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  • Alright, I’ve totally got this guy beat — I’ll offer you a course in “how to get more game (and more women) in three days than most guys get in three lifetimes,” just like he is this weekend in Dupont Circle, for half the price. Lesson one? Don’t pay “America’s Number One Pick Up Artist” $1,300 for a three-day seminar on the subject. That one’s on the house, folks.
  • First, thundersnow. Then, powersnow. Now? Freezing fog.
  • Huge news for D.C. United fans: U.S. international Charlie Davies — who others may remember being involved in a terrible car accident on the G.W. Parkway in 2009, stunting his promising potential — will apparently meet up with the team as they train in Florida, and if things go well, could join the club for the season.
  • Cary Silverman, who challenged Jack Evans for his D.C. Council seat in 2008, has moved to Darnestown, Maryland because “it was time for a larger place in a safe neighborhood with excellent schools.”
  • Have opinions about the Potomac Yard infill Metro station? WMATA’s holding a public meeting on February 10 where you can share them.
  • Greater Greater Washington publishes the Coalition for Smarter Growth’s State of the Washington Region.
  • The recent subject of a City Paper cover story about the plight of minors in the city’s child-welfare system was arrested on January 7.
  • JDLand reports that some small seasonal retail will soon be opening up on the lower level at Yards Park, and the developer is looking for tenants.
  • Stephen Strasburg: class act.
  • Hey, Portland, leaving dogs tied up outside businesses is our thing. Got it?