Vinny Cerrato left the Redskins, Blackberries went down for a day, the Blonde Photographer started following FamousDC on Twitter, Pete Snyder celebrated ten years of New Media Strategies , why – thank you Maggie , Chris Henry left the world too soon, Taylor Llewellyn answered five questions, DeMint plans to …

Kim Hart’s Hillicon Valley: It’s not just you: Blackberry outage reported: Blackberry appears to be having some problems in the Washington .. http://bit.ly/4RxS6L

FishbowlDC’s Matt Dornic brings the heat: "She Wolf" Meets "The Wolf" on CNN’s Situation Room

We’ve been told that the crew at New Media Strategies are proficient at all things social media. We’ve also been told they know how to party — so it’s definitely appropriate that the "pioneers and undisputed bad asses of social media" are throwing a "decade of dominance" party tomorrow night …

Meet Taylor Llewellyn . When all of his friends were getting "grown-up jobs," Taylor decided to start his own clothing line. No, seriously. His line, Tucker Blair, [based in DC] is a collection of fine needlepoint products that include belts, flip flops, dog collars, headbands, key fobs, and polo tees. …

This means he has the best A-game at the T-Coast intern happy hours. ABC News’ Rick Klein: Ross Ohlendorf: From Major League Pitcher to Unpaid Intern How sad for Pittsburgh. People are taking unpaid internships to get out.

How do you start your morning? Here are a few of our faves with today’s highlights: Chris Cillizza’s Morning Fix Polling shows Democrats losing health care PR fight Democrats are losing the public relations fight over the health care overhaul Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook TIME Person of the Year 2009 …

Hilarious pics. Unsuck DC Metro: Rider Hall of Shame: Your Move

Cloture Club: Ask Cloture Girl – December 13, 2009 Q: One of my friends got engaged after 7 months to someone he met on the Hill. Is this too soon? Do you recommend marrying “Hill people”? I’ve heard horror stories. –Worried in Georgetown See the answer here (2nd question)

The Fix: Why Joe Lieberman (still) rules the political world

This was recently posted on a GWU job listserv. We’re trying to figure out which media-savvy sports superstar is looking for a clipping service. Job: Media Monitoring Specialist … A high profile communications specialist is seeking a reliable, self-starter to work from home in a part time media monitoring position …

Reid Wilson: Tuesday’s Starting Lineup The DailyKos founder sent the DC press corps into spasms last night with 2 tweets signaling his dissatisfaction with health care legislation. "Insurance companies win. Time to kill this monstrosity coming out of the Senate," he wrote. Minutes later: "Bye bye, [Senate Maj. Leader Harry] …

Jake Tapper After meeting w/a clowder of "fat cats" (bank execs) yesterday, POTUS will try to "herd cats" (senators) on #hcr today http://bit.ly/5CQDZN

Move over Loretta Sanchez — GOP strategist Doug Heye just released his annual Holiday card and it’s sort of awesome. h/t Gavin

Does Chris Cillizza have all of these retirement stories already teed up? Man, he’s fast. The Fix: Bart Gordon to Retire Tennessee Rep. Bart Gordon will not seek re-election in 2010, becoming the fourth Democrat sitting in a swing district to retire in the last several weeks. UPDATE : Josh …