- D.C. Chief Technology Officer Bryan Sivak is coping with the citywide hiring freeze by instituting a “results-only work environment,” in which employees can work whenever and wherever they want, as long as they keep meeting predetermined goals on time.
- Washington-Metro.com provides this incredibly wonky comparative analysis of Metro fares. Average fare: $3.54 with a SmarTrip, $3.79 without.
- A poster to the Adams Morgan listserv had the gall to whine about the Department of Public Works canceling trash pickup yesterday due to a shooting at a DPW facility in Northeast which killed a man.
- Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton wants D.C. residents to stick it to Stephen Colbert on her Facebook page.
- I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed watching Dan Steinberg’s outburst of corrective tweets in response to TBD’s self-congratulatory editorial on transparency.
- Been wondering about the gap in D.C. Fire and EMS tweets recently? Turns out that spokesperson and Twitterer extraordinaire Pete Piringer just went on vacation.
- 80s nostalgia freaks, take note: the McRib has reportedly been spotted inside a McDonald’s on Minnesota Avenue SE.
- Since us Americans aren’t walking very much, it’s time to hit the pavement to happy hour. It’s the least I can do to try and pull up the figure. Who’s with me?
Photo by Mr. T in DC.
