#Weekend Awesome events: Satisfy that sweet tooth this weekend at DC’s first and only edible cookie dough confectionery, The Cookie Jar DC!; Half of Simon and Garfunkel will be performing tonight at Merriweather Post Pavilion (hint: it’s not Garfunkel); Get jazzy and snazzy with us at DC Jazz Festival; Don’t miss …

This is pretty funny. Watch as Rep. Dan Burton politely answers his phone during a committee hearing — while joking that it’s probably the President who was calling him. [happens to the best of us]

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) "never learned to ride a bike," which is "a source of great embarrassment" to her kids [97% positive there’s a Facebook group for people like her] h/t Wake Up Call

Rep. Eric Massa, the newest elected member from NY, decided to play Leo DiCaprio for a day and insist he drive a hydrogen fuel cell car from NY to DC before his congressional swearing in.  One problem:  The trip to DC is just under 300 miles and the fuel cell …