How did we miss this?  [SNL hilarity] Speaking of hating taxes [jock tax?] Japan surrenders? [or UNC wins…]

UPDATE: There is a little confusion about when the competition for each quadrant begins.  Today’s NW match ups begin at 4pm and lasts 24 hours .  Jockeying for position, coalition building and trash talking should have already started. …. For each round, winners will be determined by content creativity [hint, …

FamousDC Year in Review: As of today we’ve completed our first year here at FamousDC and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for coming along for the ride. Here’s a look back on the first year of staying classy and keeping DC famous: December 27, 2007 – …

You’d have to live in a locked basement to not have noticed the obnoxious amount of political piggybacking the past few months.  SNL is making a living out of it, and so is J. Crew.  So perhaps it’s not so strange that Ralph Lauren is also looking to leverage the …

No Cats Were Harmed [girlofwords] Athletes and classic rock [jockstrap] DC Skyline [Metrocentric] Buying a house? [redfin] Mural of the week [PoP] It begins [WH09] Ridiculous [milk] Big room [UN]

And so the jockeying and speculation as to who McCain will should pick as a running mate continues… Robert Bluey is all in for Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor – and is reporting that his name was somehow dropped from the RNC speaking roster – perhaps lending clues as to whether …

Remember Capitol Hill staffers’ favorite irritant, Jock Itch?  Well, he’s back in the news, and cranky as ever. “Congressional staffers are among the most powerful people in Washington, and in the past they have received very little scrutiny. It’s about time there was a little more scrutiny given to what they’re …