Soylent Green Is People

* "Anyhow, they're filtering the internet in DC offices now, so you don't have to worry about needing to hose the desks down with Lysol." [ Metroblogging DC ]

* "Because, Jesus Christ, it's loud and it's annoying. It's getting in the way of my enjoyment of Lifetime movies and Project Runway and that shit won't stand." [ why.i.hate.dc ]

* "Organizer Maria Jones, an activist parent of a child at one of the schools on the current closure list, Burroughs Elementary, told Jason Cherkis that she and fellow organizers will encourage all teachers, students, and DCPS employees to skip work and school a week from today and march from DCPS to the Wilson Building." [ DCist ]

* "I was at Pentagon City Metro at 8: 30pm this evening and saw one of the no-passenger trains go by. Nothing odd there. Except this one had one of the cars full of locked carts, with an armed guard standing in the doorway keeping us from getting in. He was carrying heat too, looked like an MP5. Any idea what the hell is in those carts?" [Silent Bob, via email]