It’s time once again for the D.C. Idiotarod, that time honored race of costumed drunken loons pulling shopping carts through the streets of D.C. This year’s race is happening tomorrow, Saturday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m. If you haven’t formed a team yet, it’s technically too late, but you might just still have time to convince a group of your friends to dress up like superheroes, characters from a 1980s TV show, or professional…

Guy walks into a studio executive’s office in Hollywood and says, “I’ve got a fantastic idea for a movie. Guaranteed blockbuster.” The executive leans forward in his chair. “Go on,” he says. “OK, so you take Jackass, cross it with It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, set it in an urban environment, put lots of young people in funny clothes while pulling shopping carts around the city like sled dogs and drinking at…

>> In case you missed today’s most bizarre news tidbit: National Symphony Orchestra oboist H. David Meyers awaits sentencing by a federal judge for his role in orchestrating (heh) a complex illegal sports gambling ring. Meyers’ story, which he’s peddling to newspapers through a publicist, is that he didn’t know what he was doing was illegal, and that he shouldn’t go to jail because his musical gift will suffer. Oboe he didn’t! [WaPo] >> Two…

We gotta say, Mother Nature is a moody lady. She gives us Saturday’s near-perfect conditions to watch the Idiotarod in all it’s idiotic glory, then follows up with Sunday’s frigid bluster. This week, she’s gonna drop the winter hammer again, with highs in the thirties and – dare I say – the possibility of snow. Stay tuned to DCist to see if the forecast warrants scaring up the ol’ Snowpacalypse Warning System. Alleged Cocaine Dealers…

FRIDAY: >> Post-punk concept albums make us all weak in the knees, so you can bet we’ll be out for The Thermals at the Black Cat tonight. With The Big Sleep and Statehood. $12, 9 p.m. >> It’s the last weekend to check out Forum Theater and Dance’s production Kid-Simple, a “live-action radio play” about a young prodigy who invents a machine that hears things humans never could discern, and when it is stolen, takes…

> > Deadline worth noting! Anyone interested in participating in this year’s DC Idiotarod has until tomorrow, Thursday March 1, at 11:59 p.m. to register your team for the big race on March 3. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to bring wanton chaos to the streets of D.C. [DC Idiotarod] > > Fans of soccer, wine, photography, and philanthropy will descend upon the JW Marriott tonight for the Goals for Girls Auction & Wine…

Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We’re exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little ‘ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal (even getting their editor on TV) only to find their scandal dwarfed by the even bigger scandal caused by their Mayor boffing one of his aides’ wife. We’re not…

The weekly Ist wrap-up is written by Seattlest editor Dan Gonsiorowski. Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man. Houstonist is no stranger to megachurches or stripmalls or mega-strip-churchmalls. The children of Houston…

It was under sunny skies and in unseasonable weather that some 132 daring individuals on 22 teams ran around the District looking and acting like fools on Saturday. In short, a good start to what is to become an annual D.C. tradition — the Idiotarod. We could have stopped by and interviewed racers. We could have. But pictures are worth a thousand words, and thanks to the camera work of DCist Editor-at-Large Rob Goodspeed…

FRIDAY: Tired of us telling you about good concerts that have already sold out? Ready to get your St. Paddy’s Day celebrations started a week early? Well consider Fado Irish Pub as here to the rescue. They’ll be hosting a raffle tonight at 8 p.m. for tickets to the sold-out Pogues concert at 9:30 Club this very night. So if you’re desperate for the good craic and without tickets, run on down to the pub…