BoiFromTroy --

• Put together the power of the internet, a creative mind and a funny quote by someone in politics and what will you surely end up with...a "Teresa wants you to 'shove it!'" thong!

• Because after a night of boozing around Manhattan next month, GOP Conventioneers will need something to cure their hangover, the editors of "Slice", the Pizza Weblog, have compiled a "Grand Old Guide to Gotham's Greatest Pies" at GOPizza.net.

• Finally, the Bablogue has been scouting Beantown to find the lesser-known souvenirs from the Democrat convention.