Jiffy Cat captured the aftermath of the havoc-wreaking storm that hit Boston yesterday afternoon. The blue tones of this shot make us feel the chill, and the lights in the right of the shot provide just the right dose of holiday cheer. Any snow horror stories from yesterday? Let us know! And get ready....there's another storm on the way this weekend - eek!......

TO: The Rest of the NBA (address not shown) FROM: The Little Nine (littlenine@celtics.com) RE:Remember Us? --- Hi everyone. It's the Little Nine here. You know, the "supporting cast" that was going to be the one thing holding the "Big Three" back from romping all over the NBA this year? Almost to a man, the papers and the Internet said that Pierce, Allen and Garnett would play well, but they had no support and no......

Authorial Intent is Bostonist's wrapup of readings in the area. All events are free unless otherwise noted. Thursday, December 6 Greil Marcus, The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice, Brookline Booksmith, 7:00 pm Greil Marcus goes in search of the American spirit and finds it in Philip Roth, David Lynch, David Thomas of Pere Ubu, and other unpredictable sources. The Village Voice writes that Marcus' latest "basks in the possibilities of......

Not only does Project Runway Season 4 feature a contestant named Sweet P (was the "ea" part of "pea" that intrusive?), it also has the requisite dude with whack hair, dude with whack facial hair, and a fabulous first episode title: "Sew Me What You Got." Sweet! None of the designers appear to have Massachusetts connections, but models Lauren, Marcia, and Wendi are all from the Bay State. Lauren started modeling in Boston, and Marcia......

--Don't eat the yellow pills: "Mixing cough syrup, Vicodin or Lipitor with cat litter is the new advice on getting rid of unused medications. Preferably used cat litter." [WCVB] --Another BPD (pardon us, ex-BPD) officer has pled guilty to protecting shipments of cocaine. Unfortunately for him, the people shipping the cocaine were undercover FBI. [Boston Globe] --A boiler explosion in Salem sends three people to the hospital. [WCVB] --A huge sinkhole in the middle of......

Bostonist has scoop? Yup, looks like we have a gossip scoop! A little bird told us that tonight tomorrow night may be Sarah's last appearance on America's Next Top Model. While we're happy to have some scoop, we're also hoping it's not true for many reasons. A) Sarah is from Heath, Massachusetts. B) She's Vita Lightly of the Boston Babydolls. And C) she has a normal body, which is something to cheer about after seeing......

A woman from--wait for it--Framingham scratched her boyfriend to bits and tried to blame it on her cat on Saturday night. The MetroWest Daily News reports that 41-year-old Patricia McNulty was in a mighty bad mood: McNulty, who Ferguson said was heavily intoxicated, said they had just got a new kitten, which must have scratched the man. The officers pointed out that the scratch marks were too wide and too far apart to be from......

This hilarious shot from Flickr user Jiffy Cat was just too clever not to post. Besides simply making us smile, we love the colors and think it fits in quite nicely with our October action theme. The title says it all - Run!!......

J. Cannibal's Feast of Flesh With a screening of The Evil Dead, Black Cat Burlesque, and music by Bad Ash Saturday, September 29, midnight, $10 Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline It's never too early to start thinking about Halloween. This weekend, undertaker and impresario J. Cannibal - also known as local poet Janaka Stucky - is presiding over some midnight macabre mayhem at the Coolidge Corner Theatre with his "Feast of Flesh." Feast of Flesh has......

--A man in Plymouth was arrested for beating up a kitten in a CVS parking lot. Robert J. Frates, 25, blamed the cat for his despicable actions, claiming the cat peed on him. The poor cat, whose owner is unknown, had to be put to sleep. --Drivers, brace yourself, and watch the skies. Pumpkin-tossing season is coming. Cretins are warming up by tossing rocks off an overpass above Route 24 in Bridgewater, and police are......

Watertown has been the site of an intense debate over whether or not to halt its participation in the "No Place for Hate" program. The Anti-Defamation League is a sponsor of the program, which helps communities fight hate crimes. The "No Place for Hate" program sounds like a good thing – who doesn't want to stop hate crimes? Unfortunately, to many Watertown residents, the Anti-Defamation League is indeed a place for hate. Many Armenian Americans......

So, Gawker started up this feature on "The Poors," in which they ruthlessly mock media encounters with those of us who don't have trust funds. Gawker might be interested in a recent front-page article by the Globe about the South Bay Center, the big ol' mall that is apparently a crossroads of class conflict. The form of Sarah Schweitzer's article isn't the problem. Well, maybe the fact that the Globe put a story about a......

Just over a week ago the Globe brought us the discouraging story that Mitt Romeny used to take the Romney family vacations with their pet strapped atop the family station wagon back in the 80's. The tales of flip-flopping positions on contentious political issues haven't grabbed the spotlight quite as well as poor treatment of the family dog. Politicians have been famous for their pets, Nixon had Checkers and Clinton had Socks and a whole......

--We've been wondering why Luigi Epifania allegedly set that cat on fire. And it seems the reason is that the man is absolutely - allegedly - effin' nuts. DA Conley's office sent out a release about Epifania's arraignment. The cat-torching was part of what seems to be an outright crime spree: [Epifania] was arraigned Monday in East Boston court on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for a......

--A double stabbing happened on the Common early this morning. The stab victims were found in different places - one in front of a Suffolk residence hall and another in the park. Further investigation revealed that the guy in the park, James Sablone, of Winthrop, is allegedly the stabber, and the guy in front of Suffolk, who hasn't been identified, is the stabbee. --It took a while, but a man who was shot back in......

--Early this morning, a man was stabbed outside Tonic on Comm Ave. The BPD report describes a fight in which one of the parties had a knife and decided to use it. The victim is going to be okay, but does that mean the city is going to have to shut down Tonic a la The 6 House? Fair is fair, you know. But the city brass probably won't do it. Last we heard, Whitey......

The Herald is shocked...SHOCKED! that MBTA General Manager, Daniel Grabauskas, get this ... makes a lot of money. About $255K per year. "Chief $eeing green as T’s in red: Slammed for ‘absurd’ salary" That's a sh*tload o'dough! The T is in debt! Fire his a$$! Send Grabauskas on an express bus to Unemployment Crossing! Wait. Who in his/her right mind would want that crappy, thankless job? It sounds sorta hard. If you ran the T,......

The creep who set a cat aflame and pitched it into the first floor of an East Boston home has made national news. Neighbors are outraged and rattled at the fate of the unfortunate kitty cat. What kind of moron would set a cat on fire? People are easier on you if you set a human being on fire because at least another human being can fight back. This cat didn't have a chance. Plus,......

--The last thing the Boston brass wants to hear is someone comparing Dorchester to Iraq. But that's exactly what a guy told the Globe after a man got shot several times in the head yesterday afternoon. The victim must be made of steel. He was able to run to a friend's house after getting hit, and he is in "critical but stable condition." As for the Iraq comparison, a neighbor said, "There's something always going......

We'd heard that the 2007 WBOS Free Summer Concert Series at Copley was going to be a great one - and lo and behold, the folks over at 92.9 FM have announced a schedule full of acts we'd happily plunk down money to see. We are going to be making the trek to Copley a regular part of our Thursday evening routine. The lineup boasts established acts (Martin Sexton, Jonatha Brooke), indie artists we can't......

Watertown city councilor, member of the Governor's Council, and self-described important person Marilyn Devaney was in court today to hash out evidence of her alleged curling-iron tantrum at a Sally's Beauty Supply. The Watertown TAB was there to live-blog the whole episode. Here's what we adore about the Watertown TAB's blog – they have a whole category devoted to "Curlergate." We were all excited for yesterday's Devaney Court Sighting because, last time she was in......

--More details have emerged about the Mattapan man who was stabbed to death yesterday. Sylvester Mitchell was 38 years old and may have been stabbed as part of a domestic dispute because his wife was questioned by police. He was murdered on his birthday. --Overnight, another stabbing happened, this time in Dorchester, and the victim is in stable condition. Less lucky is a pedestrian who was hit in Brighton at Cambridge and Harvard Avenues. The......

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with......

This Sunday Project Bread's Walk for Hunger takes over the streets of Boston, Newton, Watertown…oh, you get the picture. The walk starts in the morning and thousands of people will be walking to raise money to support food banks, soup kitchens, and other initiatives across the Commonwealth. There are lots of good shows going on this week – and it's capped off with a weekend extravaganza that includes both Arts First and Harvard Square's......

The season has begun! Well, it really starts for the Red Sox tomorrow when they play against the Kansas City Royals, but we have a raging case of spring fever. The Red Sox held their last spring training game against the Phillies. With Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching, the team won 7 to 5. However, on Fox 25, we caught a glimpse of the Phillies' Pat Burrell giving Terry Francona the one-fingered salute. When people are flipping......

Remember that cute Boston terrier we showed when we first wrote about the Menu Foods pet food recall? His name is Oreo, and, unfortunately, he was sickened by the tainted pet food. According to the puppy's owner, Oreo, who lives in New Jersey, "spent more than a full day in the hospital being treated for kidney failure.” He is back home and "energetic," but the experience was harrowing, to say the least. Oreo did wind......

--First it was tainted spinach. Then it was tainted peanut butter. Now it's tainted pet food. Some dogs and cats have been vomiting after eating wet pet food. About 10 pets died. Since the manufacturer, Menu Foods, is such a big player in the market, this impacts many brands. So if your pet prefers cuts and gravy, you might want to switch to the dry stuff until this gets cleared up. Fido might howl about......

Did you see how there was another weird, but harmless, device spotted and destroyed on city streets this morning? And it didn't cause a fuss? Apparently it was a "traffic-counting device" or "pedestrian counter." Whatever it was, at least it didn't give Boston residents the finger. Police nabbed the teenagers who stabbed another teenager at the Back Bay T stop. It was inevitable that they were going to get caught. It appears to have been......

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending......

The state of the sidewalks around Boston kept us on our asses this weekend. Not so much of the figurative kind where we sat at home and skipped a show because it was too hard to get around. No, more the literal kind where we kept falling down because of that damn 2" layer of ice that was pretty much everywhere. This week they tell us that the temperature is rising by week's end.......