Everyone knows that fun things are bad for you, and if you do enough fun things repeatedly then you are an “addict.” A man who has fun sex with hookers, for example, is a shamefully diseased sex addict on the verge of sexing himself to death. But generous Fate intervened on behalf of addict Eliot Spitzer, who has reportedly entered therapy to cure himself of this strange compulsion to have enjoyable no-strings-attached sex with young women. How long before the cure “takes”? MORE »

* Make peace with your trans fats because we’re following NY. [Read Express]
* Smash! reopens in Adams Morgan. [panda head]
* “Mayor Fenty, if you really want to make a statement, forget banners and marches and appeals to common sense. Instead, like any good politician, go for sensationalism. Announce that until the city has voting rights in Congress, you, as a District resident, won’t be paying any federal income tax. No representation, no taxation.” [The DC Universe]
* “If you work for the DC government (including the schools), you won’t even have to take time off work, since Emancipation Day is a city holiday. Otherwise, please consider taking part of the day off and showing that you care about having voting representation in Congress, even if you can attend only the rally at 4 o’clock.” [DCDL]
* How inappropriate is your therapist? [an OC girl living in an extraordinary world

• Heard On The Hill: Rep. Jerry Nadler is that guy who will steal your seat at the Tune Inn. [Roll Call]
• Inside the Beltway: Rep. Dennis Kucinich asks, “Do we think about what hate does to our own hearts? Isn’t it time to put on the invincible armor of human compassion to explore human relations as the science of the human heart, in which we always have the capacity through courage, communication, patience and understanding to turn hate into love, and to beat our swords into plowshares.” [WT]
• Washington Whispers: Fox News’ senior VP John Moody: “Let’s NOT call it the ‘hometown of Jesus’ though many would argue the city’s favorite son turned out pretty well.” [USN&WR]
• Lowdown: Hosts of “The View” are total fucking losers. [NYDN]
• The Scoop: Luke Wilson on psychiatry: “My style is to think, Yeah, I really need to go see somebody, and then not do it, and then get over it and think, You know what? I’m okay! I actually saved some money!” [MSNBC]

Here’s another original photograph of Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL), courtesy of a Sunshine State tipster: MORE »

Dick Cheney shot a man in the face this weekend. What did you do? MORE »