Convention Coverage
The first day of the Democratic National Convention is finally here. From my secure vantage point 28 miles southwest of the Fleet Center, I have nothing out of the ordinary to report. But I will keep a vigilant eye out for anything unusual, such as Dennis Kucinich.

As expected, most Boston area residents have left on vacation this week, leaving the important task of giving impossible to understand directions to lost out of state guests to a mere few. Lines are already forming.

Of course, the real news from Boston this weekend was the Red Sox-Yankees series, in which the Red Sox continued their dominance over the 2003 and 2001 World Series losers by taking two out of three games. Soon-to-no-longer-be-presumptive Democratic nominee, John Kerry was at the game and seen high-fiving Kevin Millar, after Millar hit a solo homer in a totally non-partisan manner.

Kerry's visit to the game was a surprise, even to his guest, Sen. John Glenn, who thought he was heading to Florida with Kerry for a campaign stop before the plane was diverted to Boston. Glenn was able to escape his captor in the late innings by pretending he had to use the restroom, then crawling out of the stadium down a drain pipe.

I will keep everyone informed of any new developments from Convention central, including the threatening sub-tropical depression lurking off the coast which local weather experts are predicting could drop a good deal of rain on the convention delegates, so expect it to be sunny.