Our friends over at The Vinyl District are giving away vinyl to usher in the fall. TVD Vinyl Giveaways for the Last 33-1/3 Days of Summer! … If you’re like the mid-August me, the impending ending of the summer’s always a drag. It used to be the looming prospect of …

Don’t get lost this weekend.

Thanks to National Journal’s Under the Influence , we now know the Twitterview didn’t die John McCain and George Stephanopoulos Sara Jerome: What EPolitics Founder Learned From Obama When Epolitics.com founder Colin Delany describes himself, he sounds more like a surgeon than a blogger, devoted to "dissecting the craft of …

Real World DC [shark jumping ] Mad Men [DC Concierge ] White Shirt [Project Beltway ] Metro Ride [crappy ]

Our friends at POLITICO were kind enough recently to feature us in their "hot list" story. But will the Fab Fifty have any chance of taking over The Hill’s list, which has become nationally known after a solid six-year run? … Don’t bet on it, according to blog FamousDC , …

How to social climb [AskMissA ] Tail from the Crypt [oddly enough ] eHarmony [not compatible ] Cloture Club [August Blues ] Open Letter [Brett Favre ] GPS [fail ]

Chris, while we here at FamousDC are flattered that someone with your talent and experience would like to write for us, we’re in the business of keeping secrets :).  However, we’ll forward your C.V. to our H.R. department and keep it on file.  A belated congratulations on your new gig and good luck …

Happy Wednesday. Yesterday’s Drew Magary post inspired us: Today is a special college football edition of our morning news round-up. Back-up covers of Tim Tebow in Sports Illustrated [GUMP for Heisman ] … More Tebow! His GQ cover shoot [over exposure ] … Syracuse is starting a former Duke basketball …

Welcome to Washington [Strasburg ] WH vs. PhRMA [wha’ happin ] Brett Favre [bringing it back ] Expanded Wireless [METRO ] Bob Novak [RIP ]

POLITICO must be helping Chet Edwards throw protesters off the trail by sending them to bother Gene Green. Michael Falcone: Chet Edwards changes course, adds town halls That would be Congressman Gene Green , not Congressman Chet Edwards .

Huge news for Tech Adventure – CSPAN is on board. Tech Adventure is striving to organize experiences that "aren’t standard events *about* Social Media – they *are* Social Media" – so join in the fun!

Lindsey Mask and her Ladies Dinner Club (Ladies DC) were highlighted by K Street Kate and The District Dish , with hosts Miss DC 2006 Kate Michael , Pamela Sorensen of Pamela’s Punch, and Ebong Eka of www.EbongEka.com . Congratulations Lindsey! We’re glad to see the former news anchor back …

If you’re a tech enthusiast looking for a good time and you live in the DC area [or even if you don’t], do we have an event you won’t want to miss. It’s called the Tech Adventure – and it’s a first-ever attempt to take the "i" out of iPhone …

How was your weekend? It had to be better than this dude’s: Early Saturday morning Twitpic courtesy of Bill Beutler .

From the good people at STET SPORTS : Take this, TMZ. Stet Sports has the freshly furnished comment and footage from the Washington Nationals ballgirl who booted a fair ball.