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And the Academy Award for Headline Pun Usage Goes to …
Eliza Krigman Tech Daily Dose: Microsoft’s Ballmer: We’re ‘Cirrus’ About Cloud Computing’s Potential Can we use a Tech Daily Dose headline to pivot to a Big Pun video? Yes We Can!
Alvin Greene = Denzel Washington
Mediaite’s Glynnis MacNicol: Paranoid Alvin Greene Would Like Denzel To Play Him In The Movies And in the great Washington tradition of mixing politics with Hollywood Greene also revealed that in the movie about his life he’d like to be portrayed by Denzel Washington. I think where Alvin Greene is …
Best Title Ever? #GameChanger
New York Times (Green Blog): Spill Commission Hires Science Adviser Mr. Sears lives in Houston and describes his current position as “consultant/gamechanger” at LeadingEnergyNow, a consulting firm in the energy industry.
And now for the dumbest thing you will read all week
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Cavaliers owner sees LeBron James as a ‘runaway slave’ RELATED: Every owner needs a good editor. Take Dan Gilbert, majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Famously Quoteworthy: We Want to Play Cards With Robert Gibbs
Someone might want to teach Gibbs the definition of a good poker face. Gibbs Admits Republicans Could ‘Gain Control’ of House And now FamousDC will be the first blog to transition an update from Robert Gibbs to a performance by Lady Gaga.
Famous Friday [Round Up]
John Kerry launched a fashion movement, the @Twitter #DC gov’t liaison job is still available, 50 Cent still hasn’t been invited to the White House, despicable, Alvin Greene action figures are this year’s Tickle Me Elmo, Chad Pergram business time, a year older and none the wiser, awkward, accidentally check …
Famous 5: Afternoon Hill Hang Outs @BlairDC
FamousDC Nightlife Correspondent @BlairDC brings us the Famous 5: Best Afternoon Hill Hang Out Spots It’s Friday. It’s sunny out. And you are able to take off early from work. What to do? Here’s my top five venues for a chill but celebratory end-of-the-week afternoon…and some honorable mentions since we …
The $2,400 Meeting
Whoopsies… Sen. Michael Bennet’s (D-CO) camp “dismissed a summer intern” for allegedly telling a person seeking to discuss pending legislation with Bennet “that she could have a one-on-one meeting for a $2,400 donation” [“Washington Wire”]. On the other hand, a meeting with the intern would only include two Coronas, three …
Famously Quoteworthy: Biden is 0 for 1 on His Ohio Predictions
You can’t get ’em all right, especially if you’re Joe. [swami] “LeBron James is coming back and Lee [Democrat Lee Fisher] is going to Washington,” Biden said. Note: Biden was saying this at the same time Obama was begging Lebron to go to Chicago. h/t NRSC
A Day in the Life of a K Streeter … During Recess
Judging by the hatorade sent our way by interns and Congressional staff alike, it appears our “Day in the Life“ post really hit a nerve. Too close to home, folks? We won’t post the messages, but we’ll give you the gist: “you guys are tools”; “if you ever took off …
Blue Light Special: Obama Tickets on Sale Now; Prices Slashed
This is what happens when Lebron James decides to do a prime time teevee special. [King’s Court] It looks like some of the tickets for the Robin Carnahan-Barack Obama fundraiser are on sale. The fundraiser is slated for tonight. “Premium orchestra” seats were $250; they’re now available for $99. “Silver” seats …
Apple Bottom Robes, Gavels with the Fur #Kagan
In what looks to be THE defining endorsement, 2 Live Crew has endorsed Kagan for Supreme Court This has FamousDC written all over it. We created our own 2 Live Crew playlist of songs to endorse Elena Kagan: Apple Bottom Robes, Gavels with the Fur Shake It, Shake It Real …