Ever fired off an email and then regretted it a day later?  What about a blog post? As much as having a virtual bullhorn at your finger tips is nice, it can also be a pain in the ass. Case in point: Mark McKinnon’s blog [driving traffic] 6/23/09 | Sanford …

Gov. Mark Sanford just spent 30 minutes apologizing to everyone he has ever met, ate breakfast with or sat next to in church –  before admitting to having an affair. [with a female] The only person happy about this news — Sen. John Ensign.

It looks like Roy Blunt might have himself a pretty formidable opponent in his bid to capture a Missouri Senate seat. Transgender political activist Midge Potts says she’ll attempt to run for U.S. Senate under the Progressive Party banner. Potts, who ran against Roy Blunt in the GOP 7th District …

Fred Barnes leaving Starbucks on Route One near Old Town, VA.

Move over Heidi and Spencer — you two aren’t the only ones who decided to get away from it all in order to hang out in the wilderness. Ben Smith: Sanford was in Argentina [why would anyone want to go there?] Before everyone starts giving him a hard time about …

Things got a little testy today between President Barack Obama and McClatchy’s Margaret Talev. It sounds like it might be time to get POTUS back on the wagon – although he claims he’s "95%" cured.

Capitol Lounge, which has experienced its fair share of "heat," is sponsoring a "Bring the Heat" giveaway while the Boston Red Sox are in town. The challenge: Get real drunk and then attempt to throw a baseball as hard as you can.  If your pitch is the fastest, you win …

Gov. Mark Sanford is set return to his office tomorrow following widespread panic over his whereabouts. [hiking boots] As for Sen. John Kerry – he hasn’t been heard from since 2004. Update: Wikipedia on top of the "absence" like CNN on Twitter. UPDATE: A reader reminds us that we’re morons …

As if dining at Longworth cafeteria wasn’t exciting enough, get ready for a mind-blowing exhibition today: An unknown number of mostly young people are planning to stage a “flash mob protest” (an orchestrated event in which people arrange to meet in a public place to simultaneously perform an unusual action …

They have us right where they want us – "trending" on Twitter.  [divorce]

If we had a category tag on FamousDC entitled “strange as hell,” this would go under it. The whereabouts of Gov. Mark Sanford was unknown for nearly four days, and some state leaders question who was in charge of the executive office. His wife must have been worried, right? She …

Either this dude has a lot of love for Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio , or he’s a very gullible intern that isn’t paid nearly as much as he should be.  Regardless, showing support by risking your life is way cooler than doing so via Twitter.  [sky high]

And when you’re a Twitter machine people take notice — which doesn’t always yield awesome results.  [don’t tweet your career away]

We stumbled upon this list via SciWonk and figured in the spirit of this weeks shenanigans on Capitol Hill, it was worth sharing. Advice for Lobbyists: 1. Do NOT touch your Blackberry when you are meeting with me. 2. Don’t schedule a meeting with me without confirming. 3. Don’t openly …

Keith Olbermann can be funny . Congrats to Shenanigans , who is blowing up the blogosphere.