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An inning of baseball in 59 seconds. Shot this weekend by DASmart

This is a great article to read as you enjoy your fifth Diet Coke, check your blackberry, take a constituent call and eat a Buffalo Chicken wrap from Longworth at your desk. Emily Heil: Unhealthy Hill: Stress, Schedules Take Toll The lifestyle led by Members of Congress and their staffs …

Stand tall Washingtonians. We’re number one. In your face Baltimore. D.C. Adults Top Alcohol Abusers in Country A new report says that adults in Washington D.C. abuse alcohol more than anyone else in the country.

Famous 5: Alex Becker, DC Dream App Winner Meet Alex Becker, winner of our DC Dream App contest and Huffington Post intern. We were just as shocked as any to find out Alex was an intern when he won the contest with his DC Intern Fashion Fail Detector app. Born in …

Deal is reached [NFL] Inside Congress [behind the scenes] Tire stealing problem [DC] Weather for the week [ABC] Clean up the neighborhood [Congress Heights]

Victoria Coley Jaime Harrison Kristen Hawn Charlie Hurt Meg Joseph Lauren Kelm Kate Knudson Ian Rayder Christina Wilkie Kristen Yeiser

Thou shalt not default H/T POLITICO Influence’s Dave Levinthal

Trying to explain the debt ceiling to family? [havoconthehill] Peyton Manning took a voluntary pay cut [#teamball] Jesse Jackson Parties at Club Ibiza [with Shaq] Kobe Bryant is playing soccer in DC [Sunday] Happy Birthday [Shane Harris] And here’s Lynyrd Skynyrd from Wolf Trap earlier this week.

James Kotecki (@jameskotecki) and his wife, Emily Kotecki (@emilykotecki) sing us the hard truth about social media. FamousDC emailed Mr. Kotecki for comment and he gave us the following: “When I make music, I try to listen to the deepest regions of my soul and pour out its secret melodies onto my keyboard. …

Happy Friday. Let’s do this. Do you get emails from DJ David Drucker?, planking since 1958, Press Secretary PSA, President Obama ruined Tuesday for Staff Assistants, happy birthday Emily Popp and congratulations on your new job, better luck next year if you are not one of the Hill’s 50 Most …

Were you on Capitol Hill last night? Plan on being there this weekend? A bored hill staffer emailed over his musings: Beyond ticked we missed the Salahi crashing. Tired of 5 straight nights of Pizza Boli’s. Happy to find a 5 month old Bud Light in the work fridge and …

Famous 5: Congressional Stalemate Eats, aka #Debtmaggedon What would a day be like in DC that didn’t involve a Congressional stalemate? If you’re following the current #debtmaggedon debacle, as most of us wonks are, you know a weekend session is upon us as we await passage of a debt limit …

Major thanks to Patrick Ryan of SnarkInfested for rocking the camera and taking all the pics at last night’s Beltway Celebrity Happy Hour.

FamousDC party crashed by the Salahis [they love free drinks] Staff trash talk [Twitter throw down] More butt slashing [camera] Everybody loves Cathy [police chief] Photo credit: Rebecca Gale