* Mike Jones: “Since this happened, lots of people have asked me if I think Dobson is gay, too. My answer to that is yes.” [Worth Repeating]
* This Cosi Sandwich has more than 700 calories. [Where is my mind?]
* The fine print on DC voting rights: “So if Norton’s vote ever actually makes a difference, they’ll re-vote without her. In other words, the whole thing is just symbolism.” [Drinking Liberally in Washington]
* DCeiver’s top 20 songs for October. [DCeiver]
* “Happy birthday Marines! It’s time to remember our country’s fallen heroes on Memorial Day.” Odd way to celebrate a “birthday,” but we’re all for heroes. [The Tension]

• Sam Smith says the WP loves Jane Fernandes and is reporting softly to help her keep her job. [City Desk]

• Bush was at the Thomas Circle CVS, DCeiver just missed him. [DCeiver]
• UBL stumps for GOP. [Media Concepts]
• Bbbbbaaaaaarrrfffffy: “He describes his look as ‘Bold — I’m my own theme party, pretty much.’ Fernandez says she’s ‘futuristic rock ‘n’ roll.’” [City Paper City Desk]
• Pics from Cafe Citron last night, if you’d like to see what local bloggers look like. We doubt you’ll like it as much as they do. [DC Bachelor]

• The Hill thinks there are actually 50 beautiful on the hill, DCeiver knows better.
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Well, my peeps. The time has come for us to part. Your regularly scheduled Wonkette team returns tomorrow. It’s always a unique pleasure to spread a little sunshine on these pages. Thanks all around are due to David and Lockhart and O.G. Ana and the Unstoppable Henry Seltzer and, of course, all the great Wonkette Operatives out there who bring reports from all over the world to the tipsbox. Most of all, a shout-out to Alex Pareene, with whom it was a distinct pleasure to work with over the past six days. MORE »

Good morning, Washington. Remember me? David, one of your regularly scheduled mavens of inside-the-Beltway snarkery is going out of town for a few days, so I’ll be sitting in for him, trading laffs with Alex for the next six days. MORE »

• Toby unloads on “Bitch Session,” where gay men — “traditionally known for their near-stubborn reticence when it comes to expressing their thoughts, feelings and personal affairs to anyone within earshot” — can unload. [VividBlurry, who, btw, is begging for votes for the Urban Blogger Awards. Throw the boy a bone.]
• “Did you ever read or encounter a book when you were a kid that talked about how it was okay to masturbate?” [DCeiver]
• “Dude, I’m so baked. Hahaha. Butterspliff is more like it. Hahaha.” [BBBS]
• The City Paper comes to the defense of the “longtime paying subscriber,” “the fluorescent light bulb of the ongoing debate over how to save newspapers.” [WCP]
• John Hodgman reads the names of 700 hoboes tonight at the Warehouse Theater. [DCist]

Well, that was quite a 48 hour period to go through to get my cherry popped. Resignations and indictments and intrigue and, of course, all of today’s waiting, WAITING, WAITING! Here’s what I have learned in the past 48 hours:

• The Note needs to stop frontin’ like they were Thomas Pyncheon or something.
• Rush Limbaugh needs to sober up and realize that his squeeze looks like Steven Tyler.
• Scooter Libby: soooo getting pardoned!

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• Okay, hypothetically, if someone were going to blow up a Metro station. . . . [DCeiver]
• A bad month for DC bars: Forget Cap Lounge, Stoney’s is closing. [WP]
• Butterstick by any other name. [BBBS]
• Oh, dear: “You persuasive lobbyists. You got yourself some slick new magazines. New bench nominees. Even a new Barneys. Okay, okay. We hear you: The District is the place to be.” Or, uhm, Leesburg is. [Daily Candy via RRR]

• Thank God someone is answering the call: DCist “will keep readers up-to-date as to the presence of young African-American lesbians in the District, their aliases and affiliations, their modus operandi, and who best to call if they are spotted.” [DCist] MORE »

We tried very hard to come up with a way to mock the “50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill” without singling any individuals, mostly because we don’t want anyone to get a book deal out of this. Of course, other people have no such hesitation. Thank God. MORE »