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Our friends at Unlikely Words have covered Peeps on the internet; now, we want you to cover Peeps in Boston. Bostonist is sponsoring a Peeps photo contest: photograph your favorite Peep in your favorite Boston setting. Whether you put a Peep chick in line behind Pack, add a tulip Peep to the Public Garden, hide Peep eggs along the Freedom Trail, bring Peeps Joy to Joy Street, or set a flock of Peep bunnies free at Harvard Business School, we want to see pictures! You can get creative with costumes, as in this Peeps Diorama Contest, or work with nude Peeps models.

                    

In the bleak mid-winter hundreds of intrepid (insane) and be-costumed Bostonians (and those from the surrounding environs) gathered together on the chilly Nantasket Beach to prove a groundhog isn't the only one who can predict whether we'll have an extended winter.

                  

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.

       

Yesterday's protest against California's Proposition 8, which ended gay marriage in that state, was too big for one photo gallery. Here are more faces and signs from the Las Vegas of gay marriage.

Jeff Tamagini also took some super photos of the Head of the Charles Regatta yesterday. If you missed yesterday's event, here's what it looked like. Today's last races start at 4, so you still have plenty of time to get down to the river before it's all over. (Side note: We're pretty sure we saw some of Jeff's photos on the walls at Lower Depths while watching the game there last night. Head there tonight if you'd like some art to accompany your baseball and beer.)

Here's a slideshow of awesome Head of the Charles photos taken by our pal Paul Keleher on Flickr. Get the race results from the event website.

         

Derek Lumpkins, better known to Bostonist readers as derequito, led the Boston Photo Mob on a tour of Roxbury this weekend. The group was kind enough to share some images with us:

It's a day that happens only in Boston, as far as we know. Maybe they do it in Milwaukee and Kansas City, but we doubt it; only Red Sox fans are maniacal enough to go out on a cold morning to watch some boxes be loaded in a truck. That's right, it's Truck Day - the day when the Sox equipment heads south for Fort Myers and Spring Training.

The next season of America's Next Top Model will air on the CW starting February 20, and the new cast has been revealed. Last time, Sarah Hartshorne, aka "Vita Lightly" of the Boston Babydolls, represented Boston well, and now not one, but two women from Massachusetts will be undergoing extreme makeovers and wearing ridiculous clothes.

No better icebreaker exists than taking off your pants in a crowd. People who normally would never speak to each other on an MBTA train had plenty to talk about once they "depantsed" on Saturday afternoon for Boston's first annual No Pants 2K8.

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.

An outbound Green Line trolley struck an MBTA supervisor this morning. The AP reports that the supervisor was there to check out an unauthorized tree-cutting near Reservoir on the D line.

One of our favorite photogs, Richietown has been out shooting again, most recently after the wondrous ice storm that rolled through last week. While there are many things to love in this photo, our favorite was how the branches of the trees all mingle to literally blanket the sky. The perspective and lighting are also naturally spot-on. Check two of his other shots from that night, black ice and december lights. Both are fantastic and can't be missed.

--A new company, FlexPetz, will let you rent a dog for a few hours so you can enjoy canine companionship without getting up in the cold to walk the critter. Wouldn't it be great if you could just rent human companionship for a few hours? Oh, wait. That's illegal. Nevermind. [Boston Globe]

A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs of 2007 and wrote a great review of just a good movie, No Country For Old Men. At UCLA, thousands of students celebrated the end of their quarter by running around campus in their undies (lots of photos in a two-part photo essay, one, two). That wasn't the only photo essay either: Joss Whedon/Mutant Enemy friends and Star Trek actors all joined in at the Writers Strike and KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas brought two nights of amazing bands that included Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park (Part I), Modest Mouse, Muse, Spoon and The Killers (Part II). Not only is L.A. a great music town, it has just been named the best city for bookish types. For those who are looking for something a little more active, American Gladiators are back (yes!) and if that's not enough, how about a Christmas gift of action and adventure?

It's a hot debate right now. The Somerville Journal posted pictures and video of the annual Tufts Naked Quad Run. The video and pictures are far from titillating. It's tush, tush, tush as far as they eye can see.

--After the panic, let's think about the fun aspects of winter--sleighs, end-of-year parties, presents, twinkling lights, and the general atmosphere of coziness.

A flash pillow fight went down at Boston Common yesterday afternoon, courtesy of the Banditos Misteriosos.

We're really glad we're not the New York Jets. Especially today. First of all, if you were a Jet, you'd have to be outside for hours and hours in this weather. Second of all, you're not a very good football team, and you are playing today against a remarkably good team. Third, you're the team whose coach finked out Bill Belichick early this year, putting the Patriots on a mission to destroy everything in their path and leave no doubt that they're the class of the league. Fourth, even if the opponent doesn't completely bruise your ego, the Foxborough fans - cold, wet, and bloodthirsty - will no doubt make your day thoroughly unpleasant.

--Another storm is on the way starting tonight and running through Sunday evening. [WBZ]

It was kind of adorable, the way the Celtics were quipping on Friday night. After defeating the Bucks, 104-82, and tying the franchise record for the best start on the ol' Boston parquet, the Celts tried to demur. Which, in turn, reminded us all of how awesome the team is.

--One would think that Boston would be prepared to handle snow. But it isn't a good sign when headlines read "what went wrong." [Boston Globe]

Many fans and striking writers turned out for the Writers Guild Rally at the First Parish Church meeting house at Harvard Square at noon today. As his mom Wendy looked on, Max Schapiro, of Needham, toted a sign that said, "My Mom let me skip school to support the WGA!" Other people sported orange-and-yellow wool caps made popular on Joss Whedon's brief television series "Firefly."

Snow emergencies have been declared in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville. Here's the dirt on parking and getting around:

If you dare to venture out that way--and you may not want to after this morning and the storm that is coming in--Green Line Service is back up. Or, in the lingo of the T alert system: "Green Line service is running with residual delays as a result of an earlier medical emergency at Boylston station." If you hadn't already heard, Trolleys Collide, Closing Green Line This Morning A side note: A commenter let us...

Some Bostonists found out about this the hard way--by actually being on the green line and having our drivers announce "last stop Government Center"--but the Green Line is closed between Park Street and Kenmore Square this morning after two trolleys collided at Boylston. One trolley rear-ended a stopped trolley, and one car derailed, according to the Globe. Not only were legions (including some Bostonists) made late for work, but the Globe reports nine people complained...