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Morning Grind 8.10.16
FAMOUS FORECAST Summer is here to stay for the rest of August, that’s for sure! A high of 91 today with partly cloudy skies and some lovely humidity to make that commute home extra special. WEDNESDAY JAM Brought to you by Tazwell Jones of Bryant Row. We don’t need to wait ’till Thursday …
Best Commencement Speeches, Ever
It’s graduation season again and NPR has published a compendium of the best commencement speeches dating back to 1774. You can sort by terms like “YOLO,” or by year and speaker. If it’s got a YouTube video, it’s there for you to watch. This is a good tool to bookmark …
Welcome to Washington Round Up
Story Partners, in honor of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, hosted a slew of Washington influentials at their inaugural “Welcome to Washington: A Salute to Women in Journalism” event. The party, co-hosted by Story Partners’ Gloria Dittus, NBC’s Betsy Fischer Martin,Washingtonian’s Cathy Merrill Williams, CNN’s Dana Bash, CBS News’ Jan Crawford, and The New Republic’s Julia Ioffe definitely kicked off the weekend …
An Open Letter To Conan O’Brien: Lay Off Our Landmarks
TO: Mr. Conan O’Brien
FROM: DC Residents Whom Are Proud of Their Landmark Establishments
Dear Mr. O’Brien,
On behalf of all District dwellers, we hope you enjoyed your time here in our Nation’s Capital. We truly love our city and we hope you were able to drink it all in while you were here – it always goes down smooth.
We also want to congratulate you on your almost perfect performance at the annual White House Correspondence Dinner. You were very funny. That is, until you started to make fun of the Hilton Hotel, the service, and the quality of the hotel thereby insulting a notable DC landmark as the staff and other employees stood in the back and listened. Not cool bro, we need to have a chat about that.
C-SPAN White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Videos
President Obama at 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (C-SPAN) Conan O’Brien remarks at 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (C-SPAN)
And just like that, Conan loses 48% of his DC fans …
But who’s funnier? Conan O’Brien to host fundraiser for former ‘SNL’ co-worker Sen. Al Franken The former “SNL” writer/”Tonight Show” host will join Franken in Minneapolis later this month for a $500-a-person fundraiser (or $4,800 to have a picture taken), according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Conan loves diapers.
Famously Tweeted: The Sarah Killen Experiment
Brilliant move by Conan: @ConanOBrien I’ve decided to follow someone at random. She likes peanut butter and gummy dinosaurs. Sarah Killen, your life is about to change. Her followers were at 15 when we posted this. Her response: @lovelybutton Having a lame ass day, Russell Bigos is an idiot. And …
Conan O’Brien Joins Twitter [@ConanOBrien]
By the time we post this, he’ll have 10,000 more followers. [175,000] His first tweet: @ConanOBrien: Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me. Brilliant.
A Lesson in Class From Conan O’Brien
Conan O’Brien wins. NBC loses, again: People of Earth: ——– In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid …
Too Many “Naymz” Equals Social Media Overkill
Conan O’Brien might have said it best… "In the year 3000, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook will merge into one super time wasting website called YouTwitFace." …but web strategist [and local rap legend] Michael Turk proved he’s sick of time wasting social media as well. On his recent experience with a …