“Ever wonder how Alan Greenspan managed to land a much younger babe like Andrea Mitchell?” the Reliable Source asks today. Um! We take issue with the premise of that question. The NBC correspondent referred to as a “much younger babe” has got to be a tongue-in-cheek joke, right? Like one of Perez Hilton’s backhanded compliments to the Olsen twins? Either that, or the column’s writers, Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, are doing some major suckage of Mitchell’s dried up teats to try to get some dirty milk.

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Washington Post’s gossip column, The Reliable Source, is going into overdrive, and will now appear Monday through Friday. Monday used to be a break day for Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts. The move is widely seen as an attempt to better compete with blogger gossipers who’ve been frequently scooping the column.

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Reliable Source is off the next two weeks “reading trashy novels and daydreaming about George Clooney,” according to Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts. No new Washington Post gossip, apparently, until after Labor Day.

We’ll be here, though!

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From Rox and Amy: 

Getting hitched: Conservative pundit Andrew Sullivan and his partner of three years, artist-actor Aaron Tone. The New York Observer set off a blogger guessing game yesterday when it reported that Sullivan is making it legal with an actor appearing in Studio Theatre’s production of “The Pillowman,” whom it erroneously ID’d as simply “Eric.”

No big mystery: Sullivan, 43, and Tone, 31, have been domestic partners in D.C. for two years, and will marry in Provincetown, Mass., this August. The couple originally planned to wed last year until a “book crisis” postponed the event. “There’s no way to pull off a book and a wedding at the same time,” Sullivan told us. No word what role their beloved dogs Dusty and Eddy will play in the small ceremony, but they’re “definitely” in the wedding party.

MORE: Andrew Sullivan’s Lover is a Michigan Drama Queen!; Aaron Tone’s Blogroll: Madonna, Andrew Sullivan, Matt Drudge; Andrew Sullivan’s Lover Makes Art (But is That Andrew’s Butt???); Why Trust The New York Observer When You’ve Got The Reliable Source?; Andrew Sullivan’s Pocket Gay Revealed?; Will Andrew Sullivan’s Secret Eric Please Stand Up?

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From Rox and Amy’s live chat today:

Springfield, Va.: Has Catholic University released any statement on the Antonella Barba photos? if they are her, would the university take any action? wasn’t there something last year with photos of their girls lacrosse team?

First, our answer: Yes — to Big Head DC. Now Amy’s:

Amy Argetsinger: Catholic University has said, in effect, that this whole darn thing is sad. They also drew a distinction between the ordinary crazy-girl-spring-break photos (”Girls Gone Wild Lite,” Lisa de Moraes called them) and the X-rated ones. Of the first set of photos, CUA spokesman Victor Nakas said, “They’re not the most flattering but not the most earthshaking in their significance.”

Beyond that, he told de Moraes: “The second set of pictures, the ones that are more explicit — and I want to underscore that it has not been proved those are actually of Ms. Barba, the ones that are purported to be of her — are sad and unfortunate regardless of the person being depicted…. We’re saddened for Ms. Barba and her family and friends in these circumstances that have turned an exciting opportunity into an embarrassing moment in their lives.”

I think it’s apples/oranges with the girls lacrosse team photos, which, if I recall correctly, showed photos of the entire team whooping it up with male strippers, which got them into trouble because it appeared to be part of a team initiation, raising questions about hazing, etc., relevant to the school’s oversight of an official sanctioned activity. A world apart from what one student does in her personal life.

Related: Antonella Barba’s Alleged BJ Pics; The Sexy Side of the WWII Memorial; Catholic University’s Support for Antonella Barba; Antonella Barba’s Homemade Catholic University Calendar; Another Antonella Barba Secret; Do You Pinky Promise Not to Frolic in the WWII Memorial?; Barba Not Expected to be Expelled from Catholic U — Yet

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