President Obama appears sans shirt on the cover of the May issue of The Washingtonian magazine. The magazine’s rationale for using the picture? “Our New Neighbor is Hot.” [beefcake] We’re sort of pissed the Washingtonian mag wasn’t around during the days of William Howard Taft .

A new CNET article wants to know: "As Facebook works its way toward a probable IPO, the big question is: how can it show it can make money? Well, one way–and I’m not the first to suggest it–would be to charge a nominal monthly fee. With that in mind, I …

Fat People Cause Global Warming: Fat Isn’t Very Green [insert salad bar]

From the only news source we pay any attention to: [the Onion] NEW YORK —Addressing reporters yesterday in an unnervingly calm tone of voice, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman—his hands, face, and white-collared shirt covered in blood—said that any obstacle standing in the way of both Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin …

Mario Lavandeira, aka Perez Hilton, invokes the c-word from his pageant rage. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Has Chris Frates broken the record for most Lil Wayne references while covering Congress and lobbying? Can someone please stack his desk with one dollar bills and send a picture via the tip line?  [making it rain]

Here’s the worst kept secret ever:  Don Henley doesn’t care for Republicans. The latest proof: Don Henley is suing a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in California, claiming he has brazenly ripped off two really popular Henley songs to push his campaign to unseat California Senator Barbara Boxer. We …

Honesty in Facebook status updates [something we can appreciate] Craig: My legs burn from all the hiking this past weekend because I’m a fat bastard! Good work, Craig. Bonus points for not using "LOL". [contact-form 3 "Facebook Alerts"]

Via Patrick Gavin’s Twitter account:  [settle] There’s a special place in hell 4 people who email via Facebook. Was regular email (u know the one listed on my page) not working out for u? Noted.

Very creative brand name [MOM]

It looks like Mike Allen is taking advice from The Godfather . Responding to criticism from Obama-supporters (Andrew Sullivan) of his exclusive article outlining POTUS’ decision to release top secret CIA memos, Mike took the high road. He writes : "there’s a certain World Wrestling Entertainment element to these blog slams: It’s …

THE WORD O’ WHEATON: Nation’s First Black President Tells U.N. to Stuff Anti-Racism Conference The United Nations is a joke. The fact that it was George W. Bush saying as much for the last eight years didn’t make it any less a statement of fact. Perhaps one benefit of having …

When you’re as bad as the Washington Nationals, you try to cut corners wherever you can.  By leaving out the "O" on their jerseys, the team saved nearly $12 per jersey. [genius] Our advice to the worst team in baseball: You may also think about eliminating the "A, T, N, …

In all caps, @oprah writes on her brand new Twitter account: HI TWITTERS . THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY . @PatrickRuffini’s classic response … The moment Twitter jumped the shark. We know she had a thing for Skype, but why ruin Twitter?  [Oh well, it …

Nora McAlvanah waited until the last minute to hang at H&R Block with her taxes in hand, Doug Heye turned 27, Elliot asked all of DC to "Rock the ‘Hawk" for the Caps, still lots of out of office replies on the hill [recess], $20 says Karl Rove didn’t say …