The Chicago Tribune’s Jill Zuckman is the latest reporter to leave the booming newspaper industry in order to join the Obama Administration. Zuckman’s heading to the Transportation Dept. as assistant to Secretary Ray LaHood and director of public affairs. And she’s excited. “I’m so excited about this. I think this …

Dan Aykroyd is a great actor, but he’s no John Boehner – unless he drops a few and gets a tan.

There are a lot of people comparing this dude to Newt Gingrich.  [no pressure]

We love Twitter because we get to reconnect with old friends. @jesus –  welcome to twitter. It has been a while. We still dig that water to wine thing you did. What are you waiting for?  Follow us on Twitter.

We’ll give them 7 out of 10 stars.  [viral dart throwing] h/t Anne

There are mice dying in San Francisco, so of course it’s important that Congress turn this sh*t around quickly.

There’s a Star Trek convention being live-streamed here.  Fascinating.

We occasionally check our site referrals to see where folks are coming from.  Often times we get visits because of how we rank on various search engines.  Meaning, what are folks typing into Google that brings them to FamousDC? The latest, straight from the Netherlands, and one we’re awfully proud …

New media consultants across the country will rip this idea off in …3…2…1

Our friends at FishbowlDC have been recently getting some questionable anonymous tips.  They’ve also been kind enough to respond back to the tipsters.  Some of their answers are classic. From: Anonymous Tips Subject: FishbowlDC Tip sent 2/6/2009 11:59:27 AM What happened to The Hill? They havent published on Thursday or …

When Nancy Pelosi’s cats hear about her latest “pet project”, they’re gonna be all sorts of pissed.  [meow]

Facebook status abuse #1: Chuck is unexpectedly walking in Memphis thanks to the ice storm. Unexpectedly because Chuck is a paraplegic in a wheelchair. [contact-form 3 “Facebook Alerts”]

According to a tipster who just witnessed one of these being shuttled into the RNC – it seems as if Chuck Norris was just tapped as the new communications director at the RNC. Apparently Chuck wants to whip people into shape ASAP.  The Total Gym arrived via FedEx.

Is Rep. Eric Cantor’s office blazing a new trail?  Has this ever been done before? Eric Cantor’s office is responding to the AFSCME/UAC ad blitz with a 1970’s-vintage AFCSME public service announcement that’s been redubbed with an Andrew Dice Clay-type voice over touting the union’s accomplishments in “picking up your …

If you’ve ever lived in the Midwest or know someone who has, you are well aware that the states of Kansas and Missouri do not like each other.  And by not like, we’re talking a deep-seated hatred that’s not going anywhere anytime soon.  And even though there are other huge …