There’s so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it’s almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don’t have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist’s London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with…

This week in the Overheard offices, we were shocked and appalled. Are people being extra insensitive out there on the mean streets of D.C.? Aren’t we all fat and happy on Christmas cookies and eggnog, wading knee-deep in nostalgia after another viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas? Whatever it is that is inspiring heightened grinch-itude in Washington flared hot as a roasting chestnut this week, as we had submissions potentially offensive to various races, sexual…

Jagshemash! Borat is a hit. It’s grossing millions and definitely the most quotable thing we’ve seen in ages. But Borat himself seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if he’d made his way around the world on the -ist tour. In Shanghai, Borat would be observing Inane Learnings of Penis Photos for Make Benefit Glorious Flat World of Handmade Toy…

Have you reached Snakes on a Plane-level saturation yet? Are you ready to smack the next person you hear doing a bad Kazakh accent? Do you just not see the humor in two grown men wrestling naked in a hotel room? Did you welcome a dozen channels of dedicated election coverage as a break from Borat media over-exposure, but really couldn’t enjoy it because you lived in constant fear that Sasha Baron Cohen would crash…

FRIDAY: >> From the amount of Evites and mass emails running around inviting folks to giant group outings to see Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, we’re guessing that’s what a lot of you are doing tonight. As of now, only the 5:15 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. showings at Gallery Place still have tickets available, but the Loews Georgetown has plenty more options. Jagshemash! >> Paging John Hodgman! Director…

Washington parents owe a word of thanks to the members of the National Symphony Orchestra, who took the stage of the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Sunday afternoon to play a short program of spooky music for Halloween and to do so (mostly) in costumes. An impressive crowd of Harry Potters, princesses, devils, lions, ninjas, ghosts, and goblins, with their parents, filled the house. To the bass-heavy introduction of “In the Hall of the Mountain…

>> D.C. Board of Education Vice President Carolyn Graham enjoys making cartoon dress-up dolls on the Internet while at work. But really guys, who doesn’t? [Yeas and Nays] >> The bloggers at Free Darko join Deadspin in talking about our very own Agent Zero. “More bottomless riddle than one-note lightweight,” indeed. [Deadspin] >> After being profiled in the illustrious New York Times, the Capital Club decides it’s not so illustrious after all. [Wonkette] >> Mayor-to-be…

As fall settles in and another calendar page gets turned, thoughts turn from bbq’s and vacations to holidays and the realization that ’06 is coming to an end. With all that going on, with change in the air, we wonder what is it that made that makes the -ists ponder? Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it’s beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned. They…

We’re awfully sad today at DCist headquarters, after learning this morning that we missed out on spotting Borat (the faux-Kazakh reporter portrayed by comedian Sasha Baron Cohen) trying to gain entry to the White House yesterday, though sadly, to no avail. His visit to D.C. was a brilliant piece of publicity timing, coinciding both with the first official state visit of Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev, as well as the upcoming release of his new film,…

Webb Wins Virginia Primary: Jim Webb, a war hero who only recently became a Democrat, handily won Virginia’s Democratic primary yesterday, reports the Post. Webb, who campaigned on the anger around the war in Iraq, defeated well-funded opponent Harris Miller, making him the designated competitor to Senator George Allen in November’s election. Council Friends Spared Tickets: As George Orwell once wrote, “All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.” That…