Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (hooray for the return of flip-flop weather edition)

Mayor Tom Menino: Sex bomb. Or something.

The Zen of Manny: Forget NESN commentary. When Ramirez retires, he’s going to be our self-help guru.

Is the Globe bloodletting over? Marty Baron says the buyouts are over and layoffs won’t be necessary, but he doesn’t say who’s leaving.

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Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (Dumb and Dumber, Jacoby? edition)

BostonNOW died as it lived: Inaccurately.

We weren’t the only ones wishing this story were true: The Herald gets duped.

Alaska comes to Massachusetts: If only temporarily.

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Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (our butts do all their own stunts, thank you very much edition)

We went to Opening Day: And we’re lucky we didn’t die. Sort of.

The Globe got some good news: We talked to Pulitzer-prize winner Mark Feeney.

Again, we say whew: Rumors of the death of the Pour House have been greatly exaggerated.

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Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (no, not Bob Lobel and Jackie Mac! edition)

The Herald is number two! The Metro’s wildly fluctuating circulation numbers return us to our happy two-newspaper town.

Is Boston a great town for dating? Maybe if you’re a dude, but the ladies are hurting.

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Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (channeling our inner Yankee edition)

We liveblogged the Sox opener: And Flannery got to work overtime thanks to extra innings.

Mitt Romney can’t pick a winner: John McCain brings him on board anyway.

The Mike Barnicle haters are organizing: They’ve got a blog. Fear them.

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Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (No Tanks (and no casinos, either) edition)

Ballplayers stage half-day strike for the bullpen coach: We’re kind of proud of them.

Tim Haslett, a musical man about town died this week: Joe Keohane offers his memories.

Only a masochist would hit up two St. Patrick’s Day Breakfasts: Or a social climber. (more…)

Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (So sad to say goodbye edition)

Steve Bailey leaves the Globe: And makes us sad. Almost as sad as losing Fudgie the Whale to Connecticut.

NECN names a new news director: We’re available for News Night.

We adopted a marathoner: You can’t have her, Madonna. (more…)

Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (What’s the real difference between 30,000 and 5,000 new jobs? edition)

Fuzzy math, shameless pandering, hopeful/hopeless projections: Yup. It’s the casino debate.

Who knew Lindsay Lohan had standards: Eli Roth’s not that old.

It was a big night for local author, and BoMag profile subject, Ben Mezrich: We were at the premier of 21 and filed this report. (more…)

Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (Where’s Whitey? edition)

The FBI tells us what we knew all along: That guy? Not Whitey.

Maureen Feeney gets ready to talk community: She tells us about her plan for a citywide summit.

If a struggling talk radio host spews profanity, does anybody care? Apparently not.

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Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (the “how did this anti-Semitism get in my Sudoku?” edition)

This is the first time we’ve felt bad for Mitt Romney in. . . ever: Did the New York Times sitting on a damaging story about John McCain cause Romney to lose the nomination?

Finally, we can feel better about ourselves: DebbieClemens.com comes back to boost our self-esteem.

You guys really don’t see that? Because we totally see a swastika in BostonNOW’s sudoku.

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