Closing Bell: Spencer’s Cat

Double Rainbow Guy Goes Corporate

What Does This Mean?

So who is the last person in the world you would expect to work for an “evil” corporation like Microsoft?

Yep, of course, it’s the “Double Rainbow Guy” (aka Paul “Bear” Vasquez). He has apparently turned corporate. [So Intense]

Washingtonians of the Year

Washingtonian is taking nominations for the best of the beltway.

Leslie Milk:  Help Us Find Washingtonians of the Year

For more than 30 years, the Washingtonian of the Year awards have been the highest honor our community bestows on the people who make this a better place. The Washingtonian is looking for the 2010 Washingtonians of the Year. If you know of someone who is helping to build a better city and region, help us recognize his or her contribution. Please send us any information you think might be helpful, and include your name and phone number or e-mail address. Winners will be featured in the January 2011 issue of The Washingtonian and honored at a luncheon at the Willard InterContinental hotel.

Send or e-mail letters of nomination by September 30 to:

Washingtonians of the Year, The Washingtonian, 1828 L Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20046

Or email woy@washingtonian.com

Today is 9.02.10

Mary Katharine Ham

Today is 9.02.10. We should celebrate by all wearing the same dress & glaring at each other. Happy 90210 Day! 

Travel Tip of the Day

How to get through airport security quickly.

Note: This is not recommended by TSA, but should be.

Happy Thursday Morning

Are you gearing up for your 2012 run? [Barbour]

Are you still on probation and got arrested with your wife? [T.I.]

Are you still trying to plug an oil well? [BP]

Whatever you’re doing today, do it well. We’ve got a hurricane coming this weekend.

Closing Bell: SHARKS

And now for the scariest thing that you’ll read today.

NBC Washington: 8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River

H/T Kristen Soltis

Famously Tweeted: Diva Treatment

Safe to say she’s not talking about Rep Patrick McHenry.

@karenhanretty I knew a politician who insisted his staff visit hotels in advance to determine the height of the showerhead. Politicians are divas. Period.

We do the Twitter.  Check us out.

Tea Party T-Shirts For the “Grossly Misinformed”

A new internet website just popped up and they’re selling t-shirts just in time for fall.

The Tea Party might have a quasi-mainstream official platform, but it also seems to be a magnet for far right loonies, angry racists, borderline psychotics and those that are simply grossly misinformed.

These shirts are for those fringe nutjobs that make the Tea Party rallies so much fun to read about.

Check out the shirts here.

h/t Lazy Hazy’s Wife

Hostage Situation at Discovery Communications Building

Welcome to the wired world: Hostage Taking 2.0

Here’s a link to the gunman’s manifesto. That link is farked, try this one.

Live streaming [Fox 5 News]

And here’s a picture snapped by an employee:

UPDATE: The photo is a picture of a plainclothes officer – not the gunman.

UPDATE: Follow the Washingtonian’s Twitter feed for breaking news on this.

Meghan McCain Explains the Difference Between Being Fired and Being “Asked to Leave”

Meghan McCain recently sat down with GMA’s George Stephanopoulos, where she was asked about being fired by her father’s presidential campaign.

Meghan quickly clarifies: “I wasn’t fired, I was asked to leave and not come back.”

Ah.  Totally different.

Pregnant Demons Having Tea with Glenn Beck

…perhaps that should be the name of our next rock band. [byt]

big h/t to Brightest Young Things

If I Ruled The World #NAS

I’d eat at Ben’s Chili Bowl everyday.

Campaign Season is Upon Us #KeepYourShirtOn

This ain’t right.  This ain’t right at all.

FamousDC Jim Billimoria

Roll Call’s photographer superstar Tom Williams snapped Jim Billimoria at the top of the Rotunda.

FamousDC September

George Alafoginis
Carly Baker
Freddy Barnes
Brendan Buck
Catalina Cabal
Liam Donovan
Natalie Grantham
Bettina Inclan
Alexa Marrero
Jesse Thomas

When Fantasy Football and the Iraq War Collide

Rick Klein

will be drafting fantasy FB while Tweeting Obama Iraq speech. if I draft David Petraeus, please excuse me in advance.

Brian Montopoli vs. Glenn Beck #CrowdWars

The CBS News vs. Fox News battle heats up as Brian Montopoli explains the science behind their Glenn Beck rally crowd calculations.

CBS News: Glenn Beck “Restoring Honor” Rally Crowd Estimate Explained

Knock, Knock. Who’s There? Roy Blunt’s Talented Intern

Senate hopeful Roy Blunt has a very talented intern. So talented in fact, that he’s one viral video away from headlining his own show in Branson, MO. [pay raise]

Continued proof that interning on a campaign isn’t just about licking stamps and stuffing envelopes.

Famously Tweeted: Extreme House Makeover

Straight out of the Ramn Emanuel playbook:

It takes a great man to build a barn. Any jackass can kick it down. Campaign ‘10: You with the builders or the asses?

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) uses Twitter Monday to describe the November midterms.

h/t TwitterRoom

We Love the Sh*t Out of Jim Traficant

Nothing makes us happier than this: [we need more of this in Congress]

Former Rep. James Traficant gets to run for his old congressional seat after all.

Famously Goatworthy: Armey of 34

Dick Armey on whether or not he’d ever run for president:

“Oh, no, no, no, no. I’ve got 34 goats that depend on me daily. I couldn’t be away that long.”

h/t EAndersen

Say Hello to Hurricane Earl #DCWeather

From the city that brought you #snOMG & earthquakes, Washington, D.C. proudly presents …

HURRICANE EARL

Break out your MREs, and blue tarps … because if there was ever a year in which we could all but guarantee Hurricane Earl making landfall within 100 miles of DC, this would be it. [bet on it]

RGA Actors Just Miss Emmy Deadline

These two really gave it their all in what ends up being a superbly acted performance. Feel the passion, the energy, and the electricity as they rail against Ohio’s Ted Strickland. Count them as front runners for next year’s Emmy awards.

RGA TV Ad: Ohio – Ted Stirckland “Twice” from Republican Governors Association on Vimeo.

PS: Is that Ed Asner?
PPS: Is that supposed to be his daughter/wife/girlfriend?

Shocker: Member of Congress Funnels Money to Family

Imagine a Member of Congress violating rules…

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives
Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes.

Of course every broken rule always has a good excuse:

Had there been more “very worthy applicants in my district,” she added, “then I probably wouldn’t have given it” to the relatives.

Eddie Bernice Johnson represents Dallas, TX. Apparently there are very few college-aged people living in Dallas.

What’s Wrong With This Screen Grab?

We’ll give you a hint: It doesn’t involve NASA.

h/t Treacher

Bipartisan Fish Story

Reeled in from Mike Allen’s Playbook:

THE BIPARTISAN ADVENTURES of the DNC communications director and Boehner’s new-media director — @woodhouseb: “With @nickschaper. Were fishing the mouth of the Chester tearing them up. Headed home and ran out of gas. Waiting now for tow boat us. … @nickschaper and I got back across the bay at around 10:30. Never like to be stranded on the water – but this wasn’t a bad night for it.”

Happy Monday Morning

Did you take a private jet to Las Vegas and get arrested for cocaine possession? [Paris Hilton]

Do you think John Mayer could take Ryan Grim? [full of sh*t]

“OMG, there are so many of them here …” [Journolist]

Happy Monday.

Let’s rock this week.

Famous Friday [Round Up]

Brad Pitt will appear on Meet the Press this weekend, Hayworth continues to keep it classy, Glenn Beck and his band of crazies is coming to DC this weekend, we also love Jake Tapper, August recess is wrapping up, Gov. McDonnell caught NMS boozing, Mac Abrams isn’t getting any younger, Stuart Roy is an official weight lifting record holder in the state of VA, Boehner dropped a powerful new video, Luke Marchant is on the road again, it’s not easy in the Big Easy, Jenn Crider needs a pay raise, Jon Stewart continues to own FoxNews, Metro is installing cameras on its entire fleet of 1,500 buses as part of a five-year, $3 million program to monitor driving by bus operators and improve safety, Tamara Robinson is sneaky, Republicans seem awfully confident these days, Sophia watches too much of this and The Factor tells us that today is 21 AV.

Meg Whitman Keeping Up With the Kardashians

Meg Whitman expands the Republican celebrity base beyond the typical Stephen Baldwin, Brooks and Dunne, and Ben Stein by hanging out with Bruce and Kris Jenner…better known as the heads of E!’s “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” household.

No word if Bruce’s son, Brody, or Kris’ daughter, Kim, made an appearance.

Campaigning 101: Marty Lamb’s Barf Bag

If you’re a candidate running for office and looking for an interesting campaign gimmick, the “barf bag” handout is always a solid option.

A Republican candidate for Congress [Marty Lamb] is hoping an unusual campaign gimmick can help him “sack” his opponent in November.

“This is a barf bag. They’re not to be used in real life, but it’s to get the message out,” Lamb said.

The message: If Congress is making you sick, then vote in somebody new like the Holliston real estate lawyer, who is running against Democratic incumbent Jim McGovern.

Stay tuned next month when Marty unveils the Congressional toilet seat cover with the tag-line, “in times when you have to cover your own ass.”

The Only Thing Good To Happen to the Washington Nationals Has a Torn Ligament #Strasburg

It was fun while it lasted. [102 mph, huh?]

Rookie right-hander Stephen Strasburg has a significant tear on the ulnar collateral ligament that probably will require reconstructive Tommy John elbow surgery, the Washington Nationals announced Friday.

For those of you playing at home, that means he’ll be about for 12-18 months.

h/t KMadden

Fitness Friday by @SarahStanley

Last call for Summer! Although we may be nearing the end of our summer vacation its never to early think about that “beach body”. Did you know that to get THE abs you are dying for, you have to eat the right foods? Tis true! Along with cardio, core, balance and ab workouts, you have to make sure the food you are putting in your body are “ab worthy”. When people ask me what I eat I respond “what goes in my body is how I’ll perform”. And let’s just get this off the table right now, I don’t take any banned substances.

Want to kill your abs? Go chow down on hot dogs, cupcakes (to all the lovely, quaint, preppy and pink cupcakes shops, forgive me), Frappucino’s, milk shakes (not to be confused with a homemade recovery shake, mind you) General Tso’s Chicken and french fries. Some of these foods are made with Crisco- its like licking a can of lard! Avoid these foods at all costs. You’ll thank me later

If you go food shopping this weekend, pick up some of these foods:

Eat your way to a beach body! And oh, hold plank pose for 60 seconds a few times every day. Its good for you.

Foghorn Leghorn Has No Plans to Keep It Classy

JD Hayworth, a loser in his recent primary election, has no plans to congratulate his opponent. [toll free]

Two days after his win in the Arizona Republican Senate primary, Sen. John McCain has yet to receive the customary post-election congratulatory phone call from his opponent J.D. Hayworth, Politico reports.

Said a McCain aide, also keeping it classy: “J.D. has less class than the Salahis.”

Friday’s Photo of the Day [Caption Anyone?]

This was spotted on Roger Ebert’s Journal. [great captions below]

Possible captions:

Have you seen this man? If so, NO YOU DIDN’T, back to you Nancy.

“Now, let’s check in with Dallas Raines on the weather in Guatemala, where I’m moving. Dallas?”

“Witnesses say the suspect looks dashing in a suit and red tie.”

Police warn citizens that the suspect could be hiding in plain sight.

Got a good caption? Email us at FamousDC@gmail.com

Closing Bell: Age is Just a Number

Feeling old?

This should help make you feel even older: Former child actor Macaulay Culkin is turning 30.

Famously Tweeted: We Love You Too, Jake Tapper

Who’s not guilty of this?

@jaketapper raise your hand if while getting off the phone youve ever accidentally said “love you, bye” to someone you didnt mean to

Classic response:

@jimgeraghty @jaketapper That’s okay, after you hung up, I said, “I love you, too.”

h/t Liz Mair

New Media Strategies Welcomes Governor Bob McDonnell

Yesterday, New Media Strategies welcomed Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell to the Grand Opening of their newly expanded headquarters. In 2010, NMS created over 40 new communications and technology jobs in Virginia.

We’re told there were champagne glasses everywhere, to which McDonnell said “by the way I hope you’re drinking Virginia champagne.”

According to a few in attendance, the Governor then asked NMS CEO Pete Snyder to take the pledge to only drink Virginia wine, to which Pete said “Before 11 a.m. or after?”

McDonnell went on to tout the success of NMS and said “At least I know the secret. You’re drinking at 1:30p.m.!”

Congrats to NMS.  Now where is our name placard?

Famously Quoteworthy: Congressman Jokes that Pelosi Might Die

If there was a list of things you shouldn’t say while on the campaign trail, this would be #1: [Bobby Not-so-Bright]

Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL) dodged criticism about voting for Nancy Pelosi (D) as House Speaker by suggesting she might not be available for the job next year if Democrats retain control, the Montgomery Advertiser reports.

The freshman congressman joked that Pelosi “might lose her own election, decide not to run for the speaker’s job or otherwise not be available. He suggested, jokingly he insisted to his audience, that Pelosi could fall ill and die in coming months. That remark drew laughter from the crowd.”

h/t Political Wire

Working Vacation

Do not bother the President when he’s buying shrimp.  [noted]

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