Things are quiet around Boston Daily HQ this morning. Not because it was too cold to get out of bed, but because traffic is at a standstill on Mass. Ave. near Symphony Hall and the Christian Science Center. It’s all due to what Boston Police described as “a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian.”

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Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers.

Welcome to the bandwagon: That’s the message from long-time Celtics season ticket holders who are no longer the only people cheering the team. You say that now, but be careful what you wish for. [Globe]

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Your long day of corporate drudgery is over. Get out and enjoy the city! Here are a few ideas to get you started, lovingly picked by Boston Daily.

Boston Daily has a lot of experience with talking to dead people. Now you can have your chance to speak to the dearly departed through John Edward. Chatting with your late grandma won’t come cheap—tickets are $175.

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Earlier today, we reflected on the utter lack of regard Red Sox fans show their brethren when presented with the opportunity to get an autograph or a Paw Sox souvenir baseball. But it seems that zealous fans aren’t the only ones willing to beat on some children young adults in City of Palms Park.

Your 2008 Red Sox completely humiliated Boston College in a spring training game.

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Yesterday afternoon, the Phoenix’s Adam Reilly reported rumors that the paper of record would announce job cuts today. The bad news has officially come to bear. Globe publisher Steven Ainsley emailed employees to inform them they’d receive voluntary buyout offers next week.

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Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment.

Additional proof our teenagers are stupid: Nearly 40 teens were arrested after they grabbed a pizza from a delivery guy and slammed the door on him without paying. He waved down a cop, who found the kids drinking. Dumbasses. [WHDH]

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People who are overzealous for any cause make us nervous. The fainting women at Barack Obama rallies leave a deeply unsettled feeling. He is, after all, still a politician. People who chastise strangers for their religious beliefs get on our nerves too. But the people who bother us the most are American Idol fanatics.

Don’t get us wrong—we watch that stupid show. But we don’t troll Google alerts in order to pick a fight with some random blogger who says my contestant of choice sucks. (Hello, Taylor Hicks fans!) It’s just a pointless fight that means nothing in the grand scheme of life.

That said, we’re beginning to have the same attitude toward Red Sox fans.

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We here at Boston Daily love the internet. Anything that allows us to shop without wearing pants is okay in our book. But the Web has a seedy side that can allow predators to exploit teenagers without putting on their pants. Not okay.

As any channel-surfer who finds himself mesmerized by a marathon of To Catch a Predator can testify, these people do get dressed and then they try to meet the unsuspecting kids. But that may happen less now that Harvard has been enlisted to help keep kids safe.

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If you ask someone from outside New England what Boston is all about, they’ll probably cite lobsters, baked beans, and Puritans. For hundreds of years, we’ve been portrayed as the uptight prudes of the Banned in Boston variety.

But no more! A study by Forbes.com says that Boston is guilty of committing one of the Seven Deadly Sins. [via BostonHerald.com]

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As any stupid high school student can tell you, popularity is the most important thing in the world. Which is bad news for Gov. Deval Patrick. Jon Keller reports that the governor’s approval rating is slipping, especially among women. A year ago, an impressive 63 percent of women approved of Patrick’s performance. That number is now down to 47 percent.

Keller believes that women are dissatisfied with Patrick because he endorsed Barack Obama and he’s taking the blame for a stagnating economy. We say it’s something even simpler than that.

It’s his new haircut.

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