Moments ago, as Rep. Barney Frank stood to address Congress, onlookers in the House gallery broke out in song. It looks like Howard Mortman and Adam Sharp are earning their keep over at C-SPAN. When something goes down on the House floor, they’re quick to farm out the coverage.  [hey …

Birthday Wishes [Pamela’s Punch ] I hate Monday [h/t DCist ] Gwen Ifill [four-timing ] Any trouble? [Betty ]

In honor of LeBron James winning the NBA MVP [and because rooting for the Wizards drives us to drink], we would like to encourage FDC readers to celebrate by going to the bar this weekend [Cap Lounge] and having a drink that is growing in popularity, that you may not …

UPDATE: Not that we could see this coming from a mile away, but KFC is running out of chicken. An anonymous source familiar with the matter tells us that the Oprah/KFC promotion threatens to break the entire, national supply chain of bird. It sounds as though situation is critical.  [get …

Tim Gunn, from fashion television show Project Runway, (and Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style) was spotted today with LeAnne Marshall (Project Runway’s Season 5 winner) in the Rayburn Cafeteria. Tim Gunn was "making it work" and in town to lobby Congress in a hearing about the intellectual property rights of …

what’s up arlington : Arlington – the Hot Place for Political Food In case you didn’t see the news, President Obama and VP Biden lunched today at Arlington’s own Ray’s Hellburger . … And this past weekend, a group of Republicans held an event at Pie-Tanza .

Apparently Arlen Specter isn’t the only person no longer welcome in Kansas. [operation yellow brick road]

Even though he warned the rest of the country to be weary about public places, Joe Biden isn’t scare of swine — or beef for that matter. Earlier this afternoon, Vice Presdient Joe Biden, accompanied by his boss President Obama, enjoyed a burger at Ray’s Hell Burger in Virginia. On …

There is an association for everything [cremation association ] Average Looking White Man [mad DC cabbie ] Party on! [margaritas ] Taverna Greek [closing ] Rain, Rain [go away ] FamousDC [WHCD ]

We can’t take it any more. All the good ones are dying, and yet Dane Cook still lives. First Bea Arthur , Now This R.I.P., Captain Chaos.

Senator Claire McCaskill had some unfortunate timing this morning. Via Twitter: Stuck in tram from Capitol to Hart. Broken. Not moving. Lieberman and Alexander in next car. And Voiniitch. Wonder how long we’ll be here? The response of the day goes to Mike Madden: Obviously you would’ve broken out of …

At a lecture in Kansas Sunday, former North Carolina senator Elizabeth Dole said that she and her husband Bob would be starting the NutriSystem diet.  [slimming news] This was the first Bob had heard about it. h/t Wake Up Call

Alexander Ovechkin could be Mayor of DC by this time next week if he keeps this up. [C-A-P-S]

Nobody does funny better than Last Call . David Vitter said he’d participate in the GOP’s listening tour, but only if he gets to carry a whistle and enforce "adult swim."

What would Cinco de Mayo remarks be without the mention of the swine flu. [obama says, "party on"] Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video" mce_href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a>