A tipster dropped off this old picture of Downey Palmer and Lauren Weidmaier receiving the priceless gift of humiliation for their birthdays.

Emily Heil checks out her Roll Call “fake front page” during her going away party at Irish Times on Capitol Hill, Wednesday. She heads to the Washington Post’s “In the Loop” column after 4 years with Roll Call. Carl Hulse, freshly named New York Times deputy Washington bureau chief, is …

Take a look at Frank Coleman’s private “closet” inside the Distilled Spirits Council… since we all need a drink after the last week in DC… H/T Rick Klein (@rickklein)

FamousDC would like to wish Angela a Happy Birthday and thank her for all the amazing shots of DC. For more of Angela’s images, check out her blog (www.abpan.com) or follow her on twitter (@abpanphoto).

In light of the coming end of days this weekend, FamousDC reached out to Rachel Racusen, Director of Public Affairs for FEMA, for how we should prepare ourselves. According to Racusen: Everyone along the East Coast, including DC, should be taking this storm seriously and preparing now. Visit www.ready.gov for tips on …

Yes, we realize that headline was a stretch to get Jay-Z lyrics on FamousDC, but it’s hard to keep the attention of Patrick Reis and Jason Plautz. Bloomberg announced today that it’s buying Alrington-based BNA for $990 million.

An AP photographer snapped this pic inside Gadhafi’s compound. Who knew he had such a thing for Condoleezza Rice? Does that also mean he’s a Crimson Tide fan?

BYT gives us a breakdown of a viral disaster,survival instincts in an earthquake, fallen angels, twitter > cell service, happy hour started early, the earth moved under our feet, MLK virtual march caused DC to shake, we don’t know much about history, who even knew Virginia had a seismic zone? Public schools …

Taking a break from our DCQuake coverage to bring you this special campaign video. We just can’t wait for Williams’ video with elephants to come out next month. Roger Williams for Congress

The National Zoo released a list today of the animals’ reactions, or lack thereof in the case of the pandas, to yesterday’s earthquake. Some highlights from nature’s finest: The howler monkeys sounded an alarm call just after the earthquake. (Glad they let us know after the fact) The black and rufous …

Have you sent your #DCVirutualMarch tweet yet? Yesterday, Mayor Vincent Grey (@mayorvincegray) started a vitual march for full DC democracy just in time to coincide with the MLK memorial preview today. The official memorial dedication will take place this Sunday, August 28. After sending out a call for all residents to start …

H/T Patrick Reis (@patrick_c_reis) for slipping this into POLITICO’s Morning Energy: TWITTER FACT OF THE DAY – Jason Chaffetz’s Twitter handle is @jasoninthehouse, which gets an 8 out of 10 on the official PatCave scoreboard. @jasonintheheezy would easily be worth an 11.

Looks like the Tune inn is getting a big front reconstruct – almost time to get back to your regular Friday nights. H/T Andrew Foxwell

Every year Roll Call puts out its list of the 50 Richest Member of Congress, so it’s time for all hill staffers to see if your boss is picking up the tab next time. Highlights of this year: Kerry gets bumped down to third, 19 Democrats and 31 Republicans made the list, …