Archive for January, 2010
Closing Bell: That’s a Wrap
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
h/t awkward family photos
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Famous Friday [Round Up]
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by fdc.
President Obama hit the reset button, Doug Heye is huge in Germany, Tommy McFly spent some time with Senator Joe Jonas, “Simply not true,” Kitchen 2404 celebrated one year, Matt got a new gig in Texas, hackers hit the Capitol, Jim Treacher blogged like a MF’r, steel cage match of Shuster vs. Breitbart got under [...]
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Brown Confident He Could Smoke Obama
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Who’s up for a game of horse? He hasn’t been sworn into office yet, but Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown is confident he already has the president beat in at least one respect: basketball. h/t CNN
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Treach Has Nothing On Us
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Mr. Jim Treacher, [if that's even your name] We see your Separated at Birth and raise you one. Hugs, FDC Sen. Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Martin Short.
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Famously Quoteworthy: Master of Malt
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Jon Stewart on Chris Matthews: … “a Scotch away from becoming Ron Burgundy.” Watch it here.
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Global Warming Officially Jumps the Shark
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by fdc.
Bin Laden blasts US for climate change
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Relax, it’s FedEx [National Zoo Panda Headed to China]
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
National Zoo panda Tai Shan is set to fly to China on custom FedEx plane. Complementary drinks will be served and somebody will have to sign for him upon his arrival. Tai Shan will fly Feb. 4 nonstop from Dulles International Airport aboard a giant FedEx 777F air freighter. The plane will be mostly empty, [...]
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Closing Bell: Intervention
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Harder than Chinese Arithmetic: Explaining to non-DC speaking friends that we live-tweeted the State of the Union last night.
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Free Georgetown-Duke Tickets
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but the same does not ring true for college basketball. [dc lottery] The DC Lottery is giving away tickets to Georgetown-Duke at 11am tomorrow. You have to go to facebook.com/dclottery to enter.
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Your WTF of the Week: Version Three
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
There have been so many good ones this week. Man hugging, kissing chicken on NYC subway And no, this wasn’t a drunken KFC run gone terribly wrong. New York City’s transit agency is investigating a video posted online that shows a man kissing and snuggling a live chicken aboard a subway. Who doesn’t love public [...]
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Holden Caulfield Hangs His Head
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by fdc.
Bart Barnes: J.D. Salinger, author of ‘Catcher in the Rye,’ dies
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Need More Attention on Twitter?
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Fast Company is sharing tips about how to get RTs via Twitter. Not on the list: Words or phrases like: OMG, LOL, ugh, gym, commute, I’ll be on CNN and anything that elludes to you “working for the weekend.” Read the whole list here. h/t MKHammer
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by fdc.
The Hill’s Bob Cusack: After Obama rips lobbyists, K St. insiders get private briefings A day after bashing lobbyists, President Barack Obama’s administration has invited K Street insiders to join private briefings on a range of topics addressed in Wednesday’s State of the Union.
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Have You Seen the New iPad?
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
“Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.” – Oprah Winfrey h/t Tater
