WaPo’s Ann Scott Tyson:  MetroAccess fares to increase Feb. 27 Nearly 30,000 disabled Washington area residents will face significantly higher fares starting this month on the MetroAccess paratransit service – a cause of concern among advocates for the disabled.

New York Times’ Ashley Parker: Twitter, as a Helpmate, Goes to Capitol Hill Now Mr. Sharp, a 32-year-old with brown hair, glasses and a sprinkling of pale freckles across his face, is the human embodiment of Twitter, an energetic and smiling ambassador for that ubiquitous blue bird, ready and willing …

Please try to remain calm, this blew our mind, streets that save lives, Facebooking from the bathroom, Sim City = NYC, DCist photography winners announced, hotel photo fake outs, forever faithful, FishbowlDC turned six years old, Google shuffle in effect, on to the next one, President Obama loves empanadas, EM …

TBD: Betsy Rothstein’s year in Twitter battles On June 26, Betsy Rothstein published a stirring defense of media journalism. Rothstein, the editor of Fishbowl DC, a media news and gossip site, had published some of a Washington Post blogger’s e-mails to a private Listserv, and the ensuing revelation that he’d …

From Mike Allen’s Playbook: LAST-MINUTE GIFT for anyone who saw “Waiting for ‘Superman’”: Cornerstone School (“Hope and Academic Excellent in the Nation’s Capital”) is an oasis of love and rigor in inner-city D.C., serving 220 students, almost all African-American, in pre-K3 through ninth grade. The executive director and principal is …

FishbowlDC: House of Reps. Shuts Down Perez Hilton Human Events Senior Editor Emily Miller tipped us off that the House of Reps. blocked the Perez Hilton gossip site from its servers.

And we thought parking was bad before. New York Times: Junk Food Is a Source of Comfort on Capitol Hill Leading the charge is the Matchbox Food Group, DC-3’s parent company, which began with a pizza joint in nearby Chinatown and has recently opened a sister “pizza bistro” on Eighth …

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SJL watches C-SPAN, more than $27,000 worth of concert tickets to the Fillmore were stolen, write it in, there are folks straight killing it, Artur Davis is taking on the establishment, Famously Facebooked made a return, the aliens are here, spelling is hard, Governor Barbour made the DC rounds, tell …

FamousDC is thankful for: Turkey give away celebrations Giant spiders Ted Leonsis GQ interviews Rahm 5-star turkeys TSA bumper stickers Political insiders Twilight Elena Kagan Chris Paulitz Rally for Sanity signs Antoine Dodson Talented interns MOET & CHANDON Fame Bankers eating people Hot lobbyists TheHillisHome Health care Guam not tipping …

Pat Gavin: Carville: Obama Needs a Pair Speaking to reporters Thursday, Democratic strategist James Carville dropped this one-liner: “If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two.”

The Hill: Pelosi to throw reception to celebrate ‘accomplishments’ of Dem Congress

ABC News Rick Klein reports: Gov. George Pataki ‘Looking at’ Run for President; Peekskill ‘Twice the Size of Wasilla’ But that ain’t the real news. Start watching about 8:22 in. Pataki finishes up talking about “stimulating the economy” and then refers to the Gentleman from Ohio as Leader Boner.

McFly 2012! @TommyMcFly Just gave two weeks at MIX 107.3 – It’s been a great 4 years!!! My next adventure starts soon, but don’t worry I’m not leaving Washington 🙂