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Redneck Genius

We’re always flattered when people take the time to say nice things about our little blog.  Recently, we stumbled across a comment from our new friend Jessica McFadden who authors a very cool blog called  "A Parent in Sliver Spring." Jessica wrote:  [and we didn’t pay her to write it] …

There’s only one person who would find this funny.

Has Dan Snyder’s pursuit of Cutler damaged the 2009 season if things don’t go well?  [mental giants] h/t patrick ottenhoff

We just discovered a website called "Buy Your Friend a Drink" that allows you to purchase drink credits online.  Those credits can then be redeemed at local watering holes who participate in the network. FamousDC fans, is this lame or brilliant? <a href ="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1513501/" >Buy Your Friend a Drink [online]</a> …

Final Four Matches begin now and last until 3pm .  The Championship game will be Monday. How points are awarded for the Final Four matches: 1. Celebrity endorsements.  Yes, Dorris from the Longworth cafeteria is considered a celebrity. 2. Endorsements from politicians not yet in jail.  [*You automatically advance if …

Dear Mayor Fenty, … We know you’re busy , but when you have a spare moment, would you mind addressing a silly little rumor circulating the District. … You know, the one about you entertaining the idea of putting all DC residents in harm’s way in order to save a few …

Things apparently got a little crazy about halfway through his wet, hot, European vacation.  h/t Atlas

The Hill’s latest interactive feature, the Twitter Room , takes a unique look at political twits and their Twitter addictions. Featured on today’s homepage is a question concerning whether or not "The Fix" tweets too much. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza (”The Fix”) may be tweeting a bit too much …

It’s been a long, hard road for some of our contestants, but the FamousDC Final Four is finally here. Congrats to all the players [Frank Luntz included] for taking the time to flex your Twitter muscles.  We hope this contest has not only helped you reshape your self-worth in the …

Michelle O gets handsy with the Queen [iTouch]

UPDATE: Congrats to all who played along. Honorable mention goes to the following entries: Jonathan Martin = the Penguin Jim VandeHei and John Harris = Batman and Robin  [in no particular order] Nancy Grace = Aeon Flux Mike Allen = Captain America And the winner of the tickets goes to …

The Washington Ballet is proud to present their latest production "Peter Pan" – which premiers tonight, April 5th.  [huh?] According to sources close to the dude wearing the leaf-looking leotard, Michael J. Fox will not be making a cameo – but they are giving away "hoverboards" to the first 100 …

We’re writing this as friends. Friends who have noticed a disturbing and ultimately unproductive Facebook/Twitter practice: overweight/unattractive/old people using ancient or misleading photos as their profile pic. Look, we all want to look our best–and goodness knows the Famous DC team has never won a beauty pageant (except for that …

According to the outstanding journalists at TMZ, Nancy Pelosi’s staff is in a frenzy over the recent quizzing of congressional members about their knowledge of Twitter. [douche baggery] A spokesman in Pelosi’s office confirmed the Speaker’s Director of New Media sent an email to Democratic press secretaries warning them that …