Post Archive
May 2009
Virginia is for Frowners
It looks like the lovers of Virginia have lost out to the frowners. Thomas Frank: Four states adopt ‘no smiles’ policy for driver’s licenses Stopping driver’s license fraud is no laughing matter: Four states are ordering people to wipe the grins off their faces in their license photos. … "Neutral …
Looking for Something to Do in DC?
Join Megan Vanderbur at the American Lung Association’s happy hour at Jordan’s (8th Street, 523 8th Street, SE) on Wednesday, May 27th from 7 – 10 p.m. The ALADC has set up happy hour specials until 10 p.m. You can also sign-up to participate in the upcoming Breathe DC Metro …
Memorial Day Photo Round-Up
Sarah Robinson Photography: Freedom Ride, Washington DC May 24, 2009 HerbofDC: Buffalo Thunder in Shaw Tony Eckersley: Rolling Thunder – Washington DC DigitallyDC: Memorial Day CNN’s Mike Ahlers: Rolling Thunder Comes to Washington
Memorial Day
Enjoy the holiday and be careful out there. We’ll see you next week. Until then, we’re hanging on a boat .
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Famous Friday [Round Up]
Brody Mullins and Lauren Poplawski got hitched, Elizabeth Edwards promoted her book in DC, Jessica Boulanger took the youngest Nationals fan alive to the stadium for battle with the Phillies, Querry Robinson celebrated a birthday, David Wade chased down a dude who stole his blackberry outside of Verizon Center, Garrett …
Famous Good Deed
Have you seen this dog? Female 12 lb black, floppy ears, has Microchip !!!REWARD!!! Please call: 202.271.7702
BREAKING: Mike Allen Spotted Without Blackberry
Politico’s Mike Allen was spotted with C-SPAN’s Howard Mortman — and Mike didn’t have his trusty blackberry in hand. FamousDC was able to secure the only known photograph of The Playbook sans blackberry taken since January 23, 2007. When asked about the beltway brain trust meeting, both parties provided the …
Speed Readers with Texas Accents
The Energy and Commerce Committee has been a barrel of laughs this week. We thought Chairman Waxman’s sly move of sending all the Republicans cucumber sandwiches would take the cake, but boy were we wrong! Earlier today, in the never-ending mark-up, Congressman Joe Barton asked the Democrats’ speed reader to …
Republicans Still Think Twitter Matters. Also Believe in Santa Claus.
Apparently shaking hands and kissing babies is so 2008. Now it’s about making sure your blackberry has enough battery power left so you can live-tweet your local political meeting. The latest virtual tutorial comes from Saul Anuzis via his twitter feed: Showing RNC members how easy it is to post. …
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Michael Steele: I was talking. I was grooving. I was having a ball.
As part of C-SPAN’s "Students & Leaders" program showing next week, C-SPAN recently taped RNC chairman Michael Steele talking to students at Woodson Senior High School in DC. During Mr. Steele’s presentation, he tells Woodson students how we got kicked out of Johns Hopkins. He tells the students: "I partied …
Do You Abuse Facebook?
A few months ago [pre swine flu] we wrote about an epidemic sweeping the nation. When we first alerted FDC fans about how we felt about the state of Facebook abuse, it was our hope that the problem would get better. It hasn’t. Not only are the abuses getting worse, …