June 20

So while we were screwing around this week, we took one of those silly quizzes on the internet to find out what our Game Of Thrones warrior name would be. This gave us a quite a laugh. Ready? Ava was Ava “The Virgin” Bright – Mother of Winter. The virgin? Really? Clearly, they don’t know about her two kids or that any temperature under 50 makes Ava declare it winter. Amylynn’s was incredibly apt. Amylynn “The Ghost” Bright – Lover of Sleep. It’s like they know her! Lover of Sleep! That’s awesome. Amylynn and the Family Bright leave for Disneyworld. Blogging will be taken over by Ava. Or there’s always the possibility that Amylynn’s OCD will run amok and she’ll blog from there. She’s crazy like that. Anyway, here’s the funny stuff from this week.

1. Lynx and Calico sitting in a tree… We love this story.  Near a Russian zoo, a cute stray kitty was very hungry. So hungry, she wandered into the lynx enclosure to steal a snack. Pretty brave, eh? Fortunately, the resident lynx was lonely. Well, lonely no more! Now they’re best friends, inseparable, cuddle buddies. The zoo has adopted the cat so that they can be kept together. Isn’t that adorable? We love adorable kittens of any size. We refuse to discriminate. We’re equal opportunity lovers of the fuzz. You can follow the jump to see a video of kitty lovin’.

2. Fuzzy opportunity times 3. These are black-footed kittens. These two and a brother were all born at the Philadelphia Zoo. We don’t know how this is possible, but it’s true–we didn’t know such animals existed. Now we know everything about them. That’s what gangs do before they plan a heist. They plan, plan, plan. These are the kittens we were born to have. They’re wild BUT they only end up around seven pounds when fully grown. No one would notice a seven pound cat as unusual. It’s not like they’re a tiger or anything. Oh, this is gonna happen. We’ve already ordered the Black-footed Kitten Chow from Amazon.

3. And now we take a moment for some bears. A mama bear and her two cubs have been running around Anchorage stealing pic-i-nic baskets just like Yogi and Boo-boo. Actually in truth, they’re lunch boxes they stole from kids at day camp. The Bandit is always losing his lunch box and this is the only excuse Amylynn is willing to accept at this point. And we’re going to need photographic proof. Even better would be an actual bear . Yep, we’re gonna need a bear with a lunchbox.

4. Cute little old ladies. They may not be fuzzy, but most of the time, little old ladies are cute. Especially when they’re 102 and they knit baby blankets for the babies in the neonatal unit at the hospital. Amylynn’s oldest was a preemie who got a blanket like that when she was in the NICU. We have no idea if this cute little old lady is the same one, but anything’s possible. We’re going to be old soon. Maybe we should learn to knit. With cat and bear hair. People will buy anything on Etsy.

5. Crappy coronation. Spain’s King Juan Carlos abdicated his throne to his son this week. Crown Prince Felipe is planning very low-key festivities. There will be no ritzy celebration. He feels that Spain is in an economic crisis and the people would not appreciate that sort of expenditure. That’s why the Sisters refused their invitation when it came by special messenger . We’re not flying all the way over to Spain for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Then we saw this desk in a news story. Look at this thing. Sweet Jesus! Sell the desk and then it’s caviar for everyone! That thing is UGLY.