Earlier today we told you some of the effects of this unseasonable warm spell. But one other, more unseemly upshot of this weather is burrowing up from the ground: Stink bugs. Gross. more ›

Because, for some sick reason, we're unable to turn away from the story of competitive eater Joey Chestnut downing two gallons of Ben's Chili Bowl chili over the weekend, here's video of an interview with Mr. Chestnut after he won. more ›

If there's a complaint about Metro, chances are we've heard it. But we have to admit that The Examiner has uncovered a new one -- pigeon turds which have coated a Metro bus garage in Virginia. more ›

A Metro rider found human feces smeared across the pedestrian bridge inside the Franconia-Springfield station on Monday -- but one of several reports of dookie inside Virginia transit stations -- and reported it to the station manager, who said it wasn't Metro's problem because the poopy stairs are the property of Virginia Railway Express. more ›

Are you ready to be grossed out? I mean, really ready? Good, because this report by Kytja Weir will certainly do the trick. Turns out that Metro employees aren't only using pocket tracks to relieve themselves during their shifts -- some have even taken to urinating and defecating inside trains and buses. more ›

Unlike the tipsters at mass transit whistle-blowing blog Unsuck DC Metro, DCist's tipsters didn't spend the New Year's weekend sifting through a recent inspector general's report. Bunch of slackers, the whole lot of you! (I kid, I kid -- we love you all.) It's a shame, though, since this revelation would have made for some interesting conversation over brunch this weekend. more ›

You know, I get a lot of junk mail. But I'm certainly glad that between the Dell catalogs, the Comcast advertisements, and the Valpak coupons, I managed to open up this little nugget of information from WASA: back in December, the water coming from the McMillan water treatment plant had a 14-minute spike in turbidity, which is an indicator that the water supply may contain "disease-causing organisms." Local development blog DCMud has a more detailed explanation of what exactly happened (digging at a large development site near the treatment facility seems to be to blame), and also a scan of the letter, for those who might have missed it. Your fun thought of the day? An addendum attached to the letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers states that the spike may have released organisms that could cause "nausea, cramps, diarrhea, and associated headaches." Yup, that's disgusting. And to think, all this time you were just worried about peanut butter. more ›