Sunday smiles

Will Spring ever arrive?

Perhaps you live in a part of the country that doesn’t emulate Siberia. I, unfortunately, live in Minnesota.

While we have no Gulags (yet) for political dissenters, our leaders are Stalinists. Gender Lysenkoism is practically a state religion. And with a $17.5 billion state surplus the legislature is feeling the fiscal pinch, so they are raising taxes.

Worse, we have snow in the forecast today. Again.

Not a lot of snow, mind you. Just the sad, sleety/rainy kind of snow that makes you think that reading Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky might cheer you up a bit.

Or an Ingmar Bergman movie with Death playing chess.

That is one of the reasons I like doing Sunday smiles. It gives me an excuse to scour the web for amusing memes, interesting tweets, and cute cats and dogs doing cute cat and dog things. Work and play mixed together.

I can’t make the air warmer, the sky bluer, or the politics any better, but I can turn that frown upside down for a bit.

With that, here is your weekly dose of smiles:

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Your weekly dose of the newspaper of record

Damning Leak Reveals Matt Walsh Knew What A Woman Was This Whole Timehttps://t.co/pC729wS72g pic.twitter.com/mzqR7xhpCa

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 20, 2023

Guy Named 'Joe' Caught Impersonating President After Loss Of Blue Checkmarks https://t.co/iCU4vQf4Gk pic.twitter.com/Ch3z63LdTv

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 22, 2023

Revised Hospital Chart Has Patients Rate Pain On Scale From Zero To Watching 'The View' https://t.co/aw2S2MIbHo pic.twitter.com/EtH8k2KbuI

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 22, 2023

Bud Light Smooths Things Over With New Ad Featuring Drag Queen Waving American Flag https://t.co/fzg8tg8yUA pic.twitter.com/iWIG8Sv69g

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 22, 2023

Wife Informs Husband The Minivan Has Suffered A 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly' https://t.co/EfLHb9f8H3 pic.twitter.com/IFOW094ydQ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 22, 2023

Scholars Now Believe Bible Verse 'They Were Naked And Felt No Shame' Written About Walmart https://t.co/V5Ua8IELGz pic.twitter.com/WmHpxzqysA

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 22, 2023

Newlyweds In San Francisco Looking For Nice One Bedroom, Zero Bath Starter Tent https://t.co/8g5yDBiTrn pic.twitter.com/YWePrgXmMY

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 22, 2023

Man Daydreaming During Wife’s Long Story Praying It Doesn’t End With A Question https://t.co/pOiGL9iaCr pic.twitter.com/cLwe8PSYVQ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 22, 2023

Back to cuteness

Yes, I read the comments, and more than one of you complained that I did that educational map thread instead of puppies, kittens, and flowers.

I listened, so you ungrateful wretches will get more of what you want: smiles and cuteness instead of boring educational tweets to expand your mind.

Catnip dealer.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/46CgTk0uhj

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 20, 2023

Nailed it.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/FC5wo1eppH

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 20, 2023

The best awoooos pic.twitter.com/nikU1XIOU0

— Heckin Good Dogs (@HeckinGoodDogs) April 19, 2023

Owner made his dog a trebuchet.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/sgChR2RApp

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 19, 2023

Sphynx cat reaction after seeing itself in mirror 😂 pic.twitter.com/53HZHbq8ZN

— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) April 15, 2023

When finally I decided to subscribe at a gym pic.twitter.com/k7XKmLyjtX

— Fun Viral Vids 😊 (@Fun_Viral_Vids) April 14, 2023

When your Doggo steals your GoPro 😂 pic.twitter.com/tZmUZlAl1p

— Funny Animals (@Funnywows) April 10, 2023

Emotional damage 😂 pic.twitter.com/wBkpyYHYWO

— Funny Animals (@Funnywows) April 11, 2023

And now we go back to my regularly scheduled whinging about politics and the weather.