Speaking of tips...

...if you're in a postion to, go over and help fill the tip jar at the Group News Blog, where a personal emergency has thrown an almost literal wrench into Jesse Wendel's plan to cover the inaguration from the other Washington as a blogger with coveted official media credentials.

If you can, give because Jesse's an upper lefty. Give because it's a gift to all of us. Give because Jesse's one of the best of us.

Hell, give because Gilly would'a wanted you to.