"It makes the paper safe for Donnie". Balls and ghosts -- "I'm an investigative reporter" -- Hollywood on the Potomac -- Boiling frogs -- "How could anyone not want to be a reporter?". Existential crisis -- Dana Priest and Anne Hull -- Gene Weingarten -- Virginia Tech -- Anthony Shadid -- "The greatest day in the history of the Washington post". Mistake on the Eastern Shore -- Howdy Doody time -- Tahitian loincloth -- "Save the paper" -- God loves journalists -- "How ironic! How glorious!" -- "Dude! Cool!". "Honored, flattered-- and terrified" -- Annie, Tony, Eli, Rachel, James, and Len -- "An extraordinary ride" -- "Obama makes history" -- "Marcus was as good as Bradlee and Downie". Something must be done -- Hammerin' Hank.