<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day Hey Boybander: Go on vacation already goddamn you! "Well, @United 1736 into IAH is delayed. Someone better make sure @United 53 is held so I don't miss my honeymoon transfer." -- Slate economics reporter Matt Yglesias, who is apparently going to annoyingly tweet his entire "vacation." Over the weekend, he tweeted nonstop in Buenos Aires. His poor bride. He even felt the need to tweet this: "Vacation day! Step one: coffee. Step two: figure out how to set out-of-office email mess." This was probably the worst of it: "BREAKING: They have really good steak in Argentina." Schieffer's ultra-polite farewell "Mr. Basham, I want to thank you for coming on. I wish it could have been under different circumstances, but perhaps there will be time down the road when we'll have happier things to talk about." -- CBS Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer to former Secret Service Director Ralph Basham on Sunday's program. NYT reporter razzes HuffPost "HuffPost Hill chasing greatness.HAPPY BP OIL SPILL ANNIVERSARY(?) It's been 2 years since Unbridled Capitalism vomited in the Gulf of Mexico." -- NYT's Mark Leibovich, whose Twitter presence has been picking up as of late. Reporter wants washer/dryer advice "Anyone have stackable washer/dryers they particularly like or loathe?" -- Politico's Reid Epstein. FBDC's Peter Ogburn asks, "WTF is this, 'This Old House' or Twitter?" Meanwhile, we still want to know how the week-old new home owner injured himself and wound up in the ER. Anyone with information on this urgent matter please email us at FishbowlDC@mediabistro.com or Betsy@mediabistro.com. Bathroom trick "Am I the only one who pretends to talk on my cell before patronizing a restroom at a bar/restaurant where I'm not actually a patron?" -- RealClearPolitics' Scott Conroy. Writing trick "A good way to increase suspense in your writing is to change all instances of 'obviously' to 'ominously.'" -- The Atlantic's Molly Ball. Breitbart Editor gets pretty personal "Don't tell the wife but intentionally mispronounce Spanish words cuz it's kinda sexy when she corrects me." -- Breitbart.com's John Nolte, Editor-in-Chief of Big Hollywood. A Question to Ponder..."Is saying you've endorsed Mitt Romney on a Sunday talk show different from a 'formal endorsement'?" -- Roll Call's Ryan Teague Beckwith in reference to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on ABC's "This Week." Journo is anti-Earth Day "Don't forget to take an extraaaaaaa longgggggg shower today! #EarthDay." -- Ex-Human Events reporter Jason Mattera. Spotted: Politico's Jedd Rosche eating a box of fried chicken strips outside a bar on U St. Friday night. The bar wouldn't allow him to enter with his meal. Barfworthy: "I was moved by this video, as I’m sure you all will be, as we think of our own mothers and what they have done for us." -- Ann Romney this weekend in her 11th tweet, otherwise known as Milking the Mom Issue Expedition stemming from RosenGate, which she called an "early birthday present." Watch the video here. Eddie Scarry and Peter Ogburn contributed to this report.

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