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We sipped Painkillers (active ingredient: Pusser's Rum) and double-fisted Ken-Tikis, and admired fezzes.

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It may have been in the high twenties today, but that didn't stop hundreds of Santas in speedos from showing up on Boylston street for the annual Santa Speedo Run to benefit Cradles to Crayons, a local Boston charity.

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Enza Sambataro may not be a household name, but she inspires a passionate response from baseball fans. She's about to marry the beloved Red Sox player Kevin Youkilis.

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Josh Ritter Tuesday, December 11 Club Passim, Harvard Square 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., $35-$75 (SOLD OUT) When Josh Ritter closed his most recent Somerville show with a rambled monologue in which he dispensed impractical driving directions from Davis Square to Canada (via the Fresh Pond Whole Foods) and plugged his two upcoming benefit concerts at Passim, Bostonist jumped at the chance to see him in such a cozy, acoustic-friendly venue—and so did everyone...

With Boston as perhaps the world’s foremost college town, a large part of our population is staring down Fall Semester’s final exams. For some, this period is little more than another opportunity to display a sharp mind. For others, however, exam period is one of struggle, frustration, and pain. To this latter group we suggest an alternative: Just go back to high school. It’s been done before… A twenty-five-year old Kenneth Lickiss took a Greyhound...

--Deval Patrick has signed a bill that expands buffer zones around abortion clinics. Anyone who protests must stand at least 35 feet away from entrances and driveways to the clinic. [WBZ] --Three men are being tried for funneling profits from charity to promoting jihad. [Boston Globe] --The injury toll for yesterday's fire in Mattapan has risen to 16, and the 2-year-old baby rescued in the fire is in critical condition in the hospital. [Boston Globe]...

While Gold Glove Youkilis shaved his goatee for charity tonight, the funnymen at ImprovBoston are getting into the spirit of Movember (Moustache Month) with a growing season of their own. Bostonist commemorates their valiant attempts to grow mustaches for charity--or at least hilarity (see how that rhymed? do you SEE?!). Though the Improv team started their mustache-growing season a little bit early (on October 18), this means their hirsute results will simply be that much...

Dominic Luberto's annual feat of light pollution Christmas devotion -- 500,000 bulbs and counting -- has long brought media attention to his Jamaica Plain home and won him admirers across the globe. He gets fan letters simply addressed to "Christmas Castle" and has started his own children's charity drive. But his crowning achievement may be his undoing. The Globe has more details on the City's efforts to bring down the "Crown of Christ" that Luberto...

The Mayor's Office announced that Mayor Menino and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper have set up a bet. Depending on who wins the World Series, the losing mayor will ship foods native to that area to a local charity. The press release's language is precise: "When Boston wins the World Series" and "If the unthinkable should occur." The mayor is leaving nothing to chance when it comes to winning the Red Sox World Series, and we...

LAist began the month with a new food series exploring the popular and unknown late-night eats around town. If a Top Chef winner opened up a late-night spot in Los Angeles, denizens would flock to it, yet the LA Times and other media might be wary. Turning to sports, the Dodger season was quite memorable in the way that it imploded and the LA County Sheriff's Department made some games of their own such as...

The New England Backgammon Club (NEBC) plays its tournaments in an out-of-the-way seafood and burger joint, tucked at the end of a commercial strip in suburban Malden. The Dockside is a cavern of a restaurant, dedicated to Boston sports, Keno, and beer. Despite its distance from the city's center, it's the kind of place that could exist only in Boston. If you aren't talking Pats or Sox, you might as well be speaking Greek. It's...

Four Stories Enormous Room (567 Mass Ave) Monday, October 1 7:00-9:00 pm FREE! In its last installment, the internationally acclaimed reading series Four Stories addressed faraway places; this time, it's all about two subjects close to everyone's heart: love and money. While some of us may focus more on one than the other, either love--of a person or a passion, returned or unrequited--or money--having it or not having it--is usually at the center of most...

You cannot escape the Brady Baby. OK! Magazine released the cover image of its latest issue with Bridget Moynahan and her little boy, John Edward Thomas Moynahan, son of Tom Brady. He's a cute kid. Every news outlet has this image, and the Fox 25 morning crew tried to debate whether or not it was a good idea to put the little baby on the cover so soon. The debate swiftly degenerated into a discussion...

In his will, Delp left his home in Atkinson, New Hampshire, to another ex-girlfriend, Patricia Komor. According to everyone who knows Delp, he hadn't seen Komor in 11 years.

Clay Buchholz is coming! The Red Sox have groomed and nurtured their up-and-coming phenom, and will turn him loose on an unsuspecting American Leage this afternoon. Well, not entirely unsuspecting, since it's been pretty widely reported. He has explosive stuff (if no gyroball), good command, and a great attitude, says everyone who's worked with him in the farm system. And he gets his first crack in the bigs today against the [Your Municipality Here] Angels....

Serenity will screen at midnight on Saturday, June 23. Proceeds go to Equality Now, and the Coolidge will be accepting food for the Greater Boston Food Bank. Tickets are $10. Joss Whedon fans will have chance to rejoice thanks to Coolidge Corner's midnight screening of Serenity, the full-length movie born after the 2002 cancellation of Whedon's short-lived but much-loved show "Firefly." The screening is on Whedon's birthday and will benefit his charity of choice,...

On Thursday, Bostonist joined a bunch of tired people in a red line car, and a guy hopped on and started shouting. We rolled our eyes at each other and looked uncomfortable because we figured he was either there to make trouble or sell candy bars for a dubious charity. But he had a surprise. He whipped a boom box out of a voluminous green backpack and pressed play. The sounds of Stevie Wonder's "Part-Time...

All in all, it's been a pretty good week for former Massachusetts governor and presidential aspirant Mitt Romney. Aside from a minor seatbelt flap, Romney saw a considerable improvement in his chances at election. The Des Moines Register announced that Romney was backed by 30 percent of Iowa Republicans, which puts him ahead of McCain and Giuliani. What is making Romney so appealing to those who haven't had the dubious pleasure of being governed by...

Curt Shilling has a lot of things going for him. The bloody sock has been auctioned off, he's tossing down in Fort Myers and seems to be ready for another season in good health. He's crusading for support of a cure for ALS and working with his wife Shonda and her SHADE foundation – but all work is not charity. Of course he's still a star pitcher for the Olde Towne Team but he's also out for some endorsements. The latest endorsement deal we've heard of is a partnership with TomTom the GPS navigation device. Number 38 is providing a voice behind the directions to augment your collection of friendly Brits, NYC cabbies, "the don," and a host of regular American spoken people that can be your new best friend while trying to get from point A to point B in the car. Curt joins the cast available for a $12.95 download to personalize your navigation device.

The Florida Panthers beat the Bruins 7 to 2. What happened? Things were looking up! Maybe they're just tired after being on the road. Or maybe stamina isn't their strong suit. At least Marco Sturm resigned for four years. Fourteen million dollars ought to help wake him up! The Bruins' loss surprised us a little bit. The Celtics' loss did not. They lost to the Jazz 87 to 105. There's a thin silver lining for...

Picnic at Hanging Rock is like a dream you know is full of meaning, but you can't resolve all the symbols. When you wake up, you're left with images burned in your brain, and you'll spend the rest of the day trying to figure them out.

Living here in the Hub, we are faced with daily indignities, from the complications of an ill-administered public transportation system to the risk of completely random death in the most poorly planned and implemented public works project ever. But the struggle that unifies us more than any other must surely be that scourge of sidewalk strolling, the dreaded MassPirg canvassers. How heartless these innocent-looking youngsters are, accosting us in the midst of our important business and rudely appealing to our most base of sentiments - charity! Their importuning, to "take fifteen minutes to help the environment" is in truth no more than a lascivious invitation to cast aside the vital concerns of thrift and industry and fritter away life's short minutes on that most vulgar and socialistic of pursuits, collective action for the greater good.