Early Eater

"Let's make this quick, you're interrupting my dinner." -a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author after answering my phone call ... at 4:30 p.m.
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Daily Rush

Interesting read here
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Bam

"Oddly, in Washington, D.C., you're four times more likely to have somebody drive into you on purpose than anywhere else on the planet." -NPR story about road rage. Can't say that surprises me too much.
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Go Local, Go Organic

"Co-ops typically start at the grassroots level with one or two people wanting to replicate another co-op." -great article about food c0-ops in today's Washington Post; that's pretty much how the Los Alamos co-op started!

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Jeffersonian

Check out the other designs here -- these Valentine-esque cards feature cities all around the world.
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Say a little prayer

Newsroom happiness :)
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Street Wise

"Only Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington compares with this street in its generous expanse." –William Jennings Bryan praises Broadway, Columbia's main street, during an October 1906 visit to mid-Missouri.

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Lost in Space

"Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm." -NPR's Neil Conan references JFK during Saturday night's Ensemble Galilei's Universe of Dreams.
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Sad but True?

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Yes They Can

"The Obamas will be the first First Couple having sex in the White House." -a professor shares her thoughts on the President's love life.
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Religulous

The entire documentary was good, but this was one of the more entertaining conversations:

Bill Maher: You're a Senator. You are one of the very few people who are really running this country. It worries me that people are running my country who think - who believe - in a talking snake [the creation story].
Mark Pryor (D, Ark.): You don't have to pass an IQ test to be in the Senate, though.
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Playing it Safe in DC

Whitney: The zookeepers gave the gorilla birth control pills every day in her banana.

Grandmommy: They should start handing out bananas downtown.
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State of Affairs

"When Virginians learned that the U.S. Secret Service and other top officials had decided to bar personal vehicles from every bridge from the commonwealth into the District on Inauguration Day, many felt the underlying message to them was this: Drop dead." -Virginians get defensive! Read the Washington Post article here.
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Obamamania

"You get to see the One? I just hope you keep yourself hydrated and fed ... many a young lady (and possibly even some men) have been known to pass out in the presence of Obama." -My favorite Republican dishes out advice in preparation for Obama's visit to Columbia tonight ... thanks, Drea :)

Check out my story on the presidential election in Missourah here.
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The Gayborhood

"I live in a gay neighborhood, so the standards are higher here." -a Washington R Street resident explains why he's more fashion conscious than a typical straight guy...
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MCM 2008

"Running is the perfect fit for a lot of regular, everyday people. And the marathon is the perfect goal, because it requires so much thought and preparation." -Super-speedy runner Alisa Harvey, as quoted in yesterday's Washington Post. Good luck to all those running the Marine Corps Marathon this morning! Wish I was there, too.
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Midwest Impressions

G-chat convo with a friend from Indiana (who has traded in mid-western life for more exciting times in DC):

WJS: everyone here is CRAZY about football, it's pretty funny
CM: yeh that's what it is all about football, basketball and beer. politics is a distant 4th
WJS: i drove through indiana on the way here and thought of you
CM: what part of Indiana? did you see all the small towns and funny looking people?
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And So It Begins...

Headed to Missouri today (arriving tomorrow) . . .

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Land of Opportunity

"There is so much money on the ground in this country!" -a tourist's exclamation as he picks up a penny on the sidewalk.

This guy must be more lucky than me...
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Washington, D.C.

"It's an incredible city ... but there's no place to park." -a tourist on his cell phone, near the National Mall yesterday.
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