Why does Brett Favre have the undying support of so many members of the national media? Why, despite a full decade of coming up short on the biggest stage, or throwing an ill-advised pass which is intercepted at the worst possible time, does the national media as a whole love and worship him, and certain...

Image by Mike Cialowicz from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr. The days are getting longer now. [ Boston Globe ] The “Annoying Dorm Resident of the Year” award goes to a freshman at Green Mountain College who is suing to change the bathrooms. [ Burlington Free Press ] Football...

Michael Dwyer / Associated Press Maybe the results are a little skewed, since the Charlotte Bobcats clearly didn’t belong on the same floor or in the same league as the Celtics last night. Or maybe the Bobcats just looked like that because the C’s’ defense locked them up so tight that...

        Madras Press is a new local venture dedicating to publishing groups of long “short” stories slash novellas and donating the profits to charity. It’s an innovative and generous approach to publishing in a challenging time for the industry. The first four...

Image by b_skerratt from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Boston University set aside rooms for students exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Students are discussing the policy’s strengths and weaknesses. [ B.U. Daily Free Press ] Consider this: Could fears about the swine flu be more...

The Boston Fire Department has pulled off the most awesome campaign prank yet, according to Universal Hub . The BFD, an upstanding group of dudes , totally hates Thomas Menino because he wants them to stop being such a drugged up bunch of boozehounds. Today is election day, so what did they do? Boston...

Sources say a BU student had been drinking prior to falling to his death. [ Daily Free Press ] Somehow the cops found out about the Freedom Rally and showed up to write tickets for marijuana possession. [ Boston Herald ] Researchers at Northeastern and MIT team up to fight termites with sugar. [ Boston...

AP Photo / Elise Amendola Well, not us as in Bostonist and its beloved readers. But the Angels hate coming here once the first fall wind blows. They can barely win a playoff game here to save their lives, and lost their second straight at Fenway with a sour taste in their mouths. We’ll pick it...

AP Photo / Michael Dwyer Paul Byrd comes back from a year on the shelf and throws a gem. Tim Wakefield comes back from the DL and gets a W. And now Daisuke Matsuzaka comes back from three months away and beats the Angels. Clearly, some of these guys need weeks and weeks off between starts. Let’s...

The Patriot-Ledger reports on a bill in the state legislature that would establish your right to fix your own car. Senate Bill 124/House Bill 228 would require auto manufacturers to disclose some of the computer code in the cars that they build, which would allow a wider pool of mechanics to work on...