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>> And I, for one, welcome our new Real World overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted DCist blogger, I can be helpful in rounding up others to be spoken about carelessly in their camera-laden confession caves.

>> Cleveland Park: where you can trust no one, especially “African-American men engaged in conversation” who happen to be “carrying a magazine labeled ‘The Advocate.’”. Or at least that’s according to some posters on the neighborhood’s influential listserv.

>> Now that’s a sinkhole — best to avoid the 2600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW with vehicles for a bit.

>> Sure, the lede is that rates for Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission customers are headed up — but the real story is found in the ridiculously high numbers of crumbling or misinstalled infrastructure. To wit: WSSC recorded 1,972 breaks between July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, including 611 breaks and leaks in January 2009 alone — 400 of which occurred around Inauguration weekend.

>> It’s mighty impressive that Dr. Lawren Smithline was able to crack a cryptogram sent to President Thomas Jefferson in 1801. But one would have to assume that Smithline was slightly dissappointed that the secret message contained within was something most of us know by heart. (But hey, lots of nerd points awarded to the good doctor for the achievement.)

>> Couch potatoes in eastern Columbia Heights rejoice! Pete’s Apizza is broadening the easternmost boundary of their delivery service (beginning on July 7th) out to Georgia Avenue. Previously, the delivery area ended at Sherman Avenue.