Good morning, Washington. Well, this is it: the holidays are finally, tragically over. You're once again sitting at your desk. And now we begin the slow, terrible death march toward spring, with only brief, inadequate celebrations of Presidents' and MLK Day to sustain us. Stay strong, D.C. — we'll get through this. Can You Hear Me Now? Hello? Hello?: The ball dropped, the phones came out and... nothing. "Y2K8 Bug" doesn't sound very catchy,......

Now that Verizon has purchased MCI, will the "phone booth" become the Verizon Center? Both of the names are less than inspiring and I'm not a big fan of stadium naming rights... but curious nonetheless. Wow, you are on top of things with this buy out newly announced! This DCist just switched from Verizon landline service to MCI because they were cheaper and now it appears we get Verizon back again. **grumble** Well, actually we......

[Editor's Note: We're happy to bring to you the long-planned-for DCist Interview. Many of our sibling sites have used their Interview to find, meet and write about some of the most interesting people who reside in their respective cities. And we plan to do the same, so if you know of a townie, other locals or interesting transient, e-mail staff [at] dcist [dot] com.] Name: Jeremy Barber Age: 28 Location: U Street Corridor Jeremy Barber......