Top reasons to leave work early during recess [infographic] Do elephants like hurricanes? [might find out] Suck it in [airlines cutting legroom] Metro power outages [no better place, right?] Washington Monument didn’t sink [official] Photo by tdr28 via the FamousDC Photo Group

13 months after Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashed our FamousDC Happy Hour, they are officially divorced. We wonder if Neda Semnani and Tommy McFly are as sad as the rest of us.

Top earning towns [Bethesda, MD] Conventions set to rock out [party time] Rick’s campaign underwater [still] After 500 losses, it’s time for Teddy to win [honest Abe agrees] By ZanyShani

A Posse of Geese found at 16 Chestnut Street, Gaithersburg, MD. Photo by Chris Suspect via the FamousDC Flickr Group

Invest in the Nats [money] Pelosi jokes about Paul Ryan [Fallon] Reach the voters [Entertainment Tonight] Good friends [Clooney and Obama] By thisisbossi

Vote Neda Semnani, hot Cheetos and Takis, Tommy McFly is working even though he’s injured, heading to the Convention? – hit us up with your tales, Robert Earl Keen rocked The Hamilton, Michael Kaplan never chats us anymore, Catherine Gatewood hearts Twitter, Ron Bonjean turned 29 today, be careful about raging on the machine, …

Congress broke rules! [put them in Twitter jail] Vote for this guy [local hero saves boy by performing CPR] Cooler temps ahead [but not on the campaign trail] Just in case you had Metro plans this weekend [work] By JasonianPhotography

Weather wizards predict epic snowfall in DC this year [SNOMG!!!!!!!111] Bold move in Iowa [switcheroo] BLT [they love food] Joe Gibbs is fired up [RGIII] By Claude Cavender

Kevin Madden might or might not be counting down [to the second] Biden tries his hand at sign language [oh, Joe] GenX Paul [does this help?] United loses child [parents erupt] Nats intent on yanking Strasburg [lovely] By L. Richard Martin, Jr.

NYC to London [in an hour] Meet  Mohawk guy [NASA] Did Kenny Rogers heckle Ryan [great beard] Restaurant Meal deals [DC] Paul Ryan lookalikes [umm] By Bsivad

The last few days have been a whirlwind for V.P. candidate Paul Ryan. Check out his Gmail inbox. Please note: This is a spoof and not intended to be taken seriously. Seriously.  

He likes to ice fish [Ryan] Arlington County Fair [pics] DC distillery [been a long time] Commuter tax [get excited] Weekend leave you exhausted? [puppies]

Andrew Foxwell is a meme machine, Robbe Bendick turned a year older, David Holley is leaving Capitol Hill to pursue a career as a Vineyard Vines model, don’t leave Nick Schaper a voicemail, where in the world is Nathan Imperiale today?, Fireside 21 dropped some phat recess time killers, the NYT’s …

Olympic medal count [USA] RGIII looked solid [skins] An actual argument in DC [chickens] Marriage [a work in progress] Newt’s glowing review [on Mitt] By oddlittlebird.

Mississippi wants the French [millionaires] Veepstakes basics [Halperin] This won’t end well [Pepco rate increase] Damn your tap water is delicious [DC] Hell yes [Gore!!!!111] By JoyHey