--One woman reminisces about her youth as a smelly lobster-monger near James Hook when she ogled cute fishermen. [shamrag] --To prepare yourself for the Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals, check out this chart of Kobe Bryant's strengths and weaknesses. [The Onion] --No love for the environment? Now you can wear your feelings on your shirt. [b0st0n] --Are you hot? Graduated from law school? Then you have the chance to get photographed in your "'natural elent' (sic)......

--Investigators with the ATF are helping to find out what caused the James Hook fire, which destroyed the business and 60,000 pounds of lobster. [Boston Globe, photos of the scene from Bostonist] --An open letter to a restaurant patron who must have been an absolute beast at Toro. [Undercover Blonde] --Sports fans, mark your calendars: The Red Sox are moving up their game against Tampa Bay by one hour on Thursday, to 6:05 pm,......

Bostonist visited what's left of James Hook & Co. yesterday as firefighters hosed down the wreckage. The scene attracted a steady stream of visitors who stood silently, paying their respects to the Boston landmark. See our earlier post about the fire for a photo of James Hook & Co. in better days.......

Fort Point landmark and Boston institution James Hook & Co., a lobster wholesaler, burned to the ground this morning in a seven alarm fire, the Globe reports. The fire closed the Moakley bridge, which connects South Boston to the Financial District, to vehicular traffic, causing a jumbled commute for beleaguered workers going to or from Southie. The blaze was said to have destroyed more than 60,000 pounds of lobster, valued at $9 a pound,......