Post Archive

2009

The Nats lost again. According to reports, Major League Baseball is seriously considering the idea of blindfolding opposing teams in an attempt to level the playing field for the Nationals. As for the season ticket holders who spent thousands of dollars to enjoy such an exciting season – come on, …

@spencerpratt explaining to @ryanseacrest that he [Seacrest] is entirely too important to worry about spelling. @RyanSeacrest your Ryan Seacrest you don’t have to spell correct! Your to busy to worrying about spelling! We understand! We guess that goes for Pratt as well.  Would it kill him to get a copy …

Apparently not even what Pelosi knew or when she knew it (old news), or how badly POTUS was heckled by the ghost of Touchdown Jesus, himself, could keep WaPost readers from just NEEDING TO KNOW: how do astronauts pee in space? (Hint: it’s a series of tubes) Seriously, that’s the …

Every now and then a FamousDC post will fire up a few people. We posted on May 14th about a story that Roll Call’s Emily Yehle and DCist’s Sommer Mathis also covered. FamousDC: Drunk Man Enters Hart Senate Office Building – Attempts to Bar Hop That same day a comment …

Hollywood Hits Washington [Emily Leaman ] In Case of Emergency [Hammer ] City Council [free Nats tickets ] Third Eye Blind [Cooley ]

Even Crazy Uncle Joe can’t be this dumb, right?  [get out the duct tape?] Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president. We’re all fans of transparency, but revealing the …

Fresh off his new rap hit , the self proclaimed "White Jay Z " and Hills star, Spencer Pratt, Twitters to the McCains about his desire to be President of the NRA. Spencer Pratt : @McCainBlogette @johnmccain I want to be president of NRA! Spencer Pratt : @SenJohnMcCain where do …

Overheard in an elevator on Capitol Hill a few minutes ago: Ed Markey: "Climate change bill is the like the Susan Boyle of legislation." Thanks to our hill tipster "Nats fan"

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Brian Rogers changed teams, Wanda Sykes threw fuel on the fire, Richard Hunt felt the heat of a few background quotes on his way over to CBA, Megan McArdle and Marc Ambinder were both promoted at The Atlantic, The Fix gave a shout-out to Barack Obama’s Teleprompter, Ben and Beth …

If you feel Carrie Prejean hasn’t quite worn out her 15 minutes of fame … good news, Fox agrees. Miss California and Miss USA runner-up, Carrie Prejean, tossed around in the battle over gay marriage, will be a one-day guest host for Fox News Channel’s popular morning show Fox & …

From the DCist: Roll Call’s Emily Yehle reports that some drunk guy managed to wander in and out and back in to the Hart Senate Office Building through a parking garage on Monday before finally being stopped by Capitol Police. The incident "appears to be a function of somebody not …

If you thought the shoeshine lady who camps out in the basement of Longworth was the loneliest person in the Capitol complex, you are sadly mistaken. Insert Arlen Specter, who’s in the middle of an identity crisis and can’t manage to say anything these days without it coming off as …

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Thanks to the tipster who sent in this picture, taken somewhere "on the top floor of Cannon in a construction zone." (h/t–JS) The photo begs the obvious question: who put this there? The original Uncle Joe? Barney Frank? A staff prankster? Send us your best guesses, total BS and informed …