We realize that service journalism or “news you can use” tends to do well on the NYT “Most E-mailed Articles” list. But unless we’ve discovered that grapefruit juice can power our cars, this seems a bit ridiculous — the total triumph of fluff over substance. MORE »

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Fellow Americans, rejoice! The days of our nation’s addiction to oil are over: MORE »

• Current Human-Animal Hybrid alert level: Elevated. [jesseberney.com]

• As soon as they sold out to the Post, we knew they’d sell out to the NSA (who, it seems, also have a kids page — have any government officials ever met a child?). [Washingtonian]
• The Department of Justice is addicted to oil. Also, they got the day off. [DCist]
• “Wolf and Jack” sounds like some sort of biracial late-’60s buddy movie, right? [FishbowlDC]

• In case you missed the speech last night, here’s a partial transcript. If you look closely, you can see that Hastert and Cheney weren’t even playing their instruments. [Attytood]

• Talking Points Memo’s “Grand Ole Docket” is a handy resource, and will probably make Who’s Who in Washington redundant. [TPM]
• The Joint Chiefs of Staff write letters… [Washingtonian]
• Everyone knows the real action at the SOTU happens in the audience. That place is rowdier than the Apollo! [ThePurpleState]

Thanks to all of you who responded to our request for D.C. celebrity sightings. You sent us some fantastic items, which we’ll be using shortly. Keep ‘em coming! MORE »