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From yesterday’s (apparently hysterical) press briefing: MORE »

* Download a Metro map to your iPod. [Not that you asked me, but..."]
* We like to think of the proposed Purple Line as a collective noose. [Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space]
* District residents struggle to pick up the pieces: “It wasn’t just a cigarette — it was an act of love.” [Rock Creek Rambler]
* Women be shopping. [The Intersection]
* 2007 couldn’t truly begin without DC’s #1 web novelist SethJ: “The driver decides to lead the way, disregarding whether the hitchhiker follows or not. The fidgety passenger had become so lost in the game — not just in the rapid-fire trumps and losses but in every gesture and groan from every player, especially his bald-headed friend- that the driver figures he is no longer his consignment. Stealing off towards the door, the driver could safely leave him behind, absorbed as is, here in his element. Then he feels the claw cupped over his entire shoulder.” [American Night]

Ok, we know Chris Hitchens doesn’t always photograph that well, but you’d think his own magazine could’ve found a better author photo. MORE »

• 20 million unmarried women didn’t vote in 2004 because they thought voting wasn’t sexy. New campaign sets them straight. [The DC Universe]

• The DC Police Department debuts new crime mapping application. Not as fun as it sounds. [Metropolitan Police Department]
• This woman needs a hand. [Neurotic in Ashburn]
• Halloween e-card defies format and is very scary. [Women Having it All]
• Alaska has most powerful delegation in Congress, cutest dogs. [An Alaskan Abroad]