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Aug 23, 2012

Marion Barry, Jobs Czar?

Marion Barry is many things. But it he a “jobs czar”?

Aug 01, 2012

For Molly and Snoopy’s Sake, Don’t Leave Your Dogs Alone Outside When You Go Into the Supermarket!

Another dog has gone missing outside the Whole Foods on P Street, and animal rights group PETA is begging dog-owners not to leave their pets unattended, even if for a minute.

Jul 08, 2011

Never Has The Phrase “News Dump” Been More Appropriate

The jokes write themselves. [Mike DeBonis]

Feb 19, 2010

Your D’Oh! Moment of the Week

Oh well. It’s happened to all of us at least once. I once sent out a press release touting a “lerning center” for kids. Yeah. That didn’t go over well. And I can’t count the amount of times I’ve written about “pubic” spending. Whoops. Council member Michael Brown (I-At Large) can at least be happy that this came on a Friday afternoon, the usual repository for the dumping of bad news….

Jul 03, 2008

Think Before You Press Send

The good news: You still have almost an hour to catch the D.C. Council Chairman bagging groceries at the Safeway in Southeast. The bad news: you won’t be able to get the image of him performing prostate exams out of your mind all weekend….

 
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