Thanks to usbzoso for sending this over a while back and to Twitter for picking today's Mini Pony of the Day. Two twin baby moose will always in the running for this honor.

In the below video, the two baby moose play in a sprinkler. That should be all you need to hear to click play. They look so huge at first, then Mama Moose comes out and completely dwarfs the babies. As much as I want to pet and play with the babies there is no way I'm messing with a full-sized moose. It's like how baby hippos are unreal and then Mama Hippos will eat you alive.

Literally no clue what that music is in the video. Mute it hard.

Thanks to Jessica and Billy and Rob and Gracie and Terry and Z P and Holly for this. Yesterday some Craigslist ad popped up with a Long Island firefighter wanting to give away his mini horse for free. This was awesome news to me, a Brooklyn resident, and I immediately began seeing if my apartment could hold a large-enough pen.

And then smrtmnky chimed in and let me know if was a prank and a fake posting. You have no ideas the highs and lows associated with the facts of this story. Now I have to go back and double check every other Craigslist mini pony we've come across.

Thanks to Megan for this. From the link:

Either this Belgium Woman has Long Legs, or that Horse has Short legs?

Staggering that it took this long for a mini pony to get spotted on Google Street View but I'm pumped either way.

Thanks to Evil Shero for this from a bootleg circus. He says:

Gary the mini pony. psamp he was so gangsta 

they were everywhere and a lemur escaped and wrecked like 20 minutes of the show.

Here's the other dude, def not as cool as Gary

That's Gary up top and the other guy below Gary. And I see several other buddies. Another staggering entry into our collection of circus mini ponies.

WHAT!?

How does this slip by? How does one wear this out without noticing the upside-down MILLER nameplate? Or is this kid just super confident and a person who thrives off attention?

We've looked at this phenomenon in a roundabout way back in 2010 when some dude at Mario's 2000 comeback game couldn't hold a sign up the right way. That is a bit more forgivable because in a frenzy there's like 4 possible ways of thrusting that into the air with your sign message facing the ice, 8 different ways if you're in a rush and hold the back side up to the ice. But a jersey can really only be put on 2 ways, and backwards would be an insult to Kriss Kross cos one of them just died in the past week.

So inspect your knockoffs, kids. Or hold up a sign saying you know the nameplate is upside-down and you're wearing it that way for the attention so us old crotchety people can get with it.

Thanks, Lowell.

˙sɹǝlǝǝʇS oƃ ǝʍ ǝɹǝH

Thanks to Doug for this. He says:

friend sent this to me. Mini ponies at the Philly zoo.

The Flyers aren't in the playoffs so this is Philly's parting gift.

Thanks to The Pen Spot for sending this over. He says:

After going to the first game of the playoffs I was inspired to make a short animation that represents in a simple form of how I think this first round of the playoffs will turn out.

And in this 11-second clip, the animated Islander is shown putting up a better fight than anything the real Islanders did in Game 1.

Go Pens.

Thanks to Cotter for this.

Y'know, it's almost the weekend, and I really have no caption or quip that can make this image better.

Thanks to Morgan for this. He says:

Hey psamp, Maria Menounos with a mini pony.

Oh man. Maria Menounos is hot and was a part of Channel 1 news back when I was in high school. And now here she is with a mini pony, looking hot, being mini pony of the day. Incredible.

THE PLAYOFFS ARE HERE! And just like at the start of this shortened season, I saw it fit to seek out my good friend China Jack again so his good luck can envelop these Penguins as they take a shot at Lord Stanley. Here was Jack's season opening toast, you can find out his backstory and info there if you're new to the experience. Jack's toasts help the Pens win a Cup in 2009, so it was only right he should help us out again as the team looks to get back to the dance.

So enough of my words. Below are Jack's, along with audio of his entire toast. Jack was a bit upset that there are a couple of digital skips in the file, as if that makes any difference on our end. It can be a pain to get any media files from China. We're just happy he's back and ready for the Pens to dominate.

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Jack’s Toast to the Pens

My friends:

With only a few games left in the season I thought it as good a time as any to once again lift a glass with my all my favorite Yinzers out there.

It’s China Jack coming to you again from China where the beer still isn’t as cheap as the Flyer’s hits.

With Shero wheeling and dealing at the trade deadline the Penguins proved to be the place to be as they signed Morrow and nabbed Iginla from under the Bruins noses. This depth has gone a long way as the, forgive me, “March of the Penguins” made short order of their opponents allowing the Penguins to clinch the conference.

It is now time for the Penguins to maintain their intensity as they once again try to hoist Lord Stanley. If they can keep playing at this high of intensity when Crosby, Orpik, and others return to the line we will hopefully be calling them “Emperor Penguins” as they reign supreme over the rest of the NHL.

So let us lift our Iron Cities, our Qingdao beer, and toast the Penguins to help them on their way through the playoffs.

Let’s go Pens! Cheers!

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LET'S GO PENS!