The Bear is back! And now he’s in the cross hairs of the mean old Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles for having a really gay license plate. I guess this is the sort of low-level, left-handed payback you get when you cross the very powerful Sen. Larry Craig. MORE »

* WAMU employees quit together in walk out, Diane Rehm’s head explodes. [Sam Smith's City Desk]
* Running and biking and trails in Arlington. [What's Up Arlington]
* Komi chef Johnny Monis on Food & Wine’s Best New Chef 2007 list. [Komi]
* David Arquette got friendly with some ladies on Monday night. Photos! [BYT]
* It is National Poetry Month, so Olsson’s in Old Town “invites customers to come in and read their favorite poems or their own work every Thursday night.” This begins at 7PM tonight. [The Happy Booker]

We will be sharing our favorite poem, Donald Rumsfeld’s “The Glass Box.” (Read it yourself, after the jump.)

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• Hipster pastor in People’s Republic of Arlington won’t wed breeders anymore in protest against gay marriage ban: Everyone gets “commitment ceremony.” Republicans sputter: “It’s a terrible message to send to our youth.” [WP]
• Butterstick debut: B-minus 22 days. [AP]
• Free booze at midnight! Don’t wear white to a Beaujolais party and other hints. [DCist]
• “I Want to Fuck a Powerful Congressional Staffer” Oxymoron much? [Craigslist]
• Alexandria’s Parent’s Television Council responsible for 23,542 out of 23,547 (all but five) FCC indecency complaints in one one-month period. [B&C]