Clinton Portis on Tiger Woods: "If he can balance 14 and keep it a secret, congrats." He continued: "You know, I’m gonna have temptations. If I find the temptation worth fulfilling, I’m gonna fill my temptation." Good to know Tiger still has fans. via Dan Steinberg’s Twitter Feed Washington Post: …

Speaking of legislation that makes us itch, Rep. Deborah L. Halvorson (D-Fragers) just sent out this letter to her colleagues on Capitol Hill. [clever] Earlier today, President Obama proclaimed “Insulation is sexy stuff ” while speaking at a Home Depot on retrofitting buildings in order to bring Americans back to …

We’ve seen some strange pop-up ads, but this takes the cake. via nickschaper

We’re not the only ones excited about spending time with our families this Holiday season.  [cheese]

In case someone asks us — we’d give our blog a solid B+.  [grades are in]

Move over Loretta Sanchez — GOP strategist Doug Heye just released his annual Holiday card and it’s sort of awesome. h/t Gavin

Patrick Gavin challenges Norah O’Donnell to a workout challenge.  It gets ugly quick.

Facebook Awesomeness: Just saw a commercial for Snuggies and a couple was wearing them at the movie theater. These things better have magic powers because if I see someone wearing a Snuggie at movie theater they might take an ass whooping. Clearly a sign of the end times. Like we …

The Washington Post is getting creative with its captions. Sen. Max Baucus is too much of a dork for a sex scandal. For now, you can see it live here — but this likely won’t be up long, so we have a screen grab. UPDATE: Thanks to mrbutterworth for pointing …

But did she season it first? Meet Elsie Egan. The Florida woman, 53, is facing a felony domestic abuse charge for allegedly striking her boyfriend several times in the head with a raw steak. [food fight] It’s unclear as to whether they cooked the steak post beat down. Other notes: …

The back story is fascinating and quite refreshing. Eight Days of Hanukkah from Tablet Magazine on Vimeo .

Even boozing can be political… During [yesterday’s] WH meeting with cong. leaders, Obama said he saw House Min. Leader John Boehner "drinking egg nog" at this week’s cong. holiday party. Boehner responded: "I was drinking wine". [pool report] h/t Last Call

In most instances, something like this would be deemed unfair.  In DC, we call this Wednesday… Nearly $6 million in stimulus money was paid to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s pollster in 2008. Federal records show that $5.97 million from the $787 billion stimulus helped preserve three …

There’s nothing more legit than quoting TMZ. Tiger Woods has officially been declared unfit for Congress — a California lawmaker is abandoning his plan to give Woods the highest Congressional award for a civilian in the wake of Tiger’s scandal. [capitol punishment] Besides the 10 or so ladies intimately familiar …

We just discovered a fantastic new website, and it’s fast becoming one of our favorites.  It’s called Naked Thanks and is run by Karin Tanabe and Stacey Pfarr, both veterans at Washington Life. The mission of the site: Two American girls from the "me" generation, write 365 bare-boned tell-all thank …