Fearful that a few stiff, old, boring members of Congress will try to eliminate the good times had during inauguration week, a handful of clever DC bloggers have teamed together to urge Mayor Fenty to keep the District bars open until 5am. The war on Inaugural partying has begun. One …

As the Chicagoland version of Blagopoly continues to to play out, one character in particular is ducking reporters left and right. President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, refused to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the Obama “advisor” named in the criminal complaint against …

File this one under “Are You Sh*ttin’ Us?” Pay Raise For Judges Tucked Into Auto Bailout Plan It’s likely that most Americans won’t hear about this, because if they did, we’re quite certain they’d pile in their cars and drive directly to DC in order to lay the smack down …

This is really becoming a disturbing trend.  We’re a little perplexed as to why people keep coming to our site through the search terms “ugly people dating site”, but we’re seriously considering firing up a website like eHarmony, but for busted people.

In a move that can only be described as hilarious, three Kentucky Fried Chicken employees were canned yesterday after they took a bath in the company sink.   [tough economic times] Three young girls have now been fired after stripping down to their bras and panties (or possibly bathing suits) and …

Desperate or Awesome? [you decide] Pathfinder [cool whip] Umbrella [etiquette] Twitter [followers] Stay sane [guide]

We at FamousDC love us some Mike Allen’s Playbook. We love that it cuts our morning reading in half, that it mentions our friends, that it gives us sports updates but most importantly – we love that it saves us the trouble of remembering the birthday’s of our nearest and …

I got my ass whooped this week by a girl.  The playoffs are not going well for me. I’m going to touch on a few more games than I usually do because they are becoming so important this late in the season… for some teams. Let’s go…

This email is making its rounds on Capitol Hill.  Our favorite line, “you’ll never be late for the Disco or the Day Labor Shelter.”  Subject: Congressional Motors Announces The First Car for 2012 The Pelosi It’s in the way you dress.  The way you boogie down.  The way you sign …

The only thing missing in Houston yesterday while it snowed … the sugar plum fairies.  Apparently they called in “sick”. [snow jobs]

Do you think Texas should be in the National Championship? Are you a sitting Member of Congress? If you’ve answered yes to both of these questions, FamousDC salutes you. Congressman Joe Barton (R-Texas) /good luck on your finals BC!

Apparently it does take a rocket scientist to be Energy Secretary.  [smarty pants]

We here at FamousDC get a huge kick out of reading blog posts, articles and rants about how the internet plays a role in politics.  And while we don’t take Twitter as seriously as we do religion, [like some pundits] we do value everyone’s opinion. With that said, we have …

Skins [donezo] Yule [be sorry] Chickens [roost] Bail Out [big three] Global [chameleon] Happy Hour [senatized] Courtroom Drawing [best]

How do you explain this to your boss? Two Fredericksburg-area tow truck employees have been charged with felonies after towing a vehicle with a small child inside.  [my bad] So long Christmas bonus.