Gaffin of Universal Hub was on NPR this week to discuss Boston Crime, which tracks violent crime on a Google map and allows people to comment on cases. A must-listen. They describe him as a "computer guy by day, crime chronicler by night." [NPR] --What's with the rats all over a recent edition of the Boston Globe? [Massachusetts Liberal] --Where to find pictures of Boston back in the day. [Beantown Bloggery] --Food sniglets! [Cave......

--Matt O'Malley offers a ward-by-ward breakdown of how the city of Boston voted in the Democratic primary. [Matt O'Malley] --Barstool Sports is calling for a boycott of the Boston Herald "except the Inside Track" because of sportswriter John Tomase's story about the Patriots videotaping the Rams. [Barstool Sports] --Massachusetts will be representing on reality TV when Big Brother airs--but will they be representing well? [Third Decade] --Valentine's is coming up, and one local website offers......

--A group of activists helped prevent a company from foreclosing on the home of a Dorchester woman and her family. Fifty people showed up to help Melonie Griffiths-Evans, and the event was organized by City Life. [Boston Herald, Boston Globe] --In the event of a storm or disaster, you have a number to call besides 911--211. Whether or not people remember "211" instead of "911" during something serious remains to be seen. Public Enemy......

--Deval Patrick boosted the payroll for his own staff by $1.1 million. The Herald is not amused. [Boston Herald] --Speaking of not being amused, Outraged Liberal is appropriately outraged at the Herald for some fuzzy math regarding the news bit mentioned above. [Massachusetts Liberal] --King Downing, an official with the ACLU who specializes in fighting racial profiling, suing the Massachusetts Port Authority and the Massachusetts State Police. He was hassled while leaving the airport, and......

Rachael Ray Book Signing Barnes & Noble at the Prudential Center Saturday, November 17, 2007, 3:00 pm Beantown Bloggery, who has the inside scoop on so many Boston events, has announced that Rachael Ray will be signing books tomorrow. You'll have to get there at 12 noon to buy a book and get a wristband. Beantown Bloggery also has tips if you want to get a book signed without having to stand in line all......

This rounds up the best of local blogs. Now that we're doing "Bite Size News," "Series of Tubes" will repeat those links, too. --Matt O'Malley, who has run for city councilor himself, analyzes the votes in the Boston City Council election and finds out what may have gone wrong for Felix Arroyo and right for John Connolly. [O'Malley on the Web] --Brace yourselves! Bobby Brown will perform at the Boston Music Awards on December 1.......

--Casting Meryl Streep as our beloved Julia Child? Appetizing or nauseating? One writer's tummy churns at the thought. [MenuPages] --Cab drivers are organizing in preparation for a battle with the mayor over whether or not they have the right to refuse fares that might be dangerous. [Boston Herald] --Attention, Logan Airport passengers: Continental Airlines is moving to Terminal A from Terminal C on November 11. And the white zone is for immediate loading and unloading......

--Meet the best state trooper ever and the dumbest truck driver ever over at Other People's Emergencies. --Spatch lists the many reasons why you should stay the hell away from High School Musical. We appreciate his bravery in watching it for us. --Jeff at the Boston Community Live Journal page has some helpful tips for those who are new to Boston, including a template for ordering at Dunkies: "(size), (type), (extras) and (food)." --Beantown Bloggery......

--Julie Balise of the Northeastern News spotted Alec Baldwin, shooting for Bachelor No. 2 (who isn’t?), saying nice things about toddlers and performing eternal damage control after he left a nastygram on his daughter's voicemail. Yes, Bostonist subscribes to the NU News feed for items other than its crime log, but we do love its crime log so. --Ben Affleck was in town to preview the movie he directed, Gone Baby Gone, which has been......

Okay, okay, this edition of "Series of Tubes" isn't all about Britney Spears, but local bloggers had plenty to say about her dopey performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. --Karen is far more sympathetic to Britney's case because America can't resist a story of someone like Spears. --Rude Boy finds similarities between Miz Spears and Family Guy. A debate then ensued as to whether or not it was appropriate to discuss Spears in the......

Okay, okay, before you get insulted, Bostonist is not especially fashionable. And New York is in the throes of its own Fashion Week right now - so Boston is having Fashion Week at the same time? Isn't that just asking for no one to notice? Well, Boston's Fashion Week did indeed start yesterday. Much of the excitement appears to be centered around Natick, though, because of Friday's Natick Collection opening. "Collection" is a fancy word......

--Forget Kate Hudson and Steve Martin. Richard Simmons stopped by Fox 25 this morning and would not stop hogging the camera. If you wanted to watch the news or the weather, Richard Simmons was there, talking about the weatherperson's "biscuit" (she's pregnant) or running in front of the camera. VB looked a little frightened by the whole thing, if you ask us. Don't be surprised if you see Simmons sweatin' to the oldies on the......