Joe the Plumber doesn’t use duct tape [he uses snot and duct tape] Meet MyMitt [Targeted Victory] Food truck tracker [app for that] Only in VT [sappy] Bolt Bus hangover [no cure] Great show, Boland [Stragglers]

This is the only way to do campaign commercials. h/t grove

We recently reported that Dan Snyder, the lovable owner of the Washington Redskins, purchased a new yacht. Now the City Paper would like folks to know that fueling yachts is far from cheap. It Takes More Than 43,000 Beers to Fill Up the Fuel Tanks on Dan Snyder’s Boat? The …

Joe Biden 2016 [stoked] Find local Haunted Houses [NBC] Gawker endorses Herman Cain [we think] Be careful, it’s deer mating season [slow down] By DuckBrown

Meet David Drucker. Rock star reporter with CQ-Roll Call. He was nice enough to spend a few minutes with FamousDC for one of our Famous 5 interviews.

The pride of Nordonia High School and one of the nicest staffers on Capitol Hill is currently on the homepage of the New York Times. After Being Burned in ’08, Republicans Embrace Twitter Hard for ’12 At a daily meeting in Mr. Boehner’s office, the communications staff decides what they should …

No engagement is official until you announce it on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal.

Mike Shields scared cancer, Ruffini ain’t impressed, Lazy Hazy hit the World Series, Dave Catanese is a talented young man, NMS launched a strong new website, data viz done right, Famous 5 Fall bars, Chris Paulitz likes cigar people, Twitter can apparently help you lose 50 pounds, Fantasy Football rant Week …

Congrats to the rock stars over at New Media Strategies who just picked up 11 new global offices as Meredith Xcelerated Marketing expands worldwide. And how convenient, someone made this crazy new website covering their best work and called it NMS.com. Lookin’ snazzy, folks. Let the Social King of the …

Capitol Police officers give up their patrol cars and get fit in new effort to deal with Congressional spending reductions. That may not be true. But, we’re grateful anyway to them for keeping the Capitol Complex safe and secure. Lookin’ good, boys and girls. Keep it up. Photo Credit: Ryan …

We had no idea Obama had dancing eyebrows. [awesome]

10 out of 10 featured stories on CNN about guess who? [Gadhafi] Dave Catanese is a talented young man [video] Economies of ale [beer] DC suit shop almost as fun as TSA screening [intimate pics]

Awesome job by Team Obama. [interactive data viz]  

When the temperature starts to dip, like its set to this weekend, I crave dark beer, bourbon or a deep red wine in a dark, cozy setting. Call me crazy but each elicits a warming nostalgia that when coupled with a yummy dinner and a cozy boyfriend sweater (or for …

Look out Tony Horton, your days might be numbered. [The Hill] Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Wednesday she uses her Twitter account as a means to keep herself accountable. McCaskill told CBS’s “Early Show” that “public accountability” is one of the reasons she was able to lose 50 pounds this …