SEND YOUR LOVE & FLOWERS TO MARION BARRY: Former D.C. MAYOR FOR LIFE and current Ward 8 council member Marion Barry was scheduled to undergo his kidney transplant surgery at 2: 30 this afternoon, so that's... well he's probably under the knife right now! Barry's body has taken some abuse over his 72 years, so we hope that his new kidney serves him well in prison, where he may soon go for never paying his income taxes. [DCist , Washington Post ]