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Colonel Sanders Recently Spotted Giving Out Secret Recipes
A tipster recently spotted Colonel Sanders giving out secret "new media" recipes on UStream . But does he Twitter?
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Jennifer Crider is taking some time off, Rob Bluey turned 3-0, Katie Harbath is getting her NRSC 2.0 on, Chris Cooley is our life coach – but Tanner Cooley is still playing hard to get, Mark Penn glamped his way into a little Wall Street Journal controversy, Kara Sidone and …
Charlie Crist Picks Poker Buddy To Warm His Seat
Are you serious, Chuck? Earlier this week we posed this question: Will Charlie Crist Pick His Poker Buddy? The post was more of a joke than anything else. We even suggested other front runners included: His favorite cashier at Piggly Wiggly Mickey Mouse The next person that walks into his …
Dear New Media Strategies: Are You Hiring?
If there is a company [of their size] out there that knows how to have more funny , we’d like to know. We hear their Facebook fan page is outrageous.
Famously Searched: Toe Jam
We get visitors from all walks of life here at FamousDC. Some come by way of friend. Some from Facebook. Others from Twitter. A lot return daily, while some, strangely enough, find us through Google using search terms like this. Welcome. If you’re not, follow us on Twitter.
Your WTF of the Week: You Can’t Say That
A former? GOP candidate in Idaho recently joked about hunting him some Obama. After an audience member shouted a question about "Obama tags" during a discussion on wolves, Rammell responded, "The Obama tags? We’d buy some of those." Rammell, a veterinarian and former elk rancher from Idaho Falls, said his …
It’s Like Facebook, But For Awesome People
Republicanville is a new social network for, you guessed it … [Republicans] Republicanville is otherwise known as: Match.com for people who have ever purchased Sarah Palin gear. A chat forum for everything Vineyard Vines. Where good ideas are retweeted, and then never heard from again. Where the average attention span …
FamousDC Public Service Announcement
If you’re currently "working for the weekend" on any of your social network platforms, you’re sort of a doucher.
Cindy Sheehan Loves To Travel [But Does She Love Books?]
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before … On Thursday, Cindy Sheehan and a band of anti-war protesters turned up outside the media center used by journalists covering [insert sitting president] vacation on the well-heeled [insert location]. … "The reason I am here is because … even though the …
Hyper Hill
True Confessions [TMI ] Vandalism or Ar [graffiti ] Marky Mark [work out ] Cutest Cat [PoP ] Relationship [timeline ]
Ted Kennedy’s First Day in Office
Here’s a clip from Big Think of Ted Kennedy describing his first trip to DC in 1949 when he was 15 years old. His tour guide was his older brother, John, then 30, who was serving his first day as an elected congressman, and who gave Ted some advice that …
New Media Relations 3.0 [Press Releases Out to Pasture]
Is today a new day for wired communications? First, the Kennedy family set up a Twitter feed to update all news related to Senator Kennedy’s funeral. Forget press releases (that was SO 2008), it’s Twitter time. [press releases sent out to pasture] Secondly, reporters are now taking to Twitter feeds …
Is O the New O?
Earlier this week Obama released his summer reading list, and much like his good buddy Oprah can generate some buzz about her latest read, the President did the same. [stimulate the economy] Ever since news of Obama’s reading picks went public, sales of the books have skyrocketed on Amazon.com. … …
How Tall of a Man Is James Kotecki?
Former Politico Superstar James Kotecki would like to set the record straight…he’s 6’3 and hasn’t grown a bit since high school.