Happy New Year

Thank You

As 2009 comes to an end, we want to take this opportunity to thank you.

Thank you for reading, sending tips and for playing along.

It was a great 2009 and here’s to a prosperous 2010 for all of us.

Stay classy.

Hyper Hill

Awesome Craigslist Ad for Capitol Hill Room

Craigslist : $962 / 1br – AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY – Master bedroom in historic Cap Hill Row House (318 Maryland Avenue NE)

Washer and dryer is on the second floor of this three story throwback to a better time, and you share this estate with three other souls:

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A charming young Southern gentleman who works for an energy co-op – this means not only will utilities be kept low, but they will be kept low with Southern hospitality.
A worldly lady grad student with a talent for cooking – if you deserve it.
A young lady from the West Coast who serves on a House committee, who will pass the most beneficial legislation… on your heart.

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You’ll share a bathroom with two of them, while one has a private bathroom, and third bathroom is on the first floor. The room comes with a queen-sized bed, so its ready to rock like twist-cap bottle of beer.

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This is the house. These are the people. 2010 is your year, and I will drink to that.

2009 by JibJab

Closing Bell: Tire Change

Andrew Sullivan Still Spreading Holiday Cheer

FishbowlDC’s Betsy Rothstein:  Sullivan Takes Swipe at Politico’s Allen

Hyper Hill

Costly Settlement [Tiger Woods ]
US gov’t official [not State ]
Telestrater [2009 ]
Linkage [Hawaii ]

James Carville vs. Erick Erickson

Two Cajuns enter, one Cajun leaves.

CNN’s Situation Room

4:40 p.m.today

2009: The Year in Review

As only Dave Barry can do …a look back at 2009

We also dug up our post from December 31, 2007.

Highlights:

“O.J. Simpson discovered that, although you might be able to avoid jail time for committing a double homicide, the justice system draws the line at attempted theft of sports memorabilia.”

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“Apple released the iPhone, which, as we understand it, enables users to fly, cure cancer, read minds and travel through time.”

Damn, Dave called the iPhone early.

Stay Close to Home on New Years Eve

Kriston Capps: D.C. To Ring in New Year With Dread Wintery Mix

Closing Bell: Tree Down

On Your Way to the EagleBank Bowl Game Today?

Deadspin still ain’t playing nice with DC.

Deadspin’s Dashiell Bennett: The Worst Bowl Game In The World (2009 Edition)

Are you busy this afternoon? Probably, because you have a life. However, if you’re unemployed or otherwise indigent, get out your scraper because we’ve reached the very bottom of the college sports barrel. It’s time for the EagleBank Bowl!

Marc Ambinder Hits 10,000 #Twitter

Betsy Rothstein: Attention K-Mart Shoppers: Ambinder hits 10,000 Twitter Followers But He’s No Douche

Speaking of Twitter, you can follow FamousDC here

Top 20 Political Moments of 2009

CBS News’ Brian Montopoli: Top 20 Political Moments of 2009

We’ve put together a slideshow illustrating the top 20 political moments of 2009, as decided by the CBSNews.com political team.

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Deciding on the top spot was easy: The inauguration of America’s first black president was a historical moment that will be remembered for generations. After that, however, things got more complicated.

Hyper Hill

TV control [big Hollywood]
Kerry McKinnon [bride]
Whitehurst [exposed]
Y2K [NYC]

Must Read Carol Lee

Politico: Handling problems the Obama way

Do You Beer What I Beer?

Closing Bell: Reid Votes No

Dan $nyder

Deadspin’s Barry Petchesky: Dan Snyder, Genius

The Redskins make more money than any other professional sports franchise. This comes as disappointing news to Washington fans who secretly hoped the team would move and they could start over.

Newsweek’s Matthew Phillips: Tackling the Washington Redskins

Despite a five-year losing streak, the defection of its most important Beltway fans, and a key management shake-up, the Skins generate more revenue than the Yankees. How is that possible?

Hyper Hill

Urban Meyer [House Dems ]
Year in Review [Politico ]
Yemen [GITMO ]

Just What Texas Needs

Another reason for swagger

Politico: Politics Got Twitterized

Eamon Javers: Top 10 Tweets of 2009

David Drucker On Democrats’ New Wounds

New York Post: Ripping Open New Wounds

With the U.S. Senate having approved major health care reform legislation Thursday during an extraordinary Christmas Eve vote, Barack Obama moved one step closer to reshaping American medicine and accomplishing that which has eluded previous Democratic presidents.

Happy Monday Morning

Did Peyton Manning ruin your fantasy football playoff run? [Colts mail it in ]

Closing Bell: Rockettes

Wale Keeps DC Famous

We were certain PoloFlow would spot Wale in Wired Magazine before we would.

Mario Aguilar: Music: Hip Hop’s Wale Tweets His Beats

In 2008, Washington, DC, hip hop artist Olubowale Victor Folarin, better known as Wale, sampled the plucky bass line and cheesy keyboards from the Seinfeld theme, emulated Jerry & Co.’s sardonic musings in his lyrics, and laid it all on top of beats from his hometown’s signature funk-dance subgenre called go-go. Wale (pronounced “wall-ay“) then posted the result as a free download titled (appropriately) The Mixtape About Nothing, a quirky, club-ready collection commenting on race, culture, and the meaning of life. The mixtape (which included a winking appearance by Seinfeld cast member Julia Louis-Dreyfus) was a runaway hit online, and Wale, who had signed with Midas-touch producer Mark Ronson’s Allido Records label in 2007, seemed prime for the big time.

Continue reading over at Wired.com

If you’re looking for an solid follow on Twitter, join the 142,000 + following DC’s own Wale .

Naked Thanks for Josh Groban

Karin thanks the man beloved by schmaltzy middle-aged women everywhere [Grobanator ]

Power Lunching in DC

The D.C. Concierge: A Closer Look at DC Power Lunching

Sad Day for Getting Crunk

Apparently due to being awesome, Anheuser-Busch will cease production of Sparks Energy Beer in January 2010.

Huge Climate Change Protest

A tipster spotted this rally a few days ago

Happy Day After Christmas

Did you sneak out any press releases on Christmas? [debt limit ]

Did you make the fantasy football playoffs & barely lose in the semi-finals because of a kicker? [damn it Longwell ]

Did you survive the DC blizzard? [thunder snow ]

Did you tear up during the presentation? [Heisman ]

Are you battling the crowds today? [madness ]

We hope you’re enjoying the break and gearing up for 2010.

Stay classy.

Famous American Hero

Behind every failed terrorist attack on America, there stands a hero.

Then, he said, "a young man behind me jumped on him."

Merry Christmas

We hope you and your family enjoy the holiday.

Here are a few interesting links to check out:

WaPo’s Reliable Source: Persons of the year

Awesome grandparents [thankful ]

Senate healthcare vote [breakdown ]

600,000 residents [DC ]

US military [tracks Santa ]

Snow path for Marine One [Bellatoni ]

Hyper Hill

Hyper Hill

Cosmo [conservative ]
Russian [boyfriend ]
Waiting [patiently ]
A look back [GWB ]
Big deal [car ]
Joe [dig ]

Breakfast Cereal That Keeps You Out of the Endzone

Redskins Cereal

*SURPRISE INSIDE: You could win a chance to coach the Redskins!

Closing Bell: System of a Down

Obama Weather #snOMG

Obama Weather

H/T – Meridithope

DC ‘09 #snOMG Shoutout in the Middle of Pennsylvania Ave SE.

Photo courtesy of Chris Taylor

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