hopefully it will keep the rubbernecking fans at bay

I thought the runners, in general, liked all the fans rooting them on?

Soledad O'Brian is in Jamaica doing a piece on the sniper kid Malvo. One of my relatives is somehow involved in the bit, and so my sister has been hanging out and watching them work.

She was very impressed with Soledad, especially because she never saw her use any notes over a day of shooting.

I still maintain that if Salma's breasts are fake, everyone should be going to her surgeon. For the amount she highlights them the only evidence that they're fake is that they're bigger?

I totally want to make a bacon costume!!

My mother was noting yesterday that Patriot's Day is the one holiday her office is open for, and it's ridiculous, since they're in Newton, and half the people can barely get to work around the marathon route.

Some peoples' bosoms just expand as they get older. And if any of the pictures used as evidence were recent (I didn't look,) she is pregnant...

Meeting. Uhg.

I thought the runners, in general, liked all the fans rooting them on?

The couple of times I watched the race up close (because I knew people running), I was appalled by how the crowd behaved, especially when someone had to walk for a bit instead of running. Granted, I was watching in Kenmore Square which may have had something to do with the crowd that was there (given that, usually, there's an early Sox home game getting out in the middle of the pack coming through).

Soledad O'Brian is in Jamaica doing a piece on the sniper kid Malvo. One of my relatives is somehow involved in the bit, and so my sister has been hanging out and watching them work.

She was very impressed with Soledad, especially because she never saw her use any notes over a day of shooting.

I'd heard rumors that the pair were losing their spot as morning achors and was worried. I love Soledad--her delivery is excellent and they always seem spot-on. I have emense respect for her since she continued to work through most of her last pregnancy (and I think she had twins).

It's shaping up to be a fairly awful day here, but at least it's in the high 40s!

We're supposed to be very sunny but still sort of cool with high winds. I'll take it over rain and cold.

I think the bacon costume needs a fried egg to compliment it.

World's biggest dog! Except maybe it's Photoshopped!

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Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.

With "paws the size of softballs" (reports the Boston Herald), the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed’s standard 200lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn says that Hercules weight is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet: "I fed him normal food and he just grew"…. and grew and grew and grew.

It just didn't look real to me. Snopes thinks the photo is fake: [link]

I was appalled by how the crowd behaved, especially when someone had to walk for a bit instead of running.

Ah, gotcha!

I'm reporting to you one block from the finish line. The corner office here on the 6th floor (whose occupant told me I could stop by anytime) doesn't quite have a view of the finish line, but I'll probably stop in anyway to check out the madness.