Ditto here. They're a little tight on my fat head, but the freq response is very satisfying, and they definitely block out my loud annoying coworkers.

Here's another angle: [www.flickr.com]

Also, Pete Souza (the official WH photographer) takes the most awesome photos. It doesn't hurt that his subject is one sexy m.f.

/*pees self*

What do you do when an armored, laser-shooting, titanium-grilled military dogbot humps your leg?

I heart her.

MYTH: My penis shoots laser beams and does Sudoku puzzles.

I really think "anonymous insider" = Random person making shit up and phoning it in to the tabloids.

I remember reading a quote - wish I could find it again - from one of the managers of the ENIAC project, that he found women particularly well suited to programming the giant plug boards. It was dull and repetitive work, but required a high degree of precision and concentration.

I'm going to miss the Shuttle program. Will there be a bigger and better successor in my lifetime?

1 HP = 747.6 Watts; that's probably how they get the number.

+1 earthquake

Dick Soares doesn't know what the big deal is.

See what you did there, I do.

Crashing blimp, a'la Black Sunday.

@Dezerus Richardson: It's so low because of long-term drought and increasing water usage in the southwest. Lake Mead could theoretically run dry in ten years.

If you went to the dam site and took the dam tour, you'd know:

@cubbiesfan1908: At my previous employ (small company), the after-hours hanging out consisted INVARIABLY of everybody bitching about our terrible, terrible managers (I'm looking at you, D*vid A. D*rfee, PhD). It was so stressful in itself that I would rather go home and stare at the ceiling.

@bill.devoe82: One who's stoned off his ass?