All the rain makes for good mushroom conditions, as Karen Larsen discovered on a walk along the river in Watertown.

Dan Kennedy considers Watertown Town Councilor and Governor's Councilor Marilyn Devaney's attempt to force a local reporter to tell what she knew and how she knew it about Devaney's alleged outburst at a Waltham beauty-supply shop last year.

WBUR's Radio Boston is doing a show on the Charles River and has set up a Flickr group for you to post geotagged photos of the river, to create a Charles photo montage.

Paul Levy relays the news: Free gelato and sorbet today between 5 and 7 p.m. at Savenor's at 92 Kirkland St. in Harvard Square, and tomorrow (June 7) at Russo's, 560 Pleasant St., Watertown, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Black helicopter keeps popping up over Allston, Brighton, Brookline and Watertown:

I saw it last week just making wide circles across Western Ave and Arsenal Street.

First, she asked the police "Do you know who I am?". Now, she claims: The police unfairly targeted me because of who I am.

In this year-long saga that is Marilyn Devaney's felony trial for allegedly assaulting a beauty store clerk with a curling iron, the latest legal maneuver includes a motion to dismiss because according to her lawyer, Devaney's treatment by police was "atypical" and the felony state of the charge against her was excessive.

Thou shalt not park without authorization at one local Methodist church.

Are you looking for like-minded progressives to hang out with in Boston? Want to cross-promote your events and campaigns? Are you new to the area and looking for groups to get involved in? Are you psyched about building strong cross-issue coalitions?

From Watertown to Rte. 128 via Rte. 2 in just 90 seconds.

Wormtown's loss is H2Otown's drain: The American Sanitary Plumbing Museum, a.k.a. the toilet museum, is moving from Worcester to Watertown, the Worcester Telegram reports.

The largest plumbing contractor in New England, J.C. Cannistraro LLC, is footing the bill to renovate a 150-year-old former ice house on the banks of the Charles River to house the museum. ... John C. Cannistraro Jr., president of J.C. Cannistraro LLC, said the museum will be expanded in the new location to exhibit cutting-edge plumbing technology. The goal is to show the arc of sanitary plumbing through history from the first bulky, water-hogging flush toilets to toda's sleek models that conserve water.

No word if Cannistraro will build a pier on the river for the Ty-D-Bowl man to dock at - or why the museum isn't being moved to Flushing, NY.