Closing Bell: That’s a Wrap
January 29, 2010
Famous Friday [Round Up]
January 29, 2010
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 way, Ellen Malcolm stopped keeping her list, Kobe Bryant balled at the White House, Tucker and friends fired up the Congressional Bowling league season last night, and “Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I’m the Dude, man.”
Brown Confident He Could Smoke Obama
January 29, 2010
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.
Treach Has Nothing On Us
January 29, 2010
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.
This Just In
January 29, 2010
How to report the TV news
Famously Quoteworthy: Master of Malt
January 29, 2010
Jon Stewart on Chris Matthews:
… “a Scotch away from becoming Ron Burgundy.”
Watch it here.
Global Warming Officially Jumps the Shark
January 29, 2010
Bin Laden blasts US for climate change
Relax, it’s FedEx [National Zoo Panda Headed to China]
January 29, 2010
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, reserved especially for him and one other panda, and will have big black and white panda logos painted on its fuselage.
Tai Shan, 4, is the only giant panda born at the zoo to survive beyond infancy, and his departure is breaking the hearts of panda fans across the Washington region.
Reports indicate that the panda is getting a better going away party than most federal employees.
A farewell party is planned at the zoo Saturday, weather permitting, and many private goodbyes will take place in the week before he goes.
To read more about Tai Shan’s upcoming departure, click here.
Closing Bell: Intervention
January 28, 2010
Harder than Chinese Arithmetic: Explaining to non-DC speaking friends that we live-tweeted the State of the Union last night.
Free Georgetown-Duke Tickets
January 28, 2010
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.
Your WTF of the Week: Version Three
January 28, 2010
There have been so many good ones this week.
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 transportation?
Holden Caulfield Hangs His Head
January 28, 2010
Bart Barnes: J.D. Salinger, author of ‘Catcher in the Rye,’ dies
Need More Attention on Twitter?
January 28, 2010
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.
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
January 28, 2010
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.
Have You Seen the New iPad?
January 28, 2010
“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
How to Combat a Raging Deficit
January 28, 2010
Nate Beeler [Fire and Ice]
Ever Had One of Those Nights…
January 28, 2010
…Where you wish you could take something back?
Chris Matthews may be color blind [Real Clear Politics]
/what if this guy said the same thing?
Erin McPike Breaks House Hacking
January 28, 2010
Computer hackers have always been so creative and friendly.
Hackers struck at least 10 House websites overnight, substituting expletives aimed at Pres. Obama just hours after his State of the Union address. [hack job]
Who knew they could do so much damage from their parent’s basement.
Another Reason Bob McDonnell Was the Right Choice for the State of the Union Response
January 27, 2010
He wants to end ABC store’s monopoly in Virginia.
In case you were wondering, yes, it still smells like a** in the Senate
January 27, 2010
And just hours before POTUS drops by for a little chat, too. Bummer.
By the way, that air freshener? Earmark.
Obama Girl No Longer Crushing On Her Boy
January 27, 2010
What’s worse: The fact that this is newsworthy or the fact that we’re posting about it?
“In my opinion, I feel like he [Obama] should be focusing a lot more on jobs and the economy,” Amber Lee Ettinger told the New York Post.
“He did create some jobs, but most of them were government jobs and that doesn’t really help the middle class,” she added. [is you-tubing a job?]
More great quotes seen here.
“Hey, I’m a Huge Fan”
January 27, 2010
Unclear as to who said it…
h/t MK via Some Girl Named Bong
Your WTF of the Week: Insert Your Favorite Lizard Joke Here
January 27, 2010
If it gets any weirder than this, we’d like to know.
Man caught at airport with 44 lizards in pants
A German man who stuffed 44 small lizards into his underwear before trying to board a flight has been sentenced to prison in New Zealand for plundering the country’s protected species.
Somewhere in New Zealand there’s an airport worker trying to figure out what to do with 44 lizards.
Senate Twitter Caucus Has Gone Tri-Partisan
January 27, 2010
Welcome @JoeLieberman to Twitter.
Innovation and the Parking Garage
January 27, 2010
We guarantee the geniuses behind the Harris Teeter parking lot on Capitol Hill will not attend this.
Better Idea on Paper [Newsday Looking Solid]
January 27, 2010
This means we might have to readjust our future business model.
After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday’s Web Site
Fact: 35 is more than 10.
Has Twitter Flatlined?
January 27, 2010
Is 140 characters getting to be too much?
Compete, a Web analytics firm, says the microblogging [Twitter] site’s number of visitors hasn’t changed much since June and that its roughly 22 million visitors in December was about 770,000 fewer than its highest number, which was in August.
Multiple other analysts paint the same picture, raising the question: Has Twitter peaked?
We’re pretty sure Miley Cyrus has peaked, but we’re not quite certain about Twitter.
Closing Bell: Fear the Boom and Bust
January 26, 2010
Insert Joke About the Health Care Bill Being a Giant Piece of Crap Here
January 26, 2010
That’s right kids, we’re breaking news!
Sources [the credible kind] have told FamousDC that the stank that’s been lingering throughout the Senate side of the Capitol today is exactly what you suspected it was: Poo.
Apparently the odor is the result of a sewage line being left open in the Capitol hideaway of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, where workers have been busy scrubbing away a half-century’s worth of bad memories, secrets, ex-campaign aides and general nastiness the likes of which we can’t even begin to comprehend.
We’re leaving it there. The metaphors and imagery are just too terrifying.
An Actual Billboard in Minnesota
January 26, 2010
Or so we’re told…
Creative DC Resident Looking to Swap Furniture for Whiskey
January 26, 2010
If more people had a sense of humor like this, the world would be a much happier place.
For sale: I have one desk and an office chair for sale. They can be had together (they make a great team) or separately. Your choice. I’m moving and need to be rid of them by Sunday morning.
About the desk: It’s a good desk. Sturdy. Holds things well, especially things like my clutter. It has a roomy cabinet as well as a couple shelves for storage. Pretty lightweight, but solid. I got it at Target. They make good things.
If you have a copy Tom Petty’s “Echo” it might be worth it. [craigslist brilliance]
How Much Fun Did Congress Have in Denmark?
January 26, 2010
Speaking of spending money wisely.
Thanks to a recently filed Congressional expense reports there’s new light shed on the Copenhagen Climate Summit in Denmark and how much it cost taxpayers. [money tree]
We’ll give you a hint: It cost a sh*t load of money.
Fifty-nine House and Senate staff flew commercial during the Copenhagen rush. They paid government rates — $5-10,000 each — totaling $408,064. Add three military jets — $168,351 just for flight time — and the bill tops $1.1 million dollars — not including all the Obama administration officials who attended: well over 60.
With a U.S. delegation topping 165 people, we’re quite positive a lot was accomplished.
Apple a Day?
January 26, 2010
They made:
Apple reported another blowout quarter, as net income soared to $3.38bn or $3.67 a share, from $2.26bn or $2.50 a year earlier, well above Wall Street estimates. [record]
They owe:
US Government: $12,245,872,000,000
What would the US economy look like if Steve Jobs was calling the shots?
This Will Make Your Day
January 26, 2010
This is how Scott Brown must have felt when he won last week.
Students of Olathe Northwest High School attempted to prank their teacher with the classic College Humor half court shot routine (supposed prize: four Final Four tickets) only to fall victim to an epic all-time backfire. I blame the kid on stilts. [say what?]
Seriously, just watch the video.
At Least It’s Not Monday
January 26, 2010
Be your best [one term?]
Twitter threats [Lincoln]
Use your Mac as a TV [budget]
Should Favre retire? [maybe not]
Other clever captions [man in the mirror]
Closing Bell: Photo of the Day
January 25, 2010
Stunning.
h/t Katie Harbath via Ericka Andersen [photo courtesy of @californiadcgrl]
Thread & Water: Buy a Shirt To Provide Clean Water for Haiti
January 25, 2010
Designers for good.
The images coming in from Haiti in the aftermath of last week’s horrific earthquake continue to affect us all profoundly—and like you, we feel compelled to respond. But how? Do we give money, and to whom? Can we do MORE? As designers, developers and illustrators, we wanted to unite our time, financial resources and talents in a way that allows us to exponentially increase our individual giving…and thus, Thread & Water was born. [good people]
The shirts are sweet. Think about buying one.
http://www.threadnwater.com/
Campaign Song Battle…Who You Got?
January 25, 2010
Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson: http://www.hankforcongress.com/multimedia/campaignsong_mp3
vs.
Alabama AG Candidate Luther Strange: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdLNEPA0tg
A Woman After Our Own Heart [Ellie Light]
January 25, 2010
FishbowlDC’s Betsy Rothstein: The Mysterious Ellie Light
Your Early WTF of the Week: Already Overserved
January 25, 2010
Thank God we already ate lunch.
John Edwards finally admitted to what the National Enquirer reported over two years ago – that he had an affair with a former staffer and then later fathered a child with her. But his problems are far from behind him. A tell-all book from another former staff is due to hit bookstores soon, but now, a more sordid document of the affair may also be making an appearance. That’s right, there may be a John Edwards sex tape. [proud parents]
We’re selling books people.
