Good morning, Washington. You should check out DCMatt’s photos of last night’s lightning. The flashes prompted me to race home from a happy hour, hoping to escape what seemed like an inevitable deluge — but the downpour never came. And, looking at the forecast, it seems that it’s not about to: the weather should continue to be pleasant through the end of the week. VA Loses More Veteran Data: It’s happened again. WTOP reports…

SFist commeters pose for before and aftershocks when the mayor commemorates a 1906 earthquake…at 4:30 in the morning. A hot tip on the Chronicle vending machines comes in and the SFist war correspondent risks life and limb to post this dispatch from the frontlines. Houstonist announces their new Cops spinoff “World’s Funniest Tazer Videos” and the possible cancellation of their pervs’ “World’s Grossest Bathroom Videos” and PBS trains cams on cows at, uhg, Mootube. Also,…

Is it Girl Scout Cookie season yet? I just got this powerful craving for some Thin Mints and those peanut butter ones (what do they call them?) and have no clue where to go to buy them. Where in D.C. are people (legitimately) selling Girl Scout Cookies? We hear you, sister. And those peanut butter ones you mentioned? They’re called Tagalongs®, and they are without a doubt my favorite Girl Scout Cookie variety, though the…