Philip Rucker gets all the fun assignments.

Nice round-up from our friend Betsy Rothstein

JESS3 / The State of The Internet from JESS3 on Vimeo.

“No” [unnecessary] Slightly drizzle [$30] Andy Baldwin [fire] Fastest [bartender]

Meet the Monument [feast after famine] PostSecret [Sunday secrets] Cherry Blossom [webcam] Wizards [Truth About It] I [not a number]

Zach Galifianakis rocked Saturday Night Live

Chuck Todd: “There’s no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something’s a story because Drudge links to it.”

Nikita Stewart and Paul Schwartzman probably aren’t getting out of parking tickets any time soon. WaPo: Friends share in D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s good fortune

The WaPo can’t quit Rahm, David Broder will likely get a crappy Secret Santa gift, USA hockey still rules, Shannon Flaherty is heading back to the hill, Charlie Rangel has a little more free time now, Jay-Z lit up the White House, stare down, meet Josh Rogin, Obama’s cholesterol went …

The Weekly Standard: Rapper Jay-Z in the Situation Room MJ at summer jam, Obama on the text. Y’all should be afraid of what I’m gonna do next.

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We can’t quit Rahm either. Howard Kurtz: Dueling Post columns on Rahm Emanuel