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.

We had fond memories of Lenny Kravitz from his “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” days. But once he did that Gap ad with Sarah Jessica Parker and the completely maddening song “Lady,” we forgot the good times. See if Kravitz can create new happy memories at the Orpheum tonight.

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Gov. Deval Patrick has a right to be fed up with the legislature. Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi and friends have a history of not taking up Patrick’s proposals in the most timely manner, and it appears the Speaker is up to his old tricks with Patrick’s casino bill.

We told you to expect this in the January issue of our magazine, so there’s little surprise here. Patrick’s core constituency of grassroots liberals largely view casinos as yet another regressive tax, so the longer the governor has to trumpet his proposal, the more supporters he’ll lose.

A weaker Governor, of course, makes for a stronger Speaker. And Patrick didn’t do himself any favors yesterday. (more…)

With the excitement of the presidential primaries building as the field of hopefuls in both parties shrinks, it’s easy to forget what this election means—an end to the administration of George W. Bush. Some expressed their frustration with Bush, and his party, by voting for Democrats in the 2006 elections. One of the senators who was swept out of office in this wave of anti-Republican sentiment was former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee.

Nearly two years after he left office, Chafee has written a book. And if the rumors that are flying around the media are any indication, it’s going to be a damning tome for members of both parties.

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To the eternal frustration of the press corps, the Patriots steadfastly refuse to analyze anything. Ever. The famous line that now defines this franchise—”It is what it is”—is served up as boilerplate whenever anyone dares try to engage them. Whether they’re playing the Colts or the Dolphins, the Patriots will never concede. Every game is important and no game is ever bigger than the one in front of them.

They are machine-like in this regard, and that has played no small part in the rest of the country’s disdain for them. The people want to see emotion. They want tears and agony. They want a story. The Patriots provide none of this. Even if Spygate had never happened, the team would still have inspired almost universal hatred. Spygate did not create people’s anger; it only serves as a reference point.

But as we wind down the excruciating Super Bowl Week, something has changed: The Patriots are actually admitting the importance of this game. (more…)

Slate’s John Dickerson is reporting that Kal Penn —Kumar of Harold and Kumar fame—is going to be leading a series of rallies at Emerson, BC, BU, and Tufts tonight before the debate. I feel as though these events would be akin to Jeff Spicoli leading the charge for Mondale in ‘84, but Penn seems particularly worked up.

I have to wonder, though, who wins the stoner culture vote? Who gets the Tommy Chong bump? (more…)

Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment.

Posh spices up Boston: Tabloids around the world are buzzing about a new tattoo on Victoria Beckham’s wrist that made its debut at Saks Fifth Avenue yesterday. And some say we’re not a world-class city. [The Sun]

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When people think of scientists, they imagine a geeky and socially awkward person hiding behind a beaker in a lab. But researchers can tear themselves away from their work and hobnob with the best of them. The Tufts-New England Medical Center’s fifth annual Rising Stars Gala brings out Boston’s stars to honor philanthropists and doctors like Dr. Diana Bianchi.

The geneticist talked to us about her research, Donnie Wahlberg, and the difficulties of sharing a name with a homewrecker.

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As the Super Bowl creeps closer, local colleges have covered their asses by issuing obligatory statements that riotous behavior by students will not be tolerated.

Boston Daily, however, is hoping for some non-fatal hijinks from our college population. Not because we support the wanton destruction of personal property in any way whatsoever, but because we want to read some more court-mandated essays.

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. . . If the coverage of how the Super Bowl may kill you doesn’t do you in first.

Every time one of our teams makes it to the playoffs, the Globe digs up as many medical studies about the effects of high-pressure sporting events on spectators as possible. There is still not a cure for cancer. Autism rates are skyrocketing. But thank God we know that being emotionally invested in a game can raise our blood pressure and possibly give us a heart attack.

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That’s the question several media members are asking today. After a long campaign in which our former governor used the Bay State as a punch-line whenever it suited his political ambition, Mitt Romney is suddenly in danger of becoming a joke himself.

Because if he loses his home state (as an aside, didn’t he say Michigan was his home state?), the wisdom goes, not only would it be a huge embarrassment for Romney, it could very well portend disaster for his campaign.

It would seem the chickens have has come home to roost.

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