Post Archive

January 2009

Gawker claims Diane Sawyer was drunk during her ABC inaug coverage. ABC demanded an apology. So Gawker has responded by posting this clip compilation.  [oh.my.]

If you weren’t able to make it to DC to witness history, no worries, the WaPo has put together a pretty sweet video documentary from the day.   The crowd shots are amazing.

Yeah, it was so good the first time that we decided to do it again. Obama re-re-re-re-mix! Susan Davis: So Nice He Did It Twice: Obama Retakes Oath In a move that will disappoint burgeoning conspiracy theorists, President Barack Obama retook the oath of office this evening after Chief Justice …

What’s even more ridiculous than CNN covering this earth-shattering news, is the number of searches that will come up later tonight when we Google “Obama and Jacket.”  [the audacity of warmth]

Remember that whole digital TV transition that’s supposed to take place this February?  You know, the one that we’ve been repeatedly warned about for the past six years?   Well, apparently there is some sort of hang up.  [dude, where’s my signal?] According to sympathetic senators [Rockefeller and Klobuchar] both of …

We had to do a double take this morning after noticing that the Washington Times and Washington Post both ran the same boring headline. No official word from either paper as to why they printed such unimaginative headlines, but we’ll give them both a pass since they’re likely all still …

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 …

Obama Visit [Extreme]

Obama Inauguration Madness has concluded. The tourists are gone and we get our city back.

Wow, that was fast.  How long until the tech nerds complain that the blog doesn’t allow comments and that the site doesn’t feature social networks.  3.2.1…

This is a pretty cool video of President Elect Obama’s first flight on Air Force One. And in case you were wondering how he likes his burgers – medium well with cheddar cheese.

Tensions are high on Capitol Hill.  Proof is in the tone of this email.  Note the part we underlined. From: [email protected] To: ******** Sent: Tue Jan 20 07:13:40 2009 Subject: Important Message from US Senate SAA …… The USCP have advised us that Independence Ave at 7th St SW has …

Follow the excitement here [game day]

Enjoy the Inauguration of President Obama. Please remember to bring your patience.

We’ve got several FamousDC editors sending Obama #Inauguration madness Twitter updates from across Washington, D.C. Stay tuned here for constant updates from our team. Morning to midnight, Jay Z to U2, Inauguration ceremony to the first dance – we’ll keep you up to speed with the latest Inauguration festivities. UPDATE: …