The following message (and accompanying photo) comes from our publisher, Jake Dobkin -- Ed. Note Hey everyone-- you may have noticed that we've made a few small changes to our commenting and feedback systems: 1. Commenters now have profile pages with a bit of information about them, and links to their recent comments, along with comments other people have left in response. If the commenter is also a Bostonist author, the page will include a......

We can just imagine the scene. Globe reporter tries to get hip with Street Art. Stalks Myspace, meets up with, and interviews Pixnit about her experience, technique, and dreams. Fluff piece is written up and sits on the editors' desk for about a month until a nice, slow news day hits. Say January 3? The article runs. Readers write in (and leave comments), angry with the soft handed and accepting tone of the original article.......

Torontoist immediately wins our heart by using the word "Jackass" in a headline. In fact, we love their use of it so much that we're going to use it as much as possible throughout this post. For example, it looks like there are Toronto-area jackasses besides those who misuse the sidewalk: look at the crap on sale on Toronto's craigslist. But it looks like Toronto doesn't contain the kind of jackasses who pee in public......