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Running into a lot of dudes when you venture out to Adams Morgan? [app for that] Assisted Serendipity is a simple little application that uses Foursquare checkin data to alert you when the “scales of love tip in your favor,” i.e. when the male-to-female is on your side at a …

Bill Maher and HBO are kind of a big deal … From Patrick Ruffini’s FB page: OK, here’s the deal. 10pm Friday. Cancel all your plans. Stay home. And watch me go to war for all that is right and just on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. Other …

Yes, that said cats. With help from area car dealers, four of the region’s largest animal shelters will launch a summer campaign to promote adoptions during June’s national “Adopt-A-Cat” month. The four participating shelters include the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, the Animal Welfare League of Arlington, the Washington Animal …

Facebook Status Awesomeness: Brad: If Joe Montana is wearing Shape Ups, then I am too… We bought ours last week. We also snagged a few of these. [contact-form 3 “Facebook Alerts”]

Leave it to Joe Biden: [timing is everything] “I was not in Vietnam. I don’t want to make a Blumenthal mistake here. Our attorney general from Connecticut, God love him,” said Biden, according to a pool report of a Tuesday night at an event at the vice president’s residence for …

We hear Tommy McFly was the perfect emcee last week when he hosted “A Night with Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert” @ The Warner Theatre. [funny video] More pics after the jump…

We here at FDC have been very vocal about our dislike of Foursquare. Matter of fact, we’ve gone as far as stating that Foursquare “serves no purpose beyond helping you stalk strangers.” Perhaps it’s our fear of knowing too much personal information about people. Or perhaps it’s because we don’t …

This is what happens when you tune out the news for three consecutive days: South Carolina, apparently sick and tired of Arizona hogging all the negative attention, is embarrassing itself before the nation once again. Republican state Rep. Nikki Haley is running for governor. So, naturally, a former Mark Sanford …

If you’re like us and only read one-third of the post, it’s true – Jim Newell is leaving Wonkette for RedState. If you read the whole post… oh hell, who has time for that? AHEM. [Turning third-person voice off for first time ever.] I come with a “Tuesday Night News …

Inappropriate or awesome? [you be the judge]

This is hilarious.  [how not to break into a car if you’re a teevee reporter]