@Arken: Ha - awesome exchange, I truly lol'd. Thank you for that.

@SparklyJesus: While I really don't identify with any particular religious group (and as a result don't really have an axe to grind), in light of the content of your comment I find it amusing that you invoke the Christian deity's name in your text.

@BeefSupreme: Now THAT'S funny.

So what's with all the putty smooshed onto the mobo?

@Curves: It's the matching "Airburst" hat.

@Electro Gyrocator: OK, my bad for not clicking to see (much) larger version and figuring it out for myself. VERRRY cool, and I love the old-school Honda script logo!

@Electro Gyrocator: Sweet!!! It's thought at first it was a Sunbeam, and I'm really not up on my sports cars, what is?

@Cogito Ergo Zoom: Yup, street-legal go-karts ARE kinda fun, eh?

Well, I guess that's ONE way to compensate for, erm, ahh, "male insecurities"....

To borrow from zanzan42: "Cue the goatse 'shop in 3-2-1..."

@spider2544: It seems a lot of this design theme comes from the handful of architectural design firms that apparently design most casinos. The interior designers (and I use the term 'designer' rather loosely...) seem to gravitate towards these patterns, yes for stain-hiding properties, but also because by now it's…

@vipr255 (xbox live gamertag): Yu are pretty damn close: Norcal, NNE of Sac, 21+ as booze is sold (NOT given away) throughout. The 18+ one is just a few miles away. Not like this horribly economically depressed area has too many casinos or anything like that [rolls eyes].

I work in marketing/management at a California casino (no, I'm not afraid to admit it, but I'm not a gambler either, I have basic math skills) and our carpet is pretty much just as horrid as anyone else's.

@ringer81: Very few casino machines even accept coins any longer. However, gamblers are quite aware of their cash and will go to great lengths to reclaim it if lost. Generally, unclaimed (and subsequently found)cash goes back to the house, not to the cleaning crew.

@Zanzan42: Dang, I'm late to the party and missed out on a 'shopportunity.

@bbeesley: Well put, thank you.

@The SmacK: Hitler? Really? Ummmm, right. Pushing a techno-gizmo with slanted sales-speak is JUST LIKE the murder of millions of people.

@turleymuller: So, let's see now... Steve should just buy up RIM, and then in keeping with his indefatigable ego, he can rename the company RIMjobs.

JeeZUS, I'm as much as a fanboi as you can get (Apple stickers on all the cars, Macs in pretty much every room of the house, vintage Macs clogging up the garage, everybody in the family uses Macs and/or has an Iphone/Pod/Touch, and I still wonder why His Jobsness has to be such as douche sometimes.

@jiznerdo: By using a simple beanbag, one can sucessfully stabilize an iPhone for surprisingly sharp photos.