Ah, to be young and in Michael Bay movies. Sometimes you just want to take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee, like Shia LeBeouf did earlier this week, and curl up with a nice copy of Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater. For once, you would just be able to be a regular guy, reading a regular book on Republican political history.

Apparently, Mr. LeBeouf didn’t like being disturbed during “Shia Time,” which is probably a normal occurrence since he’s famous and in movies with Megan Fox. While reading outside, a photographer tried to snap photos of the actor, but Shia didn’t want anyone of it. As Patrick Gavin passed along, here’s the video of a bitter LeBeouf chasing down a photographer and “sharing” his coffee with him:

h/t FamousDC

Chances are, if you live in the DC area, you probably know about Living Social & Groupon, as we, and other blogs, have shown advertisements for the services. Today, we’re starting a partnership with So What’s the Deal, which works very similarly to the services you’re already familiar with. Take a second and sign up and check them out, it never hurts to see another deal, right? And, it helps us keep this site going, which is a cause near and dear to all our hearts here.

We told you a few weeks back that Howard Kurtz was escaping the Washington Post to head over to the Daily Beast with his quality media criticism background.  Now’s your chance, DC, if you wanted to work for a journalist.  Kurtz is hiring an assistant, and he headed to Twitter to do the recruiting: ”Seeking FT asst for Daily Beast in DC, Web-savvy media and politics junkie, strong researcher, video skills a plus.”

So, if you’re in love with politics, know the ins and outs of the various search services like Lexis Nexus, as well as Wikipedia and The Google, you could go to work for Kurtz as his right hand.  The economy’s tough, you’ll do fine, I’m sure.

‘DC Tweed Ride 10’
courtesy of ‘maxedaperture’

Mark your calendars, everyone, the Tweed Ride for 2010 will be November 14th, and will be sponsored by the fine folks at Dandies & Quaintrelles, who claim Redemption Through Style as their new motto.  It’s time to get out your proper tweed, tune up your ordinary, and prepare yourself for a fall jaunt through the streets of DC.  Not a bicycle person? Sir E. Channing has a treatise that you ought be reading in preparation for the ride, you’ll come round, it’s the key to a leisurely existence.

‘Brickskeller’
courtesy of ‘needlessspaces’

If you haven’t seen it already, Tim Carman’s article in the City Paper about the future of the Brickskeller is worth a read, even if you’re not a beer drinker. Go read it; I’ll wait.

It’s a pity that an institution as beloved and revered as the Brickskeller has been reduced to this point- when I moved here, my friends in town spoke rapturously about it despite the fact that it was clearly in decline even then. I’m not a beer drinker, but as someone who is married to a beer enthusiast and socializes with many others, I know it’s been years since we suggested that any of our beer-loving friends from out of town visit the Brick for anything other than its landmark value.

What do y’all think? What should happen to the Brickskeller name? Should the Alexanders give up and sell the name with the place? Or do you think there’s hope for the location under a new name (and a retrofit, and possibly a fumigation)?

‘clown’
courtesy of ‘needlessspaces’

I know no one wants to read about the Salahis anymore. But still, it’s hard not to appreciate their continual attempts to reach new lows. Today brought another amazing tidbit from The Washington Post: like Bozo the Clown, the Salahis can now be hired to make an appearance at your event of choice. That’s right — you can rent the Salahis! I personally can think of nothing that would make a wedding, bar mitzvah or child’s birthday party sparkle like having Michaele and Tareq mingle awkwardly with your guests. Seriously, save your money on fancy catering and lavish centerpieces, and go with something that really says classy.

No word yet on the price tag for an appearance, but it will no doubt be worth every penny.

‘cupcakes’
courtesy of ‘ekelly80’
Well it’s raining out there, and you know what that means…the trucks are hibernating. Just like the Wicked Witch, they’ll have to wait until tomorrow when it’ll be sunny and beautiful to come out to see you. There are a few folks still on the streets, including Curbside Cupcake, fresh off their Curby win.

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‘rainbow’
courtesy of ‘redjoe’

Those of us who’ve long since jettisoned the WaPo’s daily pages from our lives missed it, but WaPo ran a piece from staunch anti-gay Family Research Council head Tony Perkins this week (find it yourself – I’m not linking that garbage). When criticized about it by GLAAD via twitter the WaPo twitter account said that it was a result of trying to cover both sides – after all, they’d had a live chat with Dan Savage about the It Gets Better project we mentioned here last week.

GLAAD and plenty of others have castigated the person driving the WaPo twitter account with the simple message that there’s not two sides to suicide, just tragedy. Dan Savage’s own reply was brief and on The Stranger.

Dear Washington Post…

…if you had told me that my doing a live chat with your readers about the It Gets Better Project was going to be used as an excuse to publish the hateful, bigoted lies of Tony Perkins, I wouldn’t have done your fucking live chat.

I’m sure WaPo will be sad to learn that both items came too late for Aiyisha Hassan who attended Howard University last year. The self-identified lesbian took her own life at home in California on the 5th, an action a fellow Howard student attributed second-hand to her issues with her sexual identity.

If you’d like to call the Washington Post ombudsman and express an opinion on their commitment to balance, the number is 202-334-7582