Jason Cherkis, a Washington City Paper writer, has become quite the expert at exploring the bathrooms of Union Station as he’s grown more bold in experimenting with the art of cruising for sex. Sadly, though, his newly found expertise may have cost him a ride during yesterday’s first DC snowfall of the season.

As Cherkis explains in a blog post, he was late to work yesterday and didn’t have enough cash to pay the full price of a cab fare to make a meeting on time. So, he hailed a cab and asked the driver whether the last five bucks he had on him would be enough for a ride (City Paper staffers, you see, are notorious for their lack of on-hand money).

But no, it wasn’t. The cab driver would not give him a ride. And speculation is running rampant as to why. Joe Warminsky, a commenter on Cherkis’ blog offers this interesting suggestion: “Maybe the cabbie thought you were offering $5 for a BJ.”

Cherkis hasn’t confirmed whether that theory could be correct, but thankfully he says he made it to his meeting on time by jogging every other block.

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And it’s not pretty. City Paper staffer Jason Cherkis ended up labeling Jason Linkins, the writer of a DCist item about the death of footballer Sean Taylor as clichéd, and later called one of the commenters on his post a “pussy” for not using his last name in a comment. Regarding Linkins, this is one time we have to side with Cherkis. However, we don’t know at this point whether the commenter in question really is a “pussy.”

UPDATE: Linkins, a political writer for Huffington Post, adds fuel to the fire in this post.

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We hear that Jason Cherkis, a writer for the Washington City Paper, really got down and dirty for his latest controversial article about sex in the Union Station bathrooms. According to a Big Head DC tipster, police were summoned to the stalls after receiving several reports of a suspicious young gentlemen tapping his toes and trying to attract the attention of potty patrons. Whether Cherkis actually engaged in a sex act has yet to be determined.

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Jason Cherkis is almost Darth Vader! His mentor Darth Sidius, aka the Washington City Paper’s editor-in-chief Erik Wemple, has taught him well. Taught him well to hate on The Washington Post, he has.

“OK, I know I’m a bit late on getting to this. But after reading Howard Kurtz’s profile of Campbell Brown last night, I couldn’t help but be a little miffed,” writes Cherkis today. ”With its headline, ‘At CNN, Taking On the Cable Guys,’ the piece had the potential to explore how Brown was going to succeed in a world dominated by ranting men. Instead, we get Kurtz serving up way too many details that have nothing to do with Brown’s journalism.”

Hmm. Kind of like how when the City Paper did a story about investigative reporter Murray Waas and wrote extensively about his problems with landlords, his battles with cancer, and his personal relationships? A story that Cherkis played a key role in reporting?

As Anne Schroeder might say: “Not sayin’, just sayin’.

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Today, intrepid Washington City Paper reporter Jason Cherkis did something that WaPo never could: He wrote about puke:

But this past Saturday, in the late afternoon, one man took vomiting to a new level. He walked up Columbia Road NW and then hit the crosswalk at Euclid Street. Midway into the crosswalk, the man turned and vomit launched pink and red chunks on the street [think strawberry-rhubarb pie]. The spewing was quick, maybe lasting two seconds. The man did not appear to be in pain. He then walked on like it was nothing. In my recollection, the man didn’t even stop walking, he just vomited in stride out in the open on a sunny afternoon.

As I stood there in the crosswalk shocked and horrified, the man just continued up the street, clutching a plastic bag filled with beer cans.

That’s what we call a puke scoop!

Earlier: “Washington Post Gets Scoops,” Washington City Paper Complains

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