Hey--the pics are hot. I can just see the video: Debbie Does DC, with a Good Friend. Behold Wonkette (left), and the Washingtonienne (right), enjoying a night of Being Seen on the town. Negotiations continue with Hefner's people.

Suddenly, we're all supposed to weigh in on whether it's okay for young staffers on Capitol Hill (e.g. the Washingonienne) to do some hooking on the side in order to meet their expenses when they are only making $25K a year. The whole subject makes me tired. But, okay:

1) What exactly are their bosses doing for money? Some of our legislators may not be turning tricks, but they're certainly willing to put the national interest aside in order to get a few dollars from home constituents who want the pork barrel projects to keep rolling in. There is whoring, and then whoring.

2) It's easy for us to get self-righteous about how we got by in our youth without selling our bodies. I mean, Wonkette got a little mean-spirited at Michelle Malkin's expense, but it's true that not everyone has the same survival skills as everyone else.

3) Nonetheless, there are media interns living dorm-style in Manhattan on 20K. It means bunk beds and little privacy, but it can be done. And, unlike being in politics, most media jobs really are a vow of poverty--it really means years of under-earning. (Let me put it this way: it makes teaching salaries look good, at least for the first 20 years.)

4) I managed to live on 16K in West L.A. in the early 90s. Though I didn't enjoy it, and

5) I lived as a good friend's paid mistress for five years before that, partly because he was a nice guy and could afford it, and partly because I just didn't have any marketable skills or self-confidence at all.

6) Is there any chance we bloggers could actually talk about Real News, rather than weighing and chronicling the life choices of shallow people who are relentless users of men (though if we must, Kevin's done a bang-up job, so to speak)? And, regarding Wonkette, who seems to be garnering even more resentment than the Washingtonienne herself, I usually vote WRT her the way I used to vote against Howard Stern: I "change the dial."

And, let me put this to rest: I'd just like to say right here and right now that there is no truth to the rumors that Baldilocks and I will be doing a centerfold together in Penthouse. Although we've told 'em they can place hundreds of thousands of dollars in our tip jars, if they like. To pay us for our writing. (Remember that?--writing? Some of us are still doing that. It saves us scads on all that K-Y jelly.)

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1 I'm reminded of a line from Dr. Strangelove. The Russian ambassador says, "Premier Kissoff is a man of the people, but he is also a man, if you know what I mean." Da! The Commissar, too. Also, it was only after I posted a couple entries on this story, that I realized that the endless bombbushkerryiraqcasualtiesDemRepSadrpolls that constitute my usual fare weary me a little. And we're still five months from the election? Five months of 'headlines, but no hard news?' Ugh. Nonetheless, at my blog, 'we will soon return to our regular programming.' Oh yes, I am profoundly disappointed that the LMA-BL picture story is an empty rumor.

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2 I love you, dear, but not that much. :-)

Posted by: Juliette at May 29, 2004 09:30 AM (O7Upp)

3 We'd be much tougher and smarter than the DC ladies. Which would make us much sexier, for the discriminating (and patriotic) male. And they'd have to pose us either working out or reading (Cato Institute literature, no doubt). And, yeah--kill all the lesbian overtones. Just strong, free-willed, free-thinking babes. Ones who like men--and guns. And the written word.

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. . . Andy Kaufman's back. Alive. And more obnoxious than ever. He has a blog. Of course.

Via Kelley.

UPDATE: Guess not. I swear, I'm so damned gullible at three in the morning. You know how it is in the middle of the night: You want to believe in something. Anything.

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I can't wait to see what the challenges will be.

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Am I the last person to find out that Deb and Jay are blogging their pregnancy? Wow. Cool idea. Maybe the Attila Hub and I should start a separate blog for the ups and downs in our adoption process.

Okay, here's one for you: is it better for a married couple to have a joint blog a la Deb and Jay or Asparagirl and Dr. Suarez, or is it preferable that the blogs be separate, as the Esmays' are, and the Noggles'?

Discuss.

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. . . obsessed with the Nick Berg murder, and the strange circumstances in Berg's life that led to his destiny at the edge of a big knife. Contrary to some people's assumptions.

I mean, I just blogged about having lunch in Marina del Rey. And Kelley wrote a nice humorous piece that I linked to.

It isn't really "all Berg, all the time" on the Blogosphere . . . except to the degree that people out there are hungry for information, and want to know the truth. If at all possible.

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. . . there was no more fun to be had from strange Google searches, Kelley comes along and makes you spit up on your keyboard.

She's going back out to Hawai'i to visit Venomous Kate again. I'm jealous, but that just means I need to get out of California more. Of course, I'll probably be e-mailing them both every five minutes once the baby gets here.

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I had lunch today with the Left Coast Conservative, a charming engineer who spent ten years with the Navy and has lived a pretty interesting life. He's a good conversationalist--and sharp--and has a lot of sound ideas about a great many things. He had just met up with Boi from Troy the evening before; apparently they had a lovely discussion over apple martinis.

He's also among the very few Northern California Bear Flag League Bloggers I've met. I may need to start calling more of the Northern League people on my periodic trips to the Bay Area.

The Bear Flag League (see my sidebar for their blogroll) is one of the many, many reasons I feel blessed to live in the Golden State.

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Madfish Willie is re-running some of his classic entries, including a series on how to cope with hangover (including preparing for a night out). There's a significant caveat to the effect that any given person should only have to use this advice once, as alcohol poisoning is real--and dangerous.

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Has, very foolishly, given me the keys to the car.

And it's a V-8.

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1 With a turbocharger. Have fun darlin'.

Posted by: Dean Esmay at May 01, 2004 05:18 AM (LOj+R)

2 It's just a little scratch - probably polish out...

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