Do the Paul Ryan...

The ladies definitely seem to like Paul Ryan :)  I've overheard several fawning female conversations at work, where some of the participants are known progressives.  Uncle Joe Biden can't even come close...

Iowa Electronic Markets This Morning...

Now they seem to have consolidated at just over 2:1 for Obama.  It will be interesting to see what happens to this market after the Biden/Ryan debate this week, and also after the (much anticipated) news of an Obama campaign contributions scandal surfaces today – if there really is a foreign contributions scandal...

Curiosity: Collecting and Analyzing Martian Dirt...

Curiosity has successfully scooped up it's first “cup” of dirt, and has loaded it into the chemical laboratory.  This first sample won't be analyzed; it's just going to be vibrated through the entire laboratory to clean it out.  The next sample will actually be analyzed.

I like the rover's shadow in this photo:

Deconstruction...

Here's a nice analysis of the Obama campaign's talking points: