War Child the movie debuts in DC this Friday at the E Street Cinema. War Child is the directorial debut of 30 year old Washingtonian C. Karim Chrobog.  It chronicles the life of Emmanuel Jal – Sudanese child soldier turned international hip hop star (he was just up for an …

Super Obama World [the game] Pro Bowl [#skins] LinkedIn [hater] Serious [K Street] Wiping [butts]

This headline bummed us out because we thought clip-on ties were making a strong comeback.  Turns out “wireless ties” are way more popular.

Yesterday we posted about the DC City Council’s reported willingness to let bars stay open until 5am during inauguration week.  We gathered our research from both the Washington Post, DCist roundup and the man who lurks in the shadows, Mike Panetta, who happens to be a D.C. Shadow Representative [how …

The [righty] blogosphere is not happy that President-elect Obama bought his wife a gift that turns out not to even exist.  Granted, the invisible gift of non-existence would’ve cost more than most Americans spend on a car, but it’s none of our business how Obama chooses to stimulate the economy. …

Move over Nora, you’re no longer the most popular “Last Call” in DC – at least for today. Because so many important and intellectual political conversations happen between 2-5 am, the DC City Council has announced that “last call” during Inauguration week will likely be lifted – allowing party goers …

Last night we experimented with our Twitter friends. We wrote: “Who wants to be FamousDC’s first Twitterer of the Day? Be the first to send us a public reply and we’ll feature you tomorrow.” Within seconds, Lauren Cook responded: “No whammies, No whammies!” Well, she didn’t hit any whammies and …

Run-off [princess sparkle pony] Head O State [wow] Super Ride [skins] Heritage [fading] Flameco [chic] Torture [I95]

We put a man on the moon 40 years ago, but today nobody can recall an email. Seriously, do you know anyone who has ever successfully done that?

… Or an even better idea, avoid luxury cruises off the coast of Africa.  [arghhh]

We were very pleased surprised to receive the following invite from the Greater Richmond Technology Council: First Annual Striper Showdown, a GRTC/HRTC joint venture  Leaving nothing up to chance, and hoping a certain word in the title was misspelled, we called to reserve a front row seat.  Unfortunately, their grammar …

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Extreme Mortman recently featured his top 10 funniest political quotes of the year.  Below are two of our favorites: John Edwards on cheating on Elizabeth Edwards: “Can I explain to you what happened? First of all it happened during a period after she was in remission from cancer.” Nancy Pelosi …

Cheese balls [eastern shore] Press Advance [good form] Spotted [Pamela’s Punch] Stay Classy [deceiver] FAIL (Again) [GM] Post [secret]

Michelle Rhee turns DC fame into national fame. She’s been on quite a media tear with a Washingtonian profile, an Atlantic Monthly profile and now the cover of Time Magazine. DCist‘s Kriston Capps tiptoes around calling DC’s Education Czar Michelle Rhee FamousDC: This cover illustrates a couple of interesting phenomenons: …