Thanks to my sister Kate of Colorform for this.

Growing up, I listened to Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" album on vinyl on repeat, so much so that my two older sisters knew my obsession quite clearly. So now here we are in 2013, and my sister is sending me pictures of mini ponies that look like Jon Bon Jovi with that hair. There's meaning in there somewhere, but I'm too busy laughing at Jon Bon Pony to care right now.

Via my bud Benson comes all seven goals from last night's Pens onslaught synced with Mike Lange's radio calls. One Lange goal call is a blessing, seven in a single game is just greedy. Our Cup runneth over.

Never teach a pig to sing.

Go Pens.

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Thanks to AJ for this. He says:

Pittsburgh Sports and Carriage Tour Ponies. (It's a tiny mule).

We always got love for mini donkeys and mules here at PSAMP. I mean look at that little guy!

Thanks to danno for this. It is cute actress Zooey Deschanel with a mini pony. Which makes "Elf" the second-best thing she's done after this photo shoot.

Thanks to my bud Joshua for this from Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa's Instagram feed. He says:

it appears kobe bryant and his wife and also matt leinart were all chilling with a mini pony this weekend

And then Deadspin and KSK picked it up from our conversation, so thanks also to Muzthetruthspkr, Nick, TJ and Sean for the heads up from them.

Now I had set out to get some backstory on this picture, because there's at least two famous athletes, a wife or two, some random people and a mini pony in one photo collage. The story was begging to be told. And then I remembered that I was trying to find out information that included famous rich people and also Matt Leinart was in there so it was probably some uninteresting tale of a backyard weekend brunch with like cucumber sandwiches and Natty Light (for Leinart). So I gave up and just posted the picture and then this explanation.

An interesting little side note to the Penguins Game 3 loss in Ottawa last night that has hardly anything to personally do with the cities of Pittsburgh or Ottawa, the Penguins or Senators teams, or even simple rationality and math skills.

Via my bud Sean Leahy comes a story of a waitress in North Carolina and a rogue anti-Penguins fan (we'll explain) who gave a nice tip. The guy sat alone watching Pens-Sens Game 3, and passed along a very generous tip to the waitress for having to wait out (pun not intended) the four-hour two overtime Pens loss. We were apologizing to our waitresses at Foley's in NYC last night as well so I feel the love being shown.

Only then the guy decided to describe himself as a man who takes pleasure in Pittsburgh's demise, while also referencing the Chive's fratty, bro-centric KCCO, misspelling the word "forward" and failing math by adding $19.77 to $50.33 and coming up with $70.00 instead of $70.10. There's also a possible "Senattors" spelling in there. Basically the one thing this guy is good at is tipping at a bar, and even then don't ask him to correctly add it to his bill.

The only thing missing is spelling the city as "Pittsburg."

Now, I know Sean as a friend and a fellow Pens fan, writing a story such as this had to pull at some strong mental strings. In the headline he refers to the customer as a "Hockey Fan," while forwarding the waitress' description of the tipper as "born in Ohio and raised to dislike all things Pittsburgh." Like, how do you reconcile those two aspects while trying to describe the fan himself? Ohio guy in North Carolina who is a Senators fan just for this series? Penguins hater? Grouch? Idiot who doesn't realize cheering for your own team is way more fun?

Oh wait Columbus isn't still playing and the Senators are down 2-1.

Go Pens.

Thanks to fenn for this, an unreal mini pony that was hanging out in Schenley Park yesterday. And apparently the mini pony brought his awesome lamb friends and what looks like a goat butt. That little girl is probably in bliss and she won't even realize how fantastic this moment in her childhood is until she's older and grown. Youth, wasted on the young. George Bernard Shaw gets it.

Thanks (?) to Pat for this. He says:

OH NO!!!

A dog got loose in Massachusetts, killing a mini pony and injuring another (in the above pic) as well. Go ahead and make your Joey Porter jokes. Me, I'm focused on the survivial of the other great horse with help from the cute barn manager.

Thanks to my sister and also Ed for this. It is a goat riding a mini pony, and then the mini pony bucks the goat off its back. If you think that I just wrote the best sentence in history then let me buy you a beer.

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Thanks to Matt and Charlie and Lucinda for this. Now, my m.o. for loving mini ponies is the fact that they're pretty much dog-sized. This one ups the ante and is around pug or housecat-sized.

Whenever anyone asks why I love the adorable animals I'm just gonna show them this post.