Eeka is liveblogging the thunderstorm going on even as I type:

2:18 BOOM
2:19 CRASH
2:20 whoosh, thud, BOOM

The photo is the view from our Roslindale porch. It's so bad the garbagemen are waiting it out in their truck, idling in front of our neighbor's house.

Ed gives a thumb's up to the takeout at the Square Corner Cafe, the new place on Washington Street (a door down from Robyn's):

... All in all, we had a great first impression and can see ourselves getting something here about every week this summer. ...

Boston Police report they arrested two failed burglars trying to escape in a cab early today.

When a resident of Farquhar Street in Roslindale spotted the two would-be yeggs attempting to break into a car on the street, he screamed at them. They took off. Responding officers noticed two guys who matched the witness's description in a cab nearby on Centre Street:

After stopping the vehicle officers found the passengers to be carrying a flash light, a screwdriver, perfume, and a Ziploc bag filled with loose change.

They were transferred to another vehicle for booking at Area E.5.

On my drive home today I was puzzled by all the emergency vehicles, including a Transit Police car, racing towards Colbert Street in West Roxbury.

The Bulletin reports Mo Vaughn and a partner are buying two apartment complexes, in Roslindale and Jamaica Plain. The company plans to keep Forestvale Apartments in Jamaica Plain and Florence Apartments in Roslindale as affordable-housing projects for 40 years.

Unspecified threats made against Roslindale students in general, so Boston Police stepped up surveillance of all public schools in the neighborhood on June 16. Officials at some schools told parents, officials at other schools didn't, you can imagine how parents of some elementary-school kids were a bit disturbed to find cops at the schools when they brought the kids to school in the morning..

On the way back from Forest Hills this evening, I stopped at Blowfish, the new seafood take-out place (which does have a few tables, though), 4025 Washington St (across from the Yucatan and its giant bilingual "BURRITOS TO GO / Tacos y mas" sign).

For the most part, it's your basic fried flaky fish place. I haven't had a fried-clam platter in years (not since DeNo's in West Roxbury expanded into an old seafood place next door, in fact), so it was time. It was great, the strips were crispy and not oily, and it was plenty of food for two. And, yes, they floured the clams right before plopping them in the fryer - no frozen stuff here.

Just as cool: They have gyro - on a spit, with a tomato on top - which I think makes it Roslindale's first gyro joint (which is kind of odd given how many Greeks live in the neighborhood). They also have chicken, broccoli and ziti, which is the kidlet's favoritest dish ever, so I'll be back. For dessert, they have cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.

The Transcript reports no one hurt in early morning fire at 4085 Washington St..

The Square Corner Cafe, a sub shop on Washington Street next to Robyn's in Roslindale Square, and Blowfish, a take-out seafood place closer to Forest Hills, across from the Yucatan, are both now open.

Mark recounts the life of this fabled mockingbird, who lived in the Arboretum between at least 1914 and 1920:

... [T]his notable bird was heard by his faithful observers to imitate 39 bird songs, 50 bird calls, and the calls of both frog and cricket, for a total of 91 sounds imitated. ...