I'm the manager of the cryptozoology ping list. Every time a crypto thread is posted (Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, etc), the thread is usually inundated with pictures of Helen Thomas, Hillary Clinton, Janet Reno...it's the oldest and most unfunny joke on FR. So me personally, I pretty much DO have to see Helen Thomas's face every day!
That's like my worst nightmare. Whatever I do in DC, it will be far away from the press corps. I don't want to see those losers.