Metro Section: What Does Bourbon Do to Wooden Teeth?
•George Washington: Distiller, patriot, capitalist running dog: He was "one of the country's first successful entrepreneurs, building a whiskey distillery that made the equivalent of $300,000 in two years." Mt. Vernon is reopening the still in 2007. [ WT ]
•American University president Benjamin Ladner asked for five mil to "maintain my current living level." Suggestion from the peanut gallery: "Maybe Ladner can run FEMA!" [ WP , DCeiver ]
•DC evangelical festival organizers sign up commercial sponsors: "When people see names of companies they know and recognize, it gives them a comfort level." True -- I don't know about God, but I believe in Coke. (Pepsi is actual sponsor. Heathens.) [ WP ]
•More MSM attention to the Butterstick controversy! and a suggestion: Naiyou Bao—or "milk-oil dumpling." Ew. [ Washingtonian via BBBS ]