Eclectica
- Among Josh's more endearing traits are his refusal to carry a briefcase, preferring the ubiquitous black backpack, and keeping a barely-legible chalkboard calendar on one wall of his office.
- Josh made the cover of George magazine, presumably in 1999 [1.1].
- Josh is not good at waiting [2.14], he never tires of the sound of his own voice, and he is the only person Donna's ever met who sends flowers to be mean [2.18].
- Although Josh put on talent shows when he was a kid [1.2] and played the lead in Li'l Abner as an eighth grader [4.5], his show-biz luck apparently ran out, because he has never been on a movie set [1.2].
- According to Leo, Josh has always been industrious; Josh admits he once carved a bong out of a potato [1.9].
- Josh and women:
- Josh is widely admired by hordes of lovestruck young girls who follow him around telling him how excellent he is; Josh thinks they like him in his tux [1.4]. After Zoey's abduction, the self-identified "Lyman Hoes" sent a fax to the White House offering Josh "physical comfort during this horrible time"; Donna calls them bus station skanks [4.23].
- He received a $1189 Viennatelli silk smoking jacket and $345 antique scrimshaw cigarette holder from Miss Sarah Wissenger on July 3 because she was "very fond" of him [1.4].
- Josh dated Mandy Hampton while they were both working on the Bartlet campaign [1.1]. They met at a seafood restaurant near the Democratic Leadership Conference; he couldn't stop staring at her [1.3]. They broke up on July 9th [1.4].
- According to Donna, Josh's romantic strategy generally consists of randomly tumbling into a girl sideways and hoping she breaks up with him soon [2.14]. This directly contradicts Josh's own assertion that he's a "power dater" [1.12].
- Though Josh claims "the jury's still out" on their relationship, he is dating Amy Gardner, whom he knew from law school [3.15], until around the time he got her fired [2.22]. Josh and Amy briefly rekindled their romance in the late summer/early fall of 2003 [5.4], until Amy left the White House [5.5].
- Josh has friends in strange places, including former college buddy and current Representative Christopher Wick (whom Josh got elected, and who may or may not be his "roommate Chris" from college [3.10]) [1.4], Michael Casper, an FBI agent [2.16], and Billy, an actor and activist who camped out on the island of Vieques to protest arms testing there -- if Josh weren't working in the White House, he says he'd be down there protesting too[1.12].
- After hiring Charlie Young [1.3], Josh seems to consider Charlie an adopted younger brother. He introduced Charlie and Zoey, and after they broke up, gave advice to Charlie. Although he almost immediately took his advice back, Josh nevertheless accompanied Charlie to the wilds of the National Arboretum [4.22].
- He can sometimes be found playing basketball with the President outside the White House [1.5].
- Josh has never been to the ballet [3.10] and makes jokes about Rotarians [3.8].
- The tile in his shower could use re-grouting [1.6].
- According to Josh, the President "really doesn't [rock] that much" [3.2].
- Sam's ex-fiancée, Lisa Sherbourne, thinks Josh is a pompous ass. He agrees [3.11].
- Josh wrote what CJ termed a "machismo memo" on Title IX because, in his opinion, more men are interested in sports than women [4.3].
- With help from Sam Seaborn, Josh once set the White House on fire [2.11].
- Josh is afraid of snakes, and climbs onto his chair when he thinks it's "a pretty big snake" in the hay in Bartlet's barn [3.2]. Though when he was hiking through the National Arboretum with Charlie, he claims he adjusted to the terrain and "after a while, I just said to hell with it and took my pants off" [4.22].
- When he suffers a disappointment at work Josh tends to get drunk and show up at Donna's apartment in the middle of the night where he proceeds to yell at her roommate's cats [1.9]. He is not a good drinker -- according to Donna, he "can't drink with any of them," despite being a politician [1.4]. He's ordered Absolut martini on the rocks, with two olives [3.10] and ice & vodka [3.11], though there's no evidence that he actually drank them.
- Josh's delicate system apparently extends to over-the-counter cold and sinus medication -- according to Donna, it once got him so high he sang all of American Pie; according to CJ, he then had to be carried off of Air Force One on a gurney, but Josh says she's making that up [5.7].
- He used to make bongs out of potatoes [1.9], and during college, he and a roommate registered a fish for classes [3.0]. He must have paid attention, though, since he can now recognize Kant and Plato when their concepts have been reduced to fortune cookie fortunes [4.4].
- If Josh were stuck on a desert island with the book, The Adventures of James Capon Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California, he says he would eat it before he would read it [1.10].
- Speaking of books, he gave Donna a copy of Heimlich Beckengruber's The Art and Artistry of Alpine Skiing with a molted calf cover and original drab boards for Christmas. He inscribed a very sweet personal note to her inside [1.10].
- Josh enjoys playing golf and wants Donna to caddy for him. He believes that real golfers don't use carts [1.11].
- CJ bought Josh a very large pair of pajamas while he was recovering from his gunshot wound and subsequent surgery [2.3]. He wears CJ's pajamas on what he claims is laundry day [3.12].
- Just like Leo, Josh keeps a list of people who bug him during meetings, but according to Donna, "Nothing happens on the list" [3.0].
- Josh can walk to work from his home [2.16] in Georgetown [3.12], though he has a good parking space at the White House [3.17].
- The only time Josh acts is when he's trapped in a corner [4.4].
- Josh still eats like he's in college [2.15].
- Josh balances his checkbook every month and never bounces checks [4.9].
- In Josh's words, non-voters are "howl-at-the-moon, lazyass, stupid" people [4.4].
- Josh was planning to spend a weekend at Port Saint Lucie, the spring training home of the New York Mets. His fantasy was that Mike Piazza would be standing in the batting cage, turn and see him and say, "Dude." [2.17] Josh didn't have the day where he realized he'd never be a professional baseball player until he was in his forties [4.4].
