<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day Newsroom tension "You know you've written a good editorial if it makes your boss uncomfortable. @BrettMDecker" -- TWT's Anneke Green. Is WaPo's Gene Weingarten Constipated? "@fishbowlDC is so negative, petty & argumentative, & so wanting to start fights, they'll probably try to make something out of this tweet." -- WaPo's humor columnist Gene Weingarten lost his sense of humor Wednesday after we dared to make a few observations about Washingtonian's profile of him in its December issue. Weingarten, whose Twitter avatar is a classic pile of poop, was particularly incensed that FBDC Contributor Eddie Scarry asked about his Hepatitis C diagnosis after he admittedly told a big fat fib about his sister dying in a swimming pool that appeared in the profile. Despite all the drama (and maybe because of it), the profile is actually interesting and worth a read. Unnecessary Tweet of the Day "Could I eat an entire box of Starbucks' Cranberry Bliss Bars in one sitting? I believe strongly that I could." -- WaPo's Chris Cillizza. A day in the life... "Dear universe, I'd rather be waterboarded. Fuck all of you, you're all so fucking insipid I am literally out of vomit." -- Washington-based freelancer Moe Tkacik. We also personally enjoyed this one: "Hi person I don't know. GO TO FUCKING HELL. And this one: The New York Observer, Ezra Fucking Klein, Mattafuckingthias, and everyone else can fucking eat shit. RT's are not endorsements The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza: RTs DO NOT EQUAL ENDORSEMENTS RT @bazecraze: The Republican primary is like angry sex. It's down to the d--- versus the p---y. Erickson is no fan of Toddlers & Tiaras "Very upset with @AC360 subjecting me to clips from Toddlers & Tiaras. Glad no one could see my face during that. Wow." -- RedState Editor-in-Chief and CNN Contributor Erick Erickson. This was also upsetting for him: "Leave @AC360 and have a car wreck happen right in front of me. So close glass got on my car. Still shaking." Quote Taken Out of Context "@MichelleFields Ask @Jamie_Weinstein about the unicorn he claims he saw while having lunch." -- The Daily Caller's Alex Pappas. (The context: Weinstein is vacationing in South Africa and Zambia and apparently said he saw a unicorn. He quickly corrected himself and said he meant to say Zebra.) Katrina can't take any more Trump "Piers Morgan --Do you really need to give Donald Trump more time to air his BS?" -- The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuval. Scribe gets q about her height "A punk on the street last night asked me, how tall are you? My answer? Tall enough to overlook your impertinence!" -- HuffPost fashion contributor Stephanie Green. Journo needs Zzzzz's "Thought I lost my BlackBerry. It was in my hand. #tired #goodnight." -- Former Washington Examiner scribe Freeman Klopott, who now works for Bloomberg in Albany. Boybander saves day? "Just corrected the Senate Majority Leader, BAM!" TPM's Brian Beutler.

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