Extinguishing fire WITH SOUND. Amazing. Two George Mason students figured this out. What have you done lately?

We refuse to describe/spoil this video for you. Just watch this man’s many talents. Then let us know what you’ve done lately. via

*UPDATE* Donate here to help Frager’s rebuild. The fire was horrible. And, yes, there are lots of awful pictures floating around on Twitter and Facebook yesterday. But we want to remember the old Frager’s. Frager’s was a place where you could go with any household repair question and they could …

Twitter is a great tool for quick data dissemination; take this morning’s news about the Tune Inn fire.  Had it not been for Twitter, we might not have found out about the fire until at least 9:05 am and we wouldn’t have posted about it.  That said, it seems as …

UPDATE: TuneInnDC Everyone is safe and we already have cleanup crews here! Thank you for the well wishes! More info soon! UPDATE From HuffPo: The extent of the damage was initially reported as catastrophic by distraught fans of the bar, but the front of the establishment remains largely undamaged. A …

Reports are coming in that there is a gas station on fire in Georgetown. The station is located at the corner of Wisconsin and Q streets. UPDATE: New picture(s) below. c/o Ken Archer via @GeorgetownMet & @MarkSnead Bridge picture provided by: Adam Boalt Rosslyn picture provided by “Tom in Rosslyn”

UPDATE: @bccohan: @FamousDC also @rorycooper just tweeted a photo of it too. Apparently it’s the museum of natural history. @MalnurturedSnay: @FamousDC It’s the heating/AC building at Natural History. 🙁 Here is an interesting scene from Capitol Hill this morning.  The smoke appears to be coming from the direction of HHS.  …

Whoopsies… Sen. Michael Bennet’s (D-CO) camp “dismissed a summer intern” for allegedly telling a person seeking to discuss pending legislation with Bennet “that she could have a one-on-one meeting for a $2,400 donation” [“Washington Wire”]. On the other hand, a meeting with the intern would only include two Coronas, three …

Not surprising: Rahm Emanuel being offensive and Palin breaking news on Facebook. In a Facebook post, Sarah Palin calls on President Obama to fire Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for reportedly describing the strategy of Senate liberals as “f*cking retarded.” [damn, son] Based on Rahm’s email inbox, this isn’t shocking.

Wait, what? POLITICO Click: Hill Aide Snags Actress? New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s staffer Ben Dunham got cozy last week with January Jones, the red-hot actress from “Mad Men.”

If you don’t follow the FamousDC Director of National Drug Control Policy, Ryan Grim, on Twitter, you’re missing out. He brings the fire … day-in/day-out

If the McCain campaign is dumb enough to fire a blogger for posting an Obama video, shouldn’t they consider letting Meghan McCain go for posting this terrible YouTube clip?  [for the love of hypocrisy]