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Angie Goff & FOX5’s Tony Perkins Dance Off
Where was Tommy McFly for this and why weren’t we invited?
Hyper Hill: Roll Tide
Presidential candidate: my ‘boot is poo-poo’ [voting] Snow pictures [NBC] Marion Barry’s loose lips [wrong] Brewer’s Ball [learn more] Eastbound & Down Season 3 Preview [video] By sweeetdeee
Through the Lens of Navin Sarma
Moonrise Monument by Navin Sarma Just past sunset, the near full moon rises beside the Washington Monument and a silhouetted tree. A small aperture setting was used to “burst” the moonlight onto the scene.
Metro Is More Fun When You’re Not Wearing Pants
This makes total sense. [TBD] On Sunday, Jan. 8, a couple hundred Metro riders finally rebelled. Pants, these riders decided, were far too constraining, and they planned to simultaneously drop their while riding on the D.C. Metro system. People gathered, anxious, laughing, and ready to unveil, at Hancock Park next …
Hyper Hill: 316 Yards
Tebow wins, Twitter goes crazy [again] Wink [photo] WH secret Alice and Wonderland bash [sweet] Worst restaurant websites in DC [HTML] Clinton pucks it [ice cold] By d-day buff
Restaurants Banning Politicians and Invisible People [Brilliant]
From BuzzFeed: Family Restaurant Bans Invisible People From CBS Boston: New Hampshire Restaurant Bans Politicians
Hyper Hill: What Causes Good Employees To Do Bad Things?
What causes good employees to do bad things? [find out] RGA crushing the competition [record books] Stuart Roy back in the game [Santorum] Echo hires Mark [Flack talk] Do something fun this weekend. Photo By VisitMaine.com
Speaker Boehner’s Year in Pictures
It seems the Speaker has a very talented photographer behind the camera. [View pictures]
Hyper Hill: Marion Barry Gears Up For Another Campaign
First look [Boxcar Tavern] 25 peeps who just Googled “Santorum” [BuzzFeed] Bitter? [the destroyer] Marion Barry gears up for another campaign [75] Michelle O goes Hollywood [Nick] Photo by tbridge
Sips and Sneakers in Crystal City
As the temperatures cool down, the Crystal City Business Improvement District is partnering with the Washington Wine Academy to warm up winter with the first-ever 1K Beer Walk on January 21st and 22nd, 2012. As walkers cruise through a fun, indoor course at the Crystal City Shops, they can sample …
CNN After Dark
Last night CNN owned the Iowa Caucus coverage. Not only was their coverage insightful, it was also humorous as night grew to morning. Here is one highlight: However, after that, they locked down some seriously impressive journalism: h/t the Factor UPDATE: Huffington Post does a great CNN mashup.
Hyper Hill: Edith And Carolyn Win Iowa
CNN solves voting mystery [Edith and Carolyn] Goodbye Rick? [reassess] Ron Paul helps Huntsman [lone vote] @JonHuntsman we found your one Iowa voter, he’s in Linn precinct 5 you might want to call him and say thanks. — Ron Paul (@RonPaul) January 4, 2012
Playbook By the Numbers
Politico recently broke down the numbers from Mike Allen’s 2011 Playbook editions. Apparently there were quite a few baby shout outs. Playbook Babies NUMBER OF BABIES welcomed “to the world”: 55 AVERAGE WEIGHT of Playbook babies: 7.48 lbs. TOP FIVE biggest Playbook babies: 1) Hank Spruiell (10 lbs.) to parents …
Need A Good Lawyer?
In case you get in a pinch this year, the Washingtonian recently listed DC’s top election lawyers. [help] Candidates, political parties, and corporations call these campaigns-and-elections lawyers for guidance on campaign finance, ethics laws, and other rules of the political game. Included in the list are Elliot Berke, Benjamin Ginsberg, …