Tell Kelsey Knight congratulations on her new gig and the move to Lansing, did you say happy birthday to Molly Haase this week?, cool off with these summer sips, join Doug Thornell at Poste tonight to send Rachel Racusen off to Chicago, Give Meme Liberty, Metro wants your talent, Jill Bader is taking Girl Scout cookies down to Florida until the Election, Lisa Murkowski rolls with Pitbull, Matthew Gagnon’s son is more famous than he is, Ryan Grim is rocking a new look, Amy Poehler was here, Matt Lira gets the Buzzfeed treatment, John Stanton is fighting for tattooed Capitol Police, giant water slides, Michela Salahi and Journey will be at the Republican Convention, Anastasia, Melissa Manson, Sandra Whalen, Patrick Wilson and Rebecca Heslin are following us on twitter, we avoided the end of the world (for now), and here’s where you can kick it this weekend.