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.

You may not be able to afford rice, but you can treat the whole family to ice cream tonight. 31-cent Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins allows you to gorge on your favorite of the 31 flavors while raising money for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

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OK, the first time somebody decided to hand out the same colored t-shirts to fans entering the building before a playoff game was kind of original. Cool, a white out. Oooh, a black out. Scary.

But like everything else with the over-marketed NBA Fan Experience! (exclamation point assumed) it’s gotten a little old.

Nevertheless, tonight before your Boston Celtics take on those high-flyin’ Atlanta Hawks in a pivotal Game 5 (this stuff writes itself), green t-shirts will be handed out to the fans, for a what? A green-out? A four-leaf clover? (more…)

We here at Boston Daily don’t have any degrees in engineering. The most advanced thing we’ve ever built was a Lego castle. But we must say that we’re having some serious doubts about the structural integrity of the Longfellow Bridge.

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Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment.

Not only is he (allegedly) a steroid user and philanderer: But Roger Clemens is also a bad tipper. Horrors! [Herald]

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In a wave of media exits, few were as stunning as the announcement that Bob Lobel, and several other WBZ veterans, had been let go. While Lobel stuck around for the 112th Boston Marathon, he read his final sports headlines on last night’s 11 p.m. broadcast.

We talked to the local legend about his upcoming back surgery, what he plans to do once he’s recovered, and why he hates saying goodbye.

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Despite the clamoring from local media types, the Globe doesn’t seem likely to make like Martin Luther and post the names of the 23 newsroom staffers who took the buyout offer on the door of 135 Morrissey Boulevard. This leaves us on the outside relying on leaks to compile lists of who’s departing.

In today’s Herald, Christine McConville identifies a few more Globe writers and editors who are leaving, including Names columnist Carol Beggy. Boston Daily spoke to Beggy about her departure this afternoon.

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Patriots fans know all too well what Tom Brady has been up to during the off-season. Meanwhile, Bill Belichick has apparently been taking hairstyle tips from Dennis Eckersley. Oh, and Dan Koppen got married to a cheerleader.

But we haven’t heard much from Randy Moss since the domestic abuse charges against him were dropped. Apparently, he’s also been busy with side projects.

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In the past month, House Speaker Sal DiMasi has gone from seemingly invincible to looking surprisingly vulnerable. Phantom voting made a comeback, and then there’s the matter of the three ethics complaints Republicans have made about DiMasi’s dealings.

The GOP isn’t the only party that smells blood in the water. Dissatisfied Democrats are also looking to oust DiMasi, according to the Herald.

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When we learned that American Idol was going to have Neil Diamond night, we were immediately afraid that one of the contestants would ruin “Sweet Caroline.” Would David Cook put his trademark emo rocker twist on it? Perhaps Brooke White would turn it into a sad piano ballad.

But it was precocious David Archuleta who desecrated the Red Sox’s eighth inning anthem.

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Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers.

Nothing says trusting your men like a police detail: Fire commissioner Roderick Fraser has requested that a police officer be stationed outside Fire Department headquarters to make sure nobody tampers with subpoenaed documents pertaining to a federal investigation into pension abuse. [Globe]

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