Redskins QBs rock [rookies] Holiday party bingo [festive] Drive like a president [truck] Photo by Kevin Wolf

*Our thoughts are with those families grieving in Connecticut today. No email today. Hug your loved ones.* Katie Harbath is nearing the early stages of burnout, Dave Tate couldn’t take the awkward stares, Rob Raffety is not running for President in 2016, Patrick Gavin figured out the real meaning behind …

Feasting Famously: Suzie Robb Half the brains, all the boobs behind BoobsBaconBourbon.com, and totally crushin’ on Mike Isabella. Launched in April 2012 by Suzie Robb, Eric Wang and one other anonymous writer as a dating (boobs), eating (bacon) and drinking (bourbon) website, BoobsBaconBourbon.com has quickly spread throughout the DC area like a Spike Mendelsohn restaurant. Suzie says she bought the domain name initially because it was catchy and available. “I started it because I had a bottle of wine to myself and I decided to write about my feelings,” she jokingly adds as we sit down at District Commons in Foggy Bottom. She bought the domain in February, discussed the idea with the two other partners of the site, and tada, triple-B was born shortly thereafter. “The name is what makes people go to the site,” she says, “and hopefully the content is why they stay.”

NASA says world will not end [relief] Background checks are good [interns] Bush dynasty to continue [fired up] Photo by Brandon Kopp

We’re pretty sure the last time cannons were fired on the US was some time around the War of 1812. Daily Call Reports Just when you thought drug running couldn’t get more extreme, U.S. border patrol officers find 33 cans of marijuana in the desert near the border that they …

Taxi colors spark fights [DC Council] Who drinks the most? [Mad Men] Put us on the list [DC Tweeps] Photo by Jeremy Art

Obamas get addicted to pinning [White House] The internet loves monkeys [Ikea] Why you couldn’t gchat yesterday [Google] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Redskins victory gets Beltway excited [sports] Join us & National Journal tonight [influencers] Obama, Conan & Psy [concert] Photo by Emily Reid

RGIII fixed the fiscal crisis, here’s the Cribline’s House pick of the week, get scared Pitt, Nick Schaper checked-in at the CHC, DeMint making moves, congratulations to Jessica and Todd Boulanger on the birth of their baby girl, are you on the list yet?, Freethink Media is having a big week, Greg Crist …

It seems that this time of the year, everyone has an opinion on what you should be getting for your friends, loved ones, significant others, coworkers, acquaintances, cats, dogs, parakeets, and arch nemeses. So here are our two cents on how to holiday shop, please use caution. The casual dater: …

To keep the interns and reporters in line. h/t Michael Tadeo

National Christmas Tree causes problems [traffic] Animals won the internet again in 2012 [photos] Who doesn’t love political memes? [funny] Photo by Jeremy Art

We expect the Bonjean Christmas party to top this. Bonjean Christmas Party Makes Drudge – December 12, 2011 Just when you thought the DC – Gary Busey – Ron Bonjean Christmas Party Media blitz was over …   Hopefully they learned how to high-five in 2012. How Not To Give A High-Five …

Inauguration blues [front page] RG3 puts a handshake curse on LeBron and the Wizards beat the Heat [sports] Twitter ads sparking wars [partisan] Photo by Noe Todorovich

RGIII RGIII RGIII [RGIII] DMX gets in the holiday spirit [carols] Rebecca Gale has a book coming out [writer] Photo by Justin Schuck