There was plenty of snickering in the media yesterday about Robert Novak's very literal run-in with a pedestrian. Heck, we snickered ourselves silly, and even Jon Stewart couldn't resist making jokes — "You know what Washington needs? More vigilante bicyclists!" (see video above). As we mentioned earlier, today WJLA is reporting that the victim of Novak's negligence might be worse off than originally thought:The victim, a 66-year-old Don Lilkinquist, appeared somewhat incoherent, said the......

Nationals Team President Stan Kasten appeared alongside racing Teddy Roosevelt in an interview on ESPN to discuss why Teddy just can't win the Presidents Race. In the video clip above, Kasten states that one day, Teddy will win. "It's inevitable he's gonna win, and the only way to make sure you're here for that night, is come every night," Kasten said. Hrm. That's the first we've heard of any such plans to Let Teddy......

Metro is celebrating National Dump the Pump Day, which is this Thursday, June 19, by giving away one $100 SmartTrip card to the lucky person who can guess how many people will use the Metrorail system that day. If you've got a guess, you can submit your number on Metro's web site. Entries must be submitted before midnight on June 19. They've got a a handy chart posted if you're completely in the dark......

At long last, Metro has released another YouTube video. In March it was Peeps trying to convince you not to drive to Nationals stadium, and in April it was the Pope Benedict XVI bobblehead that went over so poorly Metro actually pulled it down a day later. This time around, WMATA is hoping a kung fu theme will help remind you not to leave your newspaper behind on Metrorail cars or Metrobuses. We've wondered......

Dating in D.C. is notoriously hard for women. A D.C. resident named Rachel has made a parody of the infamous "Obama Girl" video, in which she chronicles her break-up with a guy who loves Barack Obama more than her. It's pretty well done. (via the DCist tipline)......

Did you catch the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals on Saturday Friday? The annual event was held at the Grand Hyatt Washington over the weekend, and 13-year-old Sameer Mishra of Indiana took home top honors, which includes a $30,000 cash prize from Scripps, a $2,500 U.S. Savings Bond and a complete reference library from Merriam-Webster, a $5,000 cash prize from Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation, and a reference library worth $3,800 from Encyclopedia Britannica.......

Flickr contributor brownpau has been the star of the fledgling DCist Videos Pool for the past several weeks, diligently posting short videos of his travels around town for our amusement. We were disappointed to have missed his timelapse of Pope Benedict XVI's popemobile ride until it was too late, but over the weekend he added something I've always meant to try to capture on video: one of the Red line Metro tunnel ads in......

Former Mayor and current Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry apparently called up The O'Reilly Factor and asked to be a guest on the conservative talk show last night, and we've posted the video above. Barry wanted to talk a bit about Sen. Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright scandal, but don't get too excited -- the back and forth between Barry and host Bill O'Reilly is actually for the most part rather......

Last summer we posted this video, which was put together by ANC 3F04 Commissioner Frank Winstead in an attempt to frighten his upper Northwest neighbors into doing something about the terrible scourge of the outdoor ping-pong table at Comet Ping Pong on Connecticut Ave. Many of our commenters laughed off Winstead's scaremongering, wondering why an ANC commissioner would want to come down hard on one of the only interesting new businesses to open in......

Not very many media outlets have really mastered the art of producing web video, but Slate's team of online video producers tend to stand out from the pack (see their Larry Craig arrest report reenactment for further evidence). Via Matthew Yglesias, we get this truly funny report on the stupidest bike lines in America (and elsewhere in the world). Slate ended up giving the top honors to a 20-ft. stretch of bike lane they......

Just in case you missed yesterday's best bit of video on the internet, check out President Bush offering his assessment of Pope Benedict XVI's speech outside the White House (via the Hill's Blog Briefing Room).......

The D.C.-based libertarian blogosphere is up in arms today over the Saturday night arrest of D.C. resident Brooke Oberwetter at the Jefferson Memorial. The story goes like this: a group of about 20 nerdy libertarian wonk types gathered at midnight on Saturday for a sort of flash mob at the memorial to celebrate the birthday of their favorite founding father. They gathered at the memorial, each with an iPod, to dance together while wearing......

If you're a regular Flickr user, you probably noticed that sometime yesterday they enabled an exciting new feature: video uploading. While they may not surpass the megavideoempire YouTube in popularity anytime soon, it is pretty sweet for those of us who like to keep our online media all in one place. In keeping lockstep with the online community, we've created a new DCist Videos group on Flickr for you, the reader, to contribute your hilarious......

OK, so her rendition of the national anthem last July may not have been great, but Heroes star Hayden Panettiere has a special place in our collective heart -- turns out she's a supporter of D.C. voting rights. Courtesy of Shadow Representative Mike Panetta and Shadow Senator Paul Strauss, we're happy to see Hayden doing her part for our cause. The PSA above also serves as a welcome reminder to donate to the Statehood......

The last time Metro dipped its toes into the exciting world of internet video, DCist was the first to share their low-budget, Peeps going to Nationals Park spectacular. Our readers enjoyed that one so much, Metro just tipped us off to their latest effort, titled "Strangers on a Train", which aims to pimp their special Papal Mass Pass. The pass itself is a good idea: it costs a flat $9, and gives those who......

We were just forwarded what may be the worst, and somehow at the same time the absolute greatest, Metro ad campaign we've ever run across. The video above, uploaded to YouTube yesterday, is part of WMATA's efforts to make sure as many people as possible take public transportation to the new Nationals Park at the Navy Yard, instead of driving. Allow us to set the scene for you: Three lifeless Easter Peeps, all office......

In addition to the long list of anti-war protests planned throughout the city today (we'll have some photos up from some of them later on), around 200 activists staged a "Freeze-In" protest at Union Station on Tuesday. In the video above, you can see several dozen people who "froze" in place for about a minute at 5 p.m. yesterday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war. The group, situated in the middle......

By now, everyone out there has at least heard of Guitar Hero and its more inclusive cousin, Rock Band, right? You play songs on "instruments" along with a video game, advancing and scoring points for accuracy. After too many hours of playing, sometimes you even fancy yourself to have developed actual musical talent. One group of local guys took their "rock band," breadpig, out of the living room and into Chinatown. They set up......

The Examiner reported this morning on a case of some dumb high school kids, the internet and potential free speech issues colliding at Wilson High School. The basic story is this: sophomore Jafaar Mohammad was videotaped by some friends making derogatory remarks about an unnamed Wilson teacher. The video is above, and its audio contains swear words that make it NSFW. It runs only about 17 seconds, and depicts Mohammed as being at a......

On Saturday morning, we gave you a little DCist Exposed post-reception wrap-up, featuring pictures of the packed gallery and the line down the street; today, we have even more awesome footage. Last week, our Food and Drink Editor, Eddie Kim, posed the idea of making a time-lapsed video of the opening reception. So our own Eric Petersen brought in his camera equipment and set it up high on the gallery partition (did any of......

Several people forwarded us this link to local graphic design firm ToolboxDC's blog, where they've posted a nifty time-lapsed video of the creation and installation of the large mixed media mural of Marvin Gaye that's hanging up in the dining room of the popular new U Street eatery Marvin. Owner Eric Hilton (of Thievery Corporation) commissioned the 6 ft. by 10 ft. work to be the centerpiece of the restaurant, but now he's putting......

You can imagine how excited we were to get a press release this morning from local songwriter Carol Boyd Leon, announcing the release of a new original song about Washington, D.C. Some of you may remember the heated debate that sprang up on DCist two years ago regarding the adoption of an official song for the District. Some factions were pulling for the cheesy "Come to Washington" by longtime local musician Lincoln Ross, while......

Last week we told you about Nationals' Presidents Race tryouts, and it looks like quite a few intrepid bloggers went down to RFK Stadium to don giant president heads and try their racing abilities. Both Christmas Ape from Deadspin and Bruce from 567 Miles from Home blogged about the experience, and it sounds like a pretty funny one. There were also some mainstream reporters from the Times and WTOP. The Times says that the......

We were getting set to remind everyone that time is running out to catch the wildly popular Stephen Colbert portrait hanging at the National Portrait Gallery, but a spokesperson at the NPG has just told us they've decided to extend the run of the "painting" until April 1 - April Fool's Day. The portrait was hung on Jan. 16 between the 2nd floor bathrooms of the museum as part of a lengthy three-part gag......

Boing Boing picked up on a small but adorable protest held in Washington last week that we missed. A Greenpeace activist, dressed in a polar bear suit, was arrested on Jan. 31 after protesting in a paddleboat in a park pond in front of the Department of Interior. Greenpeace set up the boat and costume to protest the Bush Administration’s delay in issuing a final Endangered Species Act listing for the polar bear due......

Wonkette says this campaign ad for GOP front-runner Sen. John McCain will start playing locally now that the "Potomac Primary" on Feb. 12, made up of Maryland, D.C. and Virginia, is one of the next big strategic primary dates on the calendar. Below is the one of the two ads Sen. Barack Obama is now running in Maryland. UPDATE: This video is running in Maryland, according to Obama's campaign web site linked previously. But......

Ovechkin flipped the puck high in the air, spun around in a circle and then batted the falling puck like a baseball. Chris Osgood easily stopped the absurd shot, but the event was judged on style points....

Commenter Lionel M. Hutz linked to a video yesterday in our post about the 1-year jail sentence handed down to the former Metrobus driver who struck and killed two women in February. Rusty over at why.i.hate.dc also linked to it this morning, and since then, the DCist Staff email list has been filled with a lot of phrases like "Wow", "Holy crap!" and "That's the single most horrific piece of video I've seen in a......

Via Silver Spring, Singular, we find this amusing/embarrassing video spoof based on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air put together by Darryl Williams, the new principal of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. Back in October, the Washington Post ran a profile on Williams as he transitioned into his new job at Blair, taking over for popular former principal Phillip Gainous. From the looks of things, Williams is already making his mark on......

Given that this is bound to be a slow day at work, what better time for Gilbert Arenas and adidas to launch GilTV, undoubtedly the next phase of The Takeover. Included are four new commercials -- The Black President (above), Cooking With Gil, Agent Zero and Gilbert's Island -- all seemingly ripped right out of the pages of The Wizznutzz. Let's hope those guys are at least getting some royalty checks from this. On......