Facebook Status Awesomeness: I’m kinda grumpy today, dude. I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. I was having those dreams again. Ya know, how it’s just me in a castle and I gotta fight, like, a thousand wizards and the only way to beat them is to punch …

If you’re one of the few folks in DC who aren’t scared to cross the river, come celebrate summer on the Ballroom’s rooftop deck, and wish four of the Going Out Gurus a happy birthday this Thursday.  There will be free cupcakes and a beach trip giveaway, too. Details here …

Anybody recognize this DC flack?  His friends know him as JB, but if he wins the Mad Men casting contest, you might have to start referring to him as sir.  Go here and vote for Jim.  [do it]

No, seriously … he’s way more brave than we’d ever be.  Who knew Heye was a hero?  [saves the day]

If you’re a tech enthusiast looking for a good time and you live in the DC area [or even if you don’t], do we have an event you won’t want to miss. It’s called the Tech Adventure – and it’s a first-ever attempt to take the "i" out of iPhone …

Fishbowl DC Editor Matt Dornic recently celebrated his 24th birthday.  Congratulations, Matt!

Go sell crazy somewhere else, we’re all stocked up here… From Sarah Palin’s Facebook page: The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s “death panel” so his bureaucrats can decide, based …

From Saturday’s Playbook : JMART, CAB THIEF — Politico’s Daniel Libit reports: “So I ordered a cab to take me from office to airport. When I get outside, I see it’s about to pull away with another person, so I tap on the glass. And who is the taxi bandit? …

How was your weekend? It had to be better than this dude’s: Early Saturday morning Twitpic courtesy of Bill Beutler .

From the good people at STET SPORTS : Take this, TMZ. Stet Sports has the freshly furnished comment and footage from the Washington Nationals ballgirl who booted a fair ball.

FamousDC [Twitter ]

Paul Singer crashed Roll Call’s site with a story about Congressional airplanes, Amy Wren is keeping folks abreast of her beach plans, Chris Cillizza and Dana Milbank pulled a Palin and quit, CBS made Jen Psaki FamousDC, Rahm Emanuel warned liberal groups to stop ads against Democrats, Erick Erickson got …

So much for a slow news Friday: Senator Mel Martinez has decided to take his ball and go home. What’s next? Who does Crist appoint? Marc Rubio Jeb Bush Bob Martinez Tom Feeney The Fix: FL-Senate: Martinez to Resign Chris Frates, Manu Raju, Josh Kraushaar: Mel Martinez Resigning

It’s a slow August Friday in Washington, D.C. … Remember smiling.

Rumors were swirling that legendary Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz was contemplating a run for congress.  Apparently he wised up. "I’m working for ESPN. I don’t want to run for Congress," said Holtz. Smart man.