What up, DC? Here's a few last minute big, long, hot, fat content sausages to shove in your mouths.

>> Tonight's cocktail hour talking points: Webb up 4 with 4% undecided, O'Malley and Ehrlich tied, Allen's people hate bloggers even more than that emo bitchling Jared Leto, and, responding to the self-induced cashiering of his credibility, John Kerry decides there's no better time to kick off aggressively campaigning for the 2004 Presidential vote than 728 days after it mattered.

>> Jane Fernandes is out at Gallaudet and the dust of months of protesting is starting to settle. What's next? Student body president Noah Beckman talks with Newsweek about the challenges of the days ahead. [h/t: DeafDC]

>> Courtney Love credits Buddhism for helping her get sober, but you just KNOW Billy Corgan probably wrote all the chants for her. [The Republic of T]

>> November means it's National Novel Writing Month, and the good folks at NaNoWriMo are at your service, with the rules of engagement, plenty of sage advice and inspiration, and a running word count. Word has it the Post will be at tonight's meeting, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Foster Bros. in Cleveland Park, looking for "horror stories and triumphs of the human spirit" in this novel-writing sprint, so practice spinning your yarns and give him a juicy quote. Just remember: your first 1,700 words are due in about seven hours.

>> Tonight's Hidden Agenda: Wanna build a freakin' ROBOT? Then head on out to Provisions Library to participate in tonight's meeting of Dorkbot DC, where you'll learn to use Pure Data and participate in something called an LED Throwie Workshop. Provisions: 1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, above the Ann Taylor Loft. Take the Red Line to Dupont Circle Station and exit at Q Street North.

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