Pope mobile to cruise the streets of DC Wednesday and Thursday – and what this means for your commute… [jammed]

Street closings for the Pope: On Wednesday April 16, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. Pope Benedict XVI will visit President Bush at the White House. After this visit there will be a parade to the Vatican Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue. Security arrangements associated with Pope Benedict XVI’s arrival and departure include …

“Who said my kids are brilliant? Did you talk to them? If you talk to them, tell them to call their father.” [h/t WaPo] — Benjamin Emanuel, father of Rahm (the congressman, right), Ari (the Hollywood agent) and Zeke (an oncologist-bioethicist), in Portfolio magazine’s “Brilliant” issue, in which he and …

UPDATE: Everyone has a price – Wonkette statement here.  Reported first by the Politico: Gawker media chief Nick Denton is selling D.C. media gossip site Wonkette to current managing editor Ken Layne and other investors, according to a source. E-mail from Nick Denton about the deal here [shocker].

Note to self: Do NOT go dancing at Jefferson Memorial with 20 of your closest friends…at midnight. J.D. Talley: Free the Jefferson 1 Fark: Apparently getting a couple of friends together and dancing quietly to your iPod at midnight at the Jefferson Memorial gets you a face plant in the …

Official Masters Leader Board [Immelman!] Would you let Lenny Dykstra invest your money? [Player’s Club] Girls Night Out DC [Sheckys] Proctor & Gamble plans hip-hop music foray [Pringles Poppin’] Mark Penn Never Went to Class [Harvard Crimson] Stomp the Yard producer making movie about drug dealer [Clinton pardoned]

Ovechkin wins game 1 for the Caps and spends Sunday talking with Fox News. Not too shabby! “Fox News Sunday” — Former Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D.; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Hadley; Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek; Alex Ovechkin, left wing player for the Washington Capitals hockey team. Give the Face the …

Mara Lee: A Tough Initiation to D.C. Renting a place on a limited budget in the Washington area is already hard enough. Most young college grads can’t afford more than $1,000 a month, and even most basement apartments and studios cost more than that in the neighborhoods young people are …

Former Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee made his big annoucement … [boring].

Congressman Thad McCotter takes time to talk with the Politico team [Shenanigans: The rock ‘n’ roll congressman] “It shouldn’t be surprising that the “rock ‘n’ roll congressman,” as W calls him, is making CDs. As it’s known, McCotter plays in the Second Amendments – the bipartisan congressional rock and country …

Rap represented in maps and charts [act a fool] Larry Craig intern application [wide stance encouraged] Reporters getting owned [take that!] The top 20 workout songs ever [iPod time] Enjoy the weekend! [TGIF]

Gone is wild watermelon. Now it will be called awesome – Crayola adds new colors… I’m sure this will make headline news on Sesame Street … According to a very excited Crayola team celebrating 50 years: [clearly there is only one color we care about…]  Here are the other old …

Mary Ann Akers: Trent Lott: Man of the People, Fledgling Lobbyist “I took the Metro for the first time,” Lott told the Sleuth Thursday afternoon in the makeup room of MSNBC, where he and his new lobbying partner, former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.), were fixin (as Lott says) to do …

Where to power lunch in DC [no Longworth cafeteria?] 14 Reasons to Fire Penn [Halperin] Pelosi Pooh-Poohs Dream Ticket [post buffet] Politico TV coming soon [Mike Allen TV] Markey holds hearing in Second Life [Virtual Losers] Wait here boss, I’m going out to my car [oddly enough]