Concert pianist Condoleezza Rice just upgraded her menu.  [moving on and cashing in]

Rachel McEney is having a big Friday [Senatized]

Remember smiling.

We have no idea why the hell we’re posting this, but it’s likely somebody will make it their desktop background. h/t nextround

Brunch and the City: Obama’s Inauguration and why I missed it Brunch girl takes us along for her Inauguration celebration journey and even covers the Survivors of the Purple Tunnel of Doom. … For more pics – try here.

Please vote [happy b’day Alexandria] Headline of the day [balls]

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.