How did the big bird account not exist? [twitter] Oprah’s still political [interviews] Playoffs get expensive [bills]

Nope, not Planned Parenthood. This time Jet Blue has you covered in case you want to escape the country after November 6. h/t Ashley Wolos

UPDATE: He Won!  Today is the last regular season game of the year and we’re hearing rumors that Teddy will finally win his first Presidents Race. Good luck, Teddy. Photo by Let Teddy Win!

Things to look for [debate] Mitt Romney action figure [robot] Zuckerberg has one drawer [style] Xbox gets political [polling] “Intermission” by Patrick Onofre

Let Teddy Win [event] Obama wins cookie contest [Michelle] Still making fun of refs [replacements] Photo by Jeremy Art

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Seamus! Taxes! Fiscal Cliff! 47%! Osama Bin Laden! BINGO! Ever wonder what the best way to watch a Presidential debate is? Well, it’s with friends, bingo cards, snacks, and partisan Jello shots. We’ll be having our own soiree on October 3rd, but in case you didn’t make the guest list, …

Nationals need 1 [win] Intern v. Lohan [attack] Debate watch plans [drinking] Photo by Emily Reid

Dating in Groups launched, ten people who are sad the NFL refs are back, No one likes the metro, lobbyist heads to reality  tv, banners get partisan, Teddy goes hard, Move over Erica Elliott, Caroline Rabbitt is the new Diet Coke authority on The Hill, Catherine Gatewood is an amazing friend, at least our Ryder …

Living Social picks up the tab [Nats] Early voters get cookies [bribery] How to hack Google [internet] Photo by Abbie

We live in a world where culinary basics are readily available. While convenient and easy, sometimes it’s nice to make everyday items from scratch. The process can be therapeutic and peppered with nostalgia, while the product is often tastier and better for you.  Go on, give culinary staples the ol’ DIY try. You won’t be sorry you did. Photo by Erin

So anyone who lives, works and (dare I say) loves in Washington, DC knows that lobbyists often get a bad rap. You name it, we’ve done it: bribes, sex scandals, corruption, lack of transparency and so on. Basically, we are all awful people. But, anyone who lives in DC also …

At this point the replacement referees have pretty much taken all the comedy out of football.  I think we all agree that this has gone from “date night” to “game night,” which is to say bad to worse.  When America’s team gets screwed on Monday Night Football, you know there’s a serious problem.  Oh, I did go there Cowboys fans.  Deal with it. The only bright spot here is that the crisis has encouraged NFL players to communicate their frustrations via the written word.  (See also: Twitter.)  A whole bunch of respectable secondary education providers out there are praying they stop the game opening introductory sequence where these guys tell everyone where they went to college.  And by “went to college,” I obviously mean “where they were paid to play football before they were legally paid to play football.” The bottom line here is that the bad calls, no calls, and missed calls are directly affecting fantasy football stats and my feelings are best summed up by the words of the great Walter Sobchak who once said “Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules? Mark it zero!” Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way – let’s try to work out some real aggression.

NFL Refs back [amen] Will we have power? [Pepco] Romantic Romney [pics] Photo by Robb Hohmann