Welcome back to work, Washington. It’s the Monday after a jam-packed weekend of fun for many of us, and we understand as well as you do that there’s nothing so disheartening as reporting to your desk knowing that good times won’t be in sight again for another five full days. It is therefore in the spirit of distraction that we present to you the weekend’s funniest, and yet saddest headline for you to mull over…

Last year they got none. This year, four. Hot off the wires we’ve gotten word that our own Washington Post can add four more Pulitzers to its trophy case, taking the prestigious prizes for Investigative Reporting on the Jack Abramoff scandal, Explanatory Reporting on U.S. attempts to bring democracy to Yemen, Beat Reporting for breaking the story on the CIA’s secret prisons and Criticism for its sharp-witted takes on fashion and culture. We’re both excited…