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--Nantucket antique dealer David Place was charged with the alleged illegal importing and trafficking of sperm whale teeth on Friday. Place was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on multiple counts of conspiracy and violating a federal law that prohibits trading in illegally captured wildlife.[Boston.com]

-- Passive aggressive notes from BC are "great practice for when you are living alone or with your husband." [Passive Aggressive Notes]

Last week, we wondered "WTF, Vermont?" when we heard the news that Governor Jim Douglas planned to veto the bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. Well, he did. But, in a dramatic show of awesomeness, the Vermont House of Representatives voted to override the veto, 100-49. Vermont is the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage and the first to do so through an act of legislature.

Despite overwhelming House and Senate votes in favor of the it, Governor Jim Douglas is poised to veto Vermont's marriage equality bill. In the meantime, the Green Mountain State was beaten by freaking Iowa, which became the third state in the U.S. to allow everybody to marry the person whom they want to marry. The other two, of course, are Massachusetts and Connecticut.

We’d just like to remind you of how lucky you are to be living in New England. Why, you ask? If it’s not the weather, the traffic, or the football team, whatever could it be? Well, the beer, naturally. For whatever reason—possibly the weather and the traffic—New England has a high concentration of amazing breweries and brew pubs. You can hardly finish a drunken stagger without falling over one.

--A three-alarm fire broke out at an apartment complex in Framingham yesterday afternoon. Three firefighters and three residents of the complex went to the hospital for minor injuries. [Boston Globe]

--More from the pillow fight!

The battle over global warming is escalating and it's being fought all over the cultural map, most recently in a three state struggle for the "right to dry."

In the midst of our fleeting lives, one sometimes feels called to take a stand. A meaningless but symbolic stand.