I never read “The Washingtonienne,” Jessica Cutler’s story of sex, intrigue and blogging on Capitol Hill. Now, the story may be coming to HBO. Lisa de Moraes‘ column has the scoop:

“To that end, [HBO's] given Sarah Jessica Parker’s production company the thumbs-up to make a pilot for an adaptation of the non-somber “Washingtonienne” novel. It’s from former congressional staff assistant Jessica Cutler and was based on her blog of that same name, in which she detailed her interesting life in D.C., including an exhausting array of sexual encounters, some with government suits, some for cash because “how can anybody live on $25K/year?”

This morning’s Washington Post had a rundown of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, and one line a few paragraphs down pretty much sums up the entire article: “Weird? Totally.” So, so, so, totally, totally, totally weird. I know that Washington is “Hollywood for ugly people.” But the cast of west coast characters that showed up for Saturday night’s bash was just bizarre: newly engaged pop stars Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson, Pamela Anderson, Donatella Versace, Jenny McCarthy. Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, and Lauren Conrad from MTV’s reality show “The Hills.” I guess with these names, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that gossip blogger Perez Hilton would make an appearance too. But, the list was enough to have me rubbing my eyes and wondering if I was still too half asleep to grasp that the entire piece was a joke. When did this happen? When did the dinner turn into…this? Read the rest of this entry »

Slate still remembers Ron Paul: Apparently, Ron Paul is sort of dropping out. Slate writes: “In a strange seven-and-a-half minute address to supporters worldwide, Ron Paul said it was time to scale back the campaign. He’s not quite quitting, but he’s not quite optimistic, either. He admitted that he can’t achieve ‘victory in the conventional political sense.’ President Bush may want to steal that line for his next speech on Iraq.”

You can watch his speech (we warn you: it is dull as hell and just plain weird. Mr. Paul also did not get the memo from City Paper’s webguys as the video is way over the standard two minute time limit):

We will miss Mr. Paul as well as Mr. Huckabee. And of course, Mr. Romney. All provided plenty of yuks, crackpot theories, flip flops, and straight-to-youtube moments.