Hey there commentariat, and welcome to a special four-day version of the Say. Hopefully your government mandated three-day weekend was filled with more heartwarming moments under umbrellas and fewer power outages. Regardless of how your Independence Day weekend was spent, the week leading up to it was certainly a busy one in comment-ville. This week's Comment of the Week comes from SystemError, who, upon learning that the D.C. Council endorsed the use of voting rights......

Another weekend is in the books. Whether you spent your time enjoying the Folklife Festival, D.C. United crushing the Los Angeles Beckhams, or just trying not to get a sunburn (we failed miserably on that one) - we're sure that you're ready for a little taste of the DCist Monday tradition of the week that was in comment-land. Obviously, the biggest news this week was the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the......

It was a very busy week for commenting here at the good ol' DCist - and with a metric ton or two of insightful and witty words to get to, there's just no time to waste with any sort of introduction. So, off we go! This week's Comment of the Week goes to lp2k, who probably isn't too far off regarding the District's planning process for a potential city-wide bus terminal near L'Enfant Plaza in......

Heisann, commenters. Hopefully, your weekend was spent enjoying a nice cool beverage and a dip in the pool. Or maybe you spent some time taking in the experience of the Capital Pride festivities. Or perhaps you were just busy trying to get back the hours and hours that Metro commuting took from your free time this past week. In any case, it's Monday. And while that means a return to the chains of your desks......

Spring was nice for the three or four weeks it lasted, wasn't it? After all, it seemed like just a couple weeks ago that the it was 72 and clear. (Oh, wait, it was.) And now we're in for a good three or four months of sweating our previous night's beer intake out on our walk to work. Here's to three-shower days, D.C. In any case, we must carry on highlighting your brightest observations, which......

Bonjour, our sublime commentariat. It's time to call roll on our favorites from your last week of home-cooked pronouncements. The D.C. Council might want to allow "lunatics" to marry, but Timmy Tucker thinks the language just needs some small modifications to bring it up to date. Thankfully, he decided to share these suggestions with us - it's our Comment of the Week: I think the legal definition of "lunatic" should be derived from it's original......

Happy Memorial Day from What's That You Say? headquarters - we hope you're enjoying whatever it is today that's not working. But of course, we're still here, providing the most interesting of your contributions to the world of DCist. On Wednesday, we brought you the story of Noah Meyerson, whose persistence is just adding to a year of hell at the Office of Tax and Revenue - this time the revelation that the agency erroneously......

Konnichi wa, good people. Welcome to yet another exciting edition of What's That You Say? One comment thread this past week really rang true with us here at What's That You Say?, and no, it wasn't about Nissan Pavilion, marching on housing projects, or even the pseudo-fourth day of Ice Creampocolypse (although that was important). No, this thread was about something so neurotic, that we were convinced that no one else really thought about it.......

The heated comments in today's Morning Roundup mostly concern what appears to have been a really rough, weather-related time for concert goers at Sunday night's Radiohead concert at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Va. Consumerist has since picked up the thread, highlighting some of the more incensed venting on the part of fans who were turned away from the venue thanks to road flooding and parking issues at the sold-out concert. Our critic, Mehan Jayasuriya, was......

G'day, fair commentariat. It's once again time to scan the DCist universe for the best of your contributions from the past week. There are some of us who, every once in a while, come up with something witty to share with the world, and can be happy with that. But just like any other creative endeavor, there are those of us who strive to take commenting to another strata of aesthetic glory. And even......

When we were compiling our weekly roundup of your comments this week, we couldn't help but notice that there was a whole lot of yakking about transit issues. Whether it was your overwhelming reaction to an interview with David Alpert regarding his map of Metro in 2030, applauding John Catoe's attempts to regulate buses' sloppy stopping, or begrudging upcoming Green and Yellow Line delays - it was the week to talk transportation. So it's only......

What's happening out there in comment-land? After another soggy weekend, it may dishearten you to know that we're slated for much of the same for at least the beginning of this week. But don't worry, all that means is that you can stay dry inside, cuddle up close to your keyboards, and keep pounding out those oh-so-witty remarks that we love you for. It's been duly noted that we here at What's That You Say?......

It's Monday, and you know what that means. Comments galore! Last week Pope Benedict XVI was visiting Washington. Having the leader of one of the largest religions in the world in the city was kind of a big deal. We here at What's That You Say? totally get that. But pope-a-mania also got a bit tiring, clogging our news feeds over the past week or two. Now that he's gone, we can get back to......

How's it going D.C.? We're here once again to highlight our completely non-objective picks for the week's best commentary. Hopefully, everyone went outside and enjoyed the warm(ish) weather last week - here at What's That You Say?, we took the chance to eat curbside, air out the apartment, and catch our first Nationals game of the season. But with the weather getting warmer and the days getting longer, there's bound to be a spike in......

Even though our fearless leader took the week off, we know we can always count on our just-as-fearless commenters never to need a break. You're tireless, people! On Friday, guest editor Jason Linkins found an interesting picture of a sign detailing "visitor information" somewhere in this fine city. Of course, you took this as your cue to make ingratiating attempts to translate the text-free signage - we expected nothing less. That said, the best interpretation......

What an odd week, eh, commentariat? The beginning of the week started off slowly, due to the predictable Easter travel hangover. The end of the week was mostly spent trying to prepare for the onslaught of tourists and figuring out how to get around over the weekend, with some walking around the Tidal Basin thrown in. Toss in some fairly good weather, and well, the commenting just wasn't going gangbusters around these parts. That's......

Welcome back to the weekly word for those of us who are just too involved with having a social life to read through comments on every single DCist post. There were a lot of really good conversations going on out there in the DCist universe the past few days, and we'll get to them after the jump. There are a lot of times where it's obvious to us that the commentary that we get is......

Howdy fellow commenters, it's once again time for your favorite afternoon comment roundup. We hope you're able to take a break from anguishing over picking that Gonzaga-Davidson first round matchup to take a look at the best and brightest from last week's comments. This week's comment of the week comes from boondoggle, who has a test of his own for DCPS, after they fired 98 employees and most of them (unsurprisingly) cried foul: DCPS math......

So, did everyone get their detergent, T-shirts, and cheap patio furniture? Obviously, one of the biggest stories of the week was the introduction of the Target to Columbia Heights and the District-at-large. Just prior to its grand opening, questions abounded about this new, shiny monument to consumables. Would the store balloon criminal activity in the area? How was the traffic around Irving Street going to respond to an elephantine mall? Most importantly, would there be......

Over at DCist central, we’re pretty excited that the calendar has flipped over to March. Soon enough, there will be sunnier skies, warmer temperatures, and, of course, baseball. Yes, spring fever is in the air - no more evident by the whopping comment piles that heaped up at the end of each post this week. Two threads topped out at over 80 comments, and there were many, many posts that passed the 40-comment barrier. As......

What's happening out there in comment land? Since the last time we sat down and had a heart-to-heart, a lot has happened in the world around us. Maybe you're still coming down off of a Saturday spent viewing all five Best Picture nominees in one sitting before last night's Academy Awards; or perhaps you spent the weekend attempting to score Radiohead tickets. But, fear not, for now it's time to recognize you, our beloved pundits......

Quite the week in the area this week, fellow opinionated readers. Everyday it seemed like there was something to talk about – whether it was taxis, stadiums, or elections – and you certainly didn’t hold back. So, without further ado: This week's comment of the week is from fluxgirl, who has alternative ideas to improve DCPS' cafeteria food: I suggest a motivational approach: A Students: Organically grown, free range food prepared with care by......

Seeing as how it’s barely going to register above 30 degrees on the thermometer (that’s -1° Celsius, for our metric friends out there) today, come warm yourself with another heaping portion of the best that our reading public has to offer. Now, I think we all want to have the wicked-cool District coffee table on display in our space. But since there’s only a few of us able to afford the price, CrappyHouseInClarendon had an......

A hearty hello, comment comrades - it’s once again time to peruse the best of your contributions, which make our DCist blogoverse spin right round baby, right round. We like books – it’s no secret. And we’d like to think that you do too, which is why it’s no surprise that our Comment of the Week flutters from the keyboard of former DCist contributor MelissaMcCart, whose book snobbery was too much for our literature-addled......

Fine contributions this past week, fellow DCist-ites. Let’s get down to brass tacks, shall we? Sometimes you get passed some manna from heaven. And in this case, it doesn’t get much better than the comments regarding the story of D.C. officials who were fired for perusing porn. Congratulations to our own edenman, 16th and Irving, and Jeffrey for the first Co-Comments of the Week Award. Your respective one-liners were far too difficult to choose......

Comments roundup time again! The site would be a much less interesting place without you commenters, so we provide a wrap-up of the best comments from the past week. This week's comment of the week goes to the esteemed Monkeyrotica, who writes about green roofs: Green roofs provide insulation, reduce energy consumption, extend the life of the roof, absorb and filter rain runoff, improve community relations, reduce a building's thermal signature and reduce the likelihood......

Thanks to Christmas and days off and such, it was a bit of a slower week for comments, but there are still plenty of gems worth sharing. OldPosterKnownAsCranky gets the nod for comment of the week: Hello? Hello? [thump, thump] Is this thing on? Man, it royally sucks ass to have to work on Christmas Eve. After the jump, cranky Catania, drive through booze, cougars, and the esteemed best avatar and username awards. Photo by......

You may have noticed that our user profiles were down for the last week, but I'm happy to report that they are now back online and better than ever. Take a minute to check out their new look: log in with your commenter username and click on "View Profile" in the upper left hand corner of our home page. You'll see that you can now choose from three tabs across the top whether you......

Comments time! Thanks for the good ones, and keep them coming. While you're at it, are you sick of your cute panda avatar? Why not change it? Last week's comment of the week is IHateParis on getting a refund for long Metro delays: I complained to Metro once when my train was offloaded at Arlington Cemetery (back a few months ago when there were all those rail fires) and we were all left to......

It's Friday, Washington, and reactions are still rolling in to Metro's approval of its largest fare hikes ever. We all knew this was coming, but we're curious to hear if any of our readers actually plan to make changes to their commuting habits come January 6, when the increases will go into effect. Do you think you'll ride Metro any less, or finally make the leap to using SmarTrip? Let us know in the comments.......