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Read the article for yourself, "Who goes to Georgetown anymore? You tell us about the clientele."

Today at the U.S. Marshals Service Madoff II Auction, I gleaned a few telling patterns about the Ponzi schemer's sybaritic tastes and how his troubled psychology can be demonstrated through these items--from Ruth Madoff's blingity-bling engagement ring to the infamous slippers. More»

This week, we found ourselves shocked at a Washington Post headline declaring that the dreaded Potomac River is actually…clean. We’ve seen the Potomac recently in all its gray/green murky glory, and not willing to believe such rumors without proof, we read on. More»

As part of its interactive initiative, the Washington Post sets aside space on its website where it asks readers questions and provides a forum in which for WaPo readers to respond and discuss amongst themselves. Of particular interest is the question: More»

Well doesn't this sound like our dream job? (Psych!). Erin Mathieson, investigator for the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board sat down with our fave quality publication, the Washington Post, to discuss how summertime in D.C. is keeping her and her board busy. Throughout the article, Mathieson investigates Crucible, a SE S&M club More»

Thank you @alexbaca for pointing out yet another flaw in the Washington Post's piece about the term "DMV." Not only is it not really Washington Post material, but another publication that's much hipper and therefore better able to pull off such quirky pieces already wrote about it. A year ago. More»

As the always sage Mike Madden pointed out today via Twitter, there's a lot of stuff out there that is not news. But it gets covered as though it were anyway. We understand this on a lot of levels: the media is constantly expected to produce and when there are not enough shark attacks of Chelsea Clinton weddings, they have to make news out of something, right? More»

lehmannchris I'm totally naming my next band Rhinebeck Airspace

closetcaucus Had a nightmare last night that I was forced to get rid of everything in my wardrobe. AHH!

MichLancaster ZOMG. And on payday. Scared.//RT @kstreetkate: Borders on 14th and F closing. 40 percent off almost everything. Heaven for bibliophiles

Students of history will note that although the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 was the flash-point for the French Revolution, the democratic fervor it inspired inextricably led to the "Reign of Terror" and France's gore-porn love affair with the guillotine. More»

Poor David Weigel. All he wanted to do was vent. But, it cost him his job as a Washington Post political blogger. More»

Eight Washington Post reporters hesitantly agreed to quit the internet, and the outcome was a total downer. The rules: "No Web, period. If you need to talk to someone, do it in person or by phone." The results: MASSIVE FAIL. What the week-long experiment revealed about humankind, below: More»