Best Olympics moment yet

I'm so glad this has gone viral, because I lost my mind with joy when I saw this last night!!!  (I wouldn't watch a video if I didn't know what it was, so here's what it is: Gymnast Alexandra Reisman's parents get super weird while watching her perform.)

Is Kristen Wiig bummed she (A) left SNL and (B) SNL isn't on in the summer?  She'd be a shoe-in!

Can there be a channel that just broadcasts Olympian parents while their children compete?  I'd settle for a split screen, too.

Speaking of Olympic parents, the P&G Olympic mom videos are pretty amazing.

Kerri Walsh-Jenning's mom is the mom I would least like to have to run into year after year at a neighborhood Christmas party.

I didn't watch all these videos (YET!), so I can't say who my favorite, favorite, favorite Olympic mom is, but Shawn Johnson's mom is darling, and if we went to the same neighborhood Christmas party, I bet she'd give really warm, meaningful hugs.

Olympic Torches

Feeling very proud of these Olympic torches* I made to snack on while having friends over to watch the (weird) opening ceremonies**.

* Psst: They're not actual torches.  They are cheddar popcorn in cake cones.

** Does anybody know if Kenneth Branagh is acting or just being himself when he makes expressions like this?  I honestly don't know.

Round up: Cutest Breeds of Puppies

I know this is going to be a majorly controversial post.  But I'm just going to put my opinion out there...  Okay, here are the 5 breeds of puppies that I think are the cutest.  Note: this is not about individual puppies/puppy photos that are the cutest.  This is about general breeds that, on the whole, produce very cute puppies.  My measurement scale was to what extent would I go "OH MY GOD THAT PUPPY IS CUTE AND I WANT TO RUB MY FACE ON ITS FUR" if I saw someone walking around my neighborhood with one.

So, in descending order...

#5 Shiba Inu

#4 Huskie (or, as I like to call them, Direwolf puppies)

TIE for #2 Golden Retriever & Labrador Retriever

And #1 is...............

Beagle

Okay, tell me: How did I do?  What am I missing?  Who doesn't deserve a space on the list?

Luck o the Irish

Top o the mornin' to you!

When Irish eyes are smiling!

Other Irish things!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Please dye some food green this weekend!

The Way We Talk

Did you guys see this article in the New York Times?

It talks about how young women are creating and setting linguistic trends by their speech patterns, including up talking and vocal fry... or as I think of it "The Way All Women in LA Talk" (myself not excluded) and/or "The Way Terrible Women Talk."

1908 Leap Year Cartoon

This cartoon is from 1908.

This guy is freaking out because he's afraid his (totally hot) girlfriend is going to propose to him on February 29.

Slate has a fun/strange/disturbing retrospective of old time-y Leap Year cartoons here aptly titled "Crazy Old Postcards Showing Women Proposing to Men on Leap Year."

(Note: they're calling it Leap Year too... isn't that what we all used to call it, until people started saying "Leap Day" this year??)

"Happy Leap Day"?

This picture is a real scroll down pic...

This guy is literally LEAPING on leap day.

Question: When did people start saying "Happy Leap Day"?  I heard that a lot today.  Has that always been a thing?  I don't remember that from 2008.  Anyway, I dig this sheep.