"I do it at home in a tank top."  [we love these things]

Patrick Gavin could be a genius. He gets paid by POLITICO to play Members of Congress in Connect Four and Wii. The Patricks battle it out in the Click’s latest video: Game Changer (Wii edition).

It’s the news you’ve been waiting for all morning… [drum-roll please] White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee took home the top prize in the 16th annual “D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity” contest on Wednesday evening, and he did so in a very unconventional way. Unconventional, as in, he was actually funny. Patrick …

Earlier this week Obama released his summer reading list, and much like his good buddy Oprah can generate some buzz about her latest read, the President did the same.  [stimulate the economy] Ever since news of Obama’s reading picks went public, sales of the books have skyrocketed on Amazon.com. … …

Politico’s Patrick Gavin and Amie Parnes recently caught up with some local celebs about the First Family’s trip to Martha’s Vineyard this week. In case you wondered, Wolf Blitzer vacations wherever they have "a good chair."

This is what happens when you let the interns run your marketing department.  [greatest online ad ever?] h/t Patrick Gavin

Via Patrick Gavin’s Twitter account:  [settle] There’s a special place in hell 4 people who email via Facebook. Was regular email (u know the one listed on my page) not working out for u? Noted.

Politico’s Patrick Gavin and Anne Bracken got engaged last night.  Congrats. A tip of the hat to: Aoife McCarthy and Seth Petras

The final results are in for the Twitter Challenge SW quadrant.  Remember, please send all hate mail to [email protected] @erickaandersen vs. @robklause WINNER: @erickaandersen A smart move by @erickaandersen to leave a little gas in the tank.  She didn’t blaze any Twitter trails, but she did rack up some quality …

View the bracket here. We had quite a battle in the NW bracket, but now it’s time to turn our attention to the gamers in the SW bracket. *Note, NW winners announced shortly.  Stay tuned. SW Match ups: @erickaandersen vs. @robklause @BetsyMTP vs. @TheSleuth @kevinmaddendc vs. @robertjameson @GStephanopoulos vs. @joeNBC …

It’s official:  The MSM can’t get enough of Twitter.  According to our unofficial report, 90% of news stories lately reference the words Twit, Tweet or Twitter. Don’t believe us?  Proof is here, here and shark jump here . It was also just last week when Politico’s Patrick Gavin crafted a …

It’s official.  At the COB today, Pat Gavin will officially step aside from his role as editor of Fishbowl DC.  But have no fear, Fishbowl will live on.  Replacing him will be Matt Dornic and Christine Delargy. Dornic runs local PR shop 3 Dog Agency and Delargy works in broadcast …

We have no idea how we missed this, but apparently Patrick Gavin drives a scooter. From his Facebook page: Patrick Blind item: What dc glossy publisher almost took me out on my vespa just npow? Here’s to hoping that he wasn’t actually driving the scooter while he updated his Facebook …

After making a living in DC’s fishbowl for the past three years, our good friend Patrick Gavin is moving on.  His next stop: You guessed it, Politico.  And even though some folks joke that Gavin is already on the Politico payroll, we can’t think of anybody better to tackle DC’s …

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