It's that time of year when you give your mom things that celebrate your unique mother-child relationship.

For instance, I gave mine a funny card, some gift certificates to those restaurants she and my dad like, and a sincere note of apology.

Sums it up, really.

(P.S.--JOKING, PEOPLE! It was just too good to pass up but I knew I'd have to make myself the butt of it. Sheesh!)

...why not do it now?. It won't take long.

Reminds me a lot of O. Henry, not least because it's such a perfect execution of the short-story form.

And nobody dies and the world doesn't end. So whaddaya waitin' for?

"I sometimes think the vindictive desire to live well and with dignity is what keeps ex-lovers from killing themselves--or each other."

Tiny pony rescued from tiny pit:

This happened recently in Chatham, Massachusetts USA. A long-disused septic tank collapsed under a pet miniature horse, and the local fire department was called to dig him out.

Some time back there was a movement to train miniature horses as guide animals for the blind...

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I got the horse right here--
His name is Paul Revere,
And here's the guy that says if the weather's clear,
"Can do."
"Can do,"
This guy says the horse "can do."
If he says the horse "can do--"
Can do!
Can do!

(Is that a young Vizzini on the right? I mean look at the guy...)

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Nurse Redheart by Harwick, who really does not deserve to be mentioned in such a context but...

It was even a meme, way back in the day:

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"I mean I'm certain I could make ties for hens but getting the dear little things to wear them would be OH SWEET CELESTIA WHAT..."

(Art by shadowhulk )

OK, that's actually supposed to be Gummy's tail. But still.

But it was a groovy thing while it was goin' on, you know?

("Stoned for 1000 Years" by Sophiecabra )

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Hasbro returned to profitability in its first quarter, driven by sales of girls’ toys such as My Little Pony and Nerf Rebelle. 

Now I wanna see some fan art of the Mane Six swimming and diving in a big vault full of money, Scrooge McDuck-style.

EDIT: this will more than suffice. Thanks, Lurks-no-More!

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I've been reading some fics with "Sad" tags lately and oh boy, you'd think Ponyville was located on the banks of the Spoon River. Near Tilbury Town. In Shropshire.

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