Wonkette

Have you ever wondered how many escalators there are, total, in Wyoming? Wonkette western operative “Scott” certainly does, and so he e-mailed the governor of Wyoming to ask him directly. Responding to this e-mail was ever-so-slightly beneath the governor of Wyoming’s job duties, so he delegated a policy analyst instead. What do the results show about the number of escalators in Wyoming? MORE »

* Sandra Day O’Connor & Scooter Libby spotted at Tabbard Inn. [Prince pf Petworth]
* A new zone map even your parents will understand. [The Land of JD]
* Metro escalators “broken” because you’re a little too “fat” for Mayor Fenty. [Good at Drinking, Bad at Life]
* Neighborhood booty-call MeetUp Groups. [Petworth News]
* Gawker? I don’t even know her. [Panda Head]
* Roosh makes women, Verizon do what he says, bitch. [Roosh V]

To “save money,” Metro bosses are thinking about just replacing the escalators with regular stairs. MORE »

• If Sleater-Kinney’s breakup doesn’t crush your soul, the Metro will. [Why I Hate DC]
• Gay refugees flood into the District from the south. [WaPo]
• Tourists continue to not get the whole Metro escalator rage thing. [tourist in dc]
• Cynthia McKinney TOTALLY VINDICATED. [WaPo]
• Breaking and entering: It’s not just for crackheads anymore [Whisky Pants]
• Imagine the most horrifying thing you can possibly conceive of David Brooks saying, then multiply by, like, a billion. [FishbowlDC]
• Top marketing gimmick for DC bars, 2007: Cancer nostalgia. [Metroblogging DC]