Megan McArdle: Night Life Clusters I’ve always been fascinated by the way businesses cluster, even retail stores.  You tend to get multiple clothing shops, home improvement stores, and so forth in a relatively small area, especially when there’s high population density–New York City has an entire area that’s just chock …

Now there’s a way to protest those intrusive TSA X-ray scanners without saying a word. Related: TSA bumper stickers.

According to an interesting new survey, 15% of the newly-elected members of Congress plan to crash in their offices. This is great news for early-bird staffers who enjoy seeing their boss in a bathrobe. With voters again shunning Washington and fiscal excess, a number of incoming House members plan to …

**Holiday Reception List [Cloture Club] Daily Beast vs. NY Times [Shane Harris] Thanksgiving Flashback [weLoveDC] FamousDC Interview [FishbowlDC] Lia Veenendaal-Selck [ANC Rep]

We hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving break. Chad Pergram: Lame Duck Session Takes Flight Remember how easy school was the first week back after a long break? Keach Hagey: Twitter Scooped WikiLeaks As of this writing, the WikiLeaks website is up but has yet to post any of the cables. Sunday …

FamousDC is thankful for: Turkey give away celebrations Giant spiders Ted Leonsis GQ interviews Rahm 5-star turkeys TSA bumper stickers Political insiders Twilight Elena Kagan Chris Paulitz Rally for Sanity signs Antoine Dodson Talented interns MOET & CHANDON Fame Bankers eating people Hot lobbyists TheHillisHome Health care Guam not tipping …

TBD: Marion Barry turkey giveaway has no turkeys Hordes of D.C. residents showed up this morning at Union Temple Baptist Church in Anacostia looking for their Marion Barry-sponsored turkey. One problem: no turkeys were available. According to Barry, who represents Ward 8 on the D.C. Council, Giant Foods didn’t deliver …

Bloomberg News: N. Korea Attack on South Kills Two, Sets Homes Ablaze

Our friend and favorite DC radio DJ has made the move to 94.7 Fresh FM.  Tommy McFly, best known as the popular radio personality from Mix 107.3, started his first day at his new job yesterday.  Tommy told us via email: “So excited I was able to find the coffee …

If you’re confident your in-laws will drive you up the wall within the first few hours of their Thanksgiving visit, then you might consider sending them on a Walking Shtick Tour.  [worth it] Dump Your In-Laws On Us Tour For one and a half glorious hours you can enjoy some …

Roll Call’s Ali McSherry & Elizabeth Brotherton: HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Tortured by Twitter Sen. Chris Dodd is leaving Congress soon, but fans of the Connecticut Democrat can still get their fix on a new (spoof) Twitter feed about the Senator, S— My Dodd Says. … Hat tip to our friends …

Good luck to all the FDC fans flying this week.  Keep us posted with your stories by emailing us at [email protected]

A new internet webpage popped up asking the question: Should Donald Trump Run For President? [hairy question]

Today, FamousDC super fan Jacob Wood has turned another year older, 29. Join FamousDC in wishing him a happy birthday and make sure to buy him a beer if you see him out and about tonight (We hear he loves FourLoko).