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!

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

**TONIGHT! [union jack’s] Peace [Mt. Pleasant] Recession [party!] Fleecing [dems] Wii [danger] Singles [DC] Cat [bath]

Alright so we know 3-4 million people are heading to D.C. for Obama’s Inauguration. There will be road closings, parties, balls, and the bars will be open 24/7 New Orleans style. Which parties should you attend? Where is the best place to watch the festivities AND stay warm? FamousDC editors …

  FamousDC readers have been emailing about the media band, Suspicious Package, so we reached out to them for a Famous 5 interview. Luckily for all of us, they decided to play along. Do you know anyone FamousDC should ask 5 questions? Let us know — [email protected] 1) If Suspicious …

Presidential [documents] Campaign ads [history] Crazy [oddly enough] Chatty [journalists]

If you watched MSNBC yesterday for more than 20 seconds, you realized that a lot of folks were spittin’ mad because Gov. Bill Richardson was dealt the short-end of the administration stick.  Instead of being tapped Secretary of State, like some people had hoped he would be, he was named …

Mike Madden is bringing the hilarity today on his Twitter page as he covers the auto bailout hearings. UPDATE 1: An hour into hearing, the Big Three CEOs are still sitting patiently waiting to begin their testimony. I will be here all day. … UPDATE 2: Chris Dodd has taken …

Sugar Daddy [economics] Missed [mad dc cabbie] Romcoms [little time] Phone call [pirates] Cabinet Maker [CQ] Business 101 [costly]

Please accept my sincerest apologies for not producing a fantasy football rant during the week of thanksgiving.  I was busy organizing the Matt Cassel fan club in Boston. Obviously this was before he turned into the Britney Spears of NFL quarterbacks on Sunday. … This has been the most inconsistent …

A new ad campaign being run on the DC metro system has sparked a religious throw-down. The ad, which reads, “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake,” has some DC residents so fired up, it’s left them confused. That ad is obscene to me!? I wouldn’t …

Super Obama World [the game] Pro Bowl [#skins] LinkedIn [hater] Serious [K Street] Wiping [butts]

Yesterday we posted about the DC City Council’s reported willingness to let bars stay open until 5am during inauguration week.  We gathered our research from both the Washington Post, DCist roundup and the man who lurks in the shadows, Mike Panetta, who happens to be a D.C. Shadow Representative [how …

Move over Nora, you’re no longer the most popular “Last Call” in DC – at least for today. Because so many important and intellectual political conversations happen between 2-5 am, the DC City Council has announced that “last call” during Inauguration week will likely be lifted – allowing party goers …

Last night we experimented with our Twitter friends. We wrote: “Who wants to be FamousDC’s first Twitterer of the Day? Be the first to send us a public reply and we’ll feature you tomorrow.” Within seconds, Lauren Cook responded: “No whammies, No whammies!” Well, she didn’t hit any whammies and …