A couple of UHub correspondents who actually watch Channel 25 in the morning report Gene Lavanchy was chatting with one-time state Rep. Maryanne Lewis about John Kerry becoming secretary of state. The topic of whom Deval Patrick should name as interim senator came up. Lewis cracked something like "There's a lot of talk about him possibly appointing a woman... So I think Barney Frank is a likely candidate." And they both had a good chuckle.

Faster than Peter Rabbit escaped from Mr. McGregor's Garden, the news that a Seattle third-grade school teacher banned the use of the term "Easter Eggs" has taken the Internet by storm.

What purportedly happened was that a 16-year old girl who was volunteering at the school attempted to give a classroom full of kids candy hidden inside colored plastic eggs but their teacher stopped her, saying she'd have to check with the school's administration. Subsequently, the girl was told that she could distribute the eggs, but only if she called them "Spring Spheres". (The giving of candy to children was apparently okay, without challenge.)

This happened last week. Since then, everyone began searching, without luck, for proof it actually happened.

Realizing that bending down, picking up some snow and making a snowball is such a tired snowstorm cliche, a reporter at Channel 25 has found an improved way to alert us to the news that it's snowing. J-Mart tweets:

FOX25 has a new twist - reporter is bending down and brushing the new snow off to expose the old snow.

With an online headline of "Puerto Rican Festival Turns Violent." Will Channel 25 apologize like the Herald did?

It was in the bag for Cindy Fitzgibbon at Channel 25 this morning.

Todd Gutner on Channel 4 apologizes, says he lost money, too (had to hire a babysitter so he could stay at work), David Robichaud praises him as brave.

Pizzeria Uno's Uno Chicago Bar and Grill that Used to Just Sell Pizza's bankruptcy filing shows the West Roxbury-based chain of not-pizza places owes WFXT $64,000 and Katsiroubas Bros. $54,000. The filing, in New York bankruptcy court, also shows the company owes NStar $112,000 and National Grid $95,000.

Although the Chapter 11 filing means the company remains open for business, it is closing outlets in some farflung locations such as Fairhaven and New Hampshire.

Uno's bankruptcy filing.

Michael Page details how WBZ and WFXT will start sharing resources - like a helicopter and, eventually, videotaping of press conferences and the like. Page adds Channel 4 is hopeful other Boston stations will join the arrangement, which one supposes could eventually mean six reporters providing different narration for the same exact footage, at least until the news directors realize that's pretty wasteful and decide to fire everybody on staff except for one camera person and an intern. Or something.

Kathleen Powers posts some notes on Belinda the Pile of Sawdust and Woodchips, but you need to read the last paragraph about a Channel 25 cameraman.

It's the top of the ninth, Red Sox-Yankees, Sox up 4-3, two outs, nobody on, Papelbon pitching, full count.

What does Fox25 do? They take the game off the air and put on a NASCAR race!

Screw you, Fox25.

A whole lot, Dave Scott writes, in a round-up of local-TV coverage of last night's post-game fun:

Once again, amongst a sorry lot of local jock-sniffers and celebrators, it was FOX25's Butchy Stearns who cloaked himself in the most disgrace during a live shot with shortstop Julio Lugo between 12:45 and 1 a.m. Switching to Stearns at Fenway as Lugo let out a subtle puff of smoke from his stogie, Stearns instructed the player to, "Give me another puff on that baby. Show me."