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Hate comedy

NBCWashington brought this delightful bit of kooky from Monday’s gay marriage hearings to our attention. Doctor Jacobs – who has presumably never prescribed a suppository – is here testifying, among other things, that the anus is an exit only accessory port and that allowing gay marriage mess that all up.

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Her inarticulate performance is hysterical – in several senses – and I say this to all opponents of letting consenting adults make their own decisions about who to marry: oh please, please find more people like this to be on your side. Every time they open up their mouth they help those of us who believe in marriage equality.

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Our Ovie, Full of Grace…

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‘sky’
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So Washington Capitals owner and bazillionaire Ted Leonsis spills the beans that he had Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (cue TMBG!) bless himself and the Great Eight last night at a private event at Vice President Joe Biden’s home.

Now, I know there’s some concern that the Caps may well falter without their primary offensive force…so I guess why not employ some Holy Back-up, just in case? Especially since the Devils (out of New Jersey) showed the Caps last night just how much they need Ovechkin.

So does this mean Ovie’s up for sainthood if the Caps win the Cup?

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OMG WTF BHO?

Via FuckYeahDC comes this beautiful piece of wackiness. It’s a mashup of a Japanese エロゲ (eroge) called My girlfriend is the PRESIDENT, and modern day politics. I mean, who doesn’t get all hot and bothered talking about Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin? Okay, so that’s everyone. But this video is worth it for the sheer and absolute “What the %^&*ing %^&* did I just watch?!” factor, and the understanding that someone, somewhere, really thinks that Vlad Putin and Kim Jong Il are secretly in bed together.

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$14M Power Distribution Unit Replacement?

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‘wheat pennies bw’
courtesy of ‘christaki’

The root cause of yesterday’s Metro failure was the death of a 27-year old Power Distribution Unit (be sure to click through for the pictures of what was left… (read yesterday’s interview with Chuck Goolsbee to get more detail as to what these do), and while there’s an interim solution in place, full replacement is necessary. Metro is estimating that this will cost approximately $14M to do correctly, including upgrades and replacements of HVAC gear, and a new generator. This is the sort of capital improvement that happens maybe once a quarter-century, so it’s likely that they’ll get it, however, when I asked Chuck about the cost, this is what he said: “I could build an entire new datacenter facility for 14mil!”

Yikes. That’s a bunch of money…

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Darnestown Annual Bazaar & Boutique


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Unfortunately, I will be out of town for this but the annual Darnestown church bazaar will be happening this Saturday from 8:30 to 3:30. They always have some cool stuff to buy and this is a great opportunity to pick up an affordable holiday gift for that special someone you don’t want to pay full price to make happy.

If you want a nice drive into the Forbidden Zone outside the Beltway, this is about the last weekend you will be able to see the fall colors, so go out to rural Maryland to this sale. All proceeds help support various charitable organizations.

Take I-270 to Route 28, go seven miles and find the church on the corner of 28 and Turkey Foot Road. You will be glad you made the trek.

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WMATA Backpedals on SmartBenefits Changes

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With the change in SmartBenefits (ie, MetroChecks) looming large, and confusion running rampant concerning the potential changes, Greater Greater Washington reports that some employers are going to have the option to stay as it stands after January 1st. The difficulty appears to be in the concept of pretax deductions. If you’re taking money out pre-tax for Metro fare, and fail to use it by the end of the month, the money has to revert to the employer, and thus, the employee. Unfortunately, that paperwork is not straightforward, so there’s a delay here.

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Reminder: Photowalk with Derrick Story Tonight!

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courtesy of ‘philliefan99’

Hey all, just a quick reminder, we’re meeting at 7th and H Streets tonight at 6pm for the We Love DC Photowalk with Derrick Story. We’ll head east to Fifth Street, south to E Street, and then wend our way through Penn Quarter. There’s a draft route past the break, but check twitter for our formal location, as we’ll be tweeting it sporadically. We’ll end up for an informal beverage or two at RFD on 7th, just north of where we started.

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Iron Chef Comes To The White House

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‘The White House – The Dream Home of Many Children’
courtesy of ‘adcristal’

The Food Network announced today that Mario Batali, Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse came to the White House last month (how did we miss this?) to film a special two-hour Iron Chef episode, called “Super Chef Battle”. Michelle Obama and White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford gave Batali, Lagasse and Flay the challenge of using produce from the White House garden as the “secret ingredient”. In new-media fashion, Flay even tweeted about it this morning.

The special episode premieres Sunday, January 3rd at 8pm ET. Here is the full New York Times article (and a picture of Mario Batali wearing RIDICULOUS orange shenanegans on his feet).

$5 says FLOTUS wore a cardigan for the episode.

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Wait, who’s sleazy?

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Today’s WaPo story about PETA interns opens up with a description of a recent PETA public event against meat.

This self-assured knowledge is useful when the PETA interns are naked, which happens occasionally, like at a recent Friday demonstration when Kelsey Jaye stands with another “PETA Beauty” in a makeshift shower on Pennsylvania Avenue by the National Archives. They languidly wash each other with cruelty-free soap and ignore heckles from the gathering crowd.

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He’s so skeezy. All the men here are so skeezy, snapping pictures with their cellphones, pretending to read the literature given to them by Line Moeller, another PETA intern who is wearing a teeny terry cloth robe. “I’m just . . . interested . . . in what they’re . . . saying,” says the man who wants the water to be cold. He stares slack-jawed at Jaye and her shower mate, who are saying nothing. (Unknown to the men, the Beauties are wearing panties.)

Jaye is used to this. These things happen when you are a PETA intern.

Just so we’re clear: Men, skeezy. Topless women soaping each other in public or wearing revealing clothing inappropriate for public in order to get attention: “These things happen.”

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The WMATA Single Point of Failure? Yes, But…

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This morning’s power failure at Metro’s data center that took their PA system, payment processors, NextBus and other non-critical services offline this morning. Specifically, a power distribution unit (PDU) at their datacenter failed, which took offline a bunch of Metro’s servers. So, what’s that mean? Shouldn’t they have protection against that sort of thing? I asked these questions of Chuck Goolsbee, VP of Technical Operations at Digital Forest in Seattle. Here’s what he said:

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City Paper Interviews Real Worlders

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The City Paper’s Housing Complex blog has a full feature on the eight strangers that visited DC for MTV this summer, in preparation for the debut of the show at the end of next month. There are individual profiles for seven of the people who lived in the Real World house this summer, and yeah, I’m pretty glad that I missed out on meeting most of them in person.

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Snyder Apologizes for 2-5 Record, Fails to Realize He is Still a Jackass

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Yesterday, Dan Snyder apologized for the Redskins abysmal record. He appeared at a press conference after a charity event and stated that the Skins have “let everyone down” this season and that the organization is sorry. Unfortunately, he failed to address his crackdown on “offensive” signs and his pathological need for adulation from fans and the media. My guess is that he figured what Washingtonians are really upset about is the Skins’ losing record, and not that he meddles in the team’s coaching or that his skin is so thin that he can’t handle seeing a “Fire Snyder” t-shirt in his stadium. Dan, if you want people to stop hating you, let the coaches coach and quit being a jackass. Mostly the latter. It’s really that simple.

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Making Black Gold

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‘autumn mums’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99’

One way to make your houseplants or garden look healthy and lush like this — and not like mine, all spindly — is to enrich your soil.

And one way to do that is to make compost, known as black gold, from your kitchen scraps and yard clippings. Composting also keeps those potato peels and faded blooms out of landfills, incinerators, and wastewater treatment plants, so it’s good for the planet.

And yes, you can do it even if you don’t have a big backyard. Next Monday at 7 p.m., you can learn the secrets at How to Compost in the City, held in Shaw, by CarbonfreeDC.

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Skins Fans Need Your Help

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Got tickets to the Skins/Broncos game at Fedex? Want to pull a fast one on Dan Snyder? Sure, he’s banned signs and “offensive” clothing, but what if just a red or white shirt could spell out your loathing for Dan Snyder? Check out this brilliant idea for scrambling Dan Snyder’s security guards.

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Picks For Best Hot Chocolate In DC

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courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’

This week is the perfect temperature. Chilly and brisk without being completely hunker-down cold. It’s the ideal weather for taking a stroll with a hot drink in hand or sitting in the window of a shop sipping on out of a mug. Which got me to thinking – where can you find some unique hot chocolate in DC? None of that Starbucks generic mix, but some original, interesting mugs of the good stuff. Here are a few of my top suggestions. Continue reading →

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Lottery for National Christmas Tree Lighting Opens Tonight

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courtesy of ‘Murmurmel’

As you may have heard, there’s no more standing in line for tickets to the National Christmas Tree Lighting anymore– this year, the lottery is where it’s at. The submission period starts tonight at 12:01 am and runs through Friday, November 6 at midnight, so get those typing fingers limbered up and your four leaf clovers/lucky gym socks/rabbit’s feet ready. Log in here to register tonight, and good luck! I hear it helps to have some good Christmas music queued up, too. They can feel your Christmas spirit through the application.

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Leaf Collection Season is Here

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‘Golden Autumn’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’

DCDPW was out on Twitter this morning to remind you: Leaf Collection Season is here!. You can check the status of your neighborhood to see if you’ve missed the first pass yet. There’s also a handy PDF of what you need to do to get your leaves ready for collection.

DPW handles annually 8,000-10,000 tons of leaves November through January, which is a mind-bogglingly huge number. They turn much of it into mulched compost that you can request from them from March through October, or pick up from any of the waste stations in the District.