Obama's Puppy-Talk Voice

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I watched Brian Williams' "Inside the Obama White House" special on NBC last night. Overall it wasn't very insidery, but we DID get to hear something very special: Obama's puppy-talk voice.

I'm not gonna lie, it was super weird to hear. I'm used to that sonorous, elegant tone! But still, fun.

Obamaburger

Obama visited Five Guys and Time Magazine's "The Page" blog has a ridiculously detailed (yet necessary, obvs!) play-by-play of what went down.

A little presidential dialogue: "Reggie, you got you orders? Where's Reggie? Whaddya got?"

To his order taker: "I need one cheeseburger and one fries for me. Jalapeno, tomato, mustard. That's it for me … Plus lettuce on mine too."

BE CAREFUL OBAMS! When you order a regular burger it's actually a DOUBLE!!! I learned that the hard way.

He paid for his staff's food, then stuck around and chatted with patrons.

I love this photo so much. You can tell he's really giving it some thought. As one should when it comes to burgers!

Kids + Presidents = CUTENESS

Via Politico: "The caption from the White House Flickr feed: 'The youngster wanted to see if the President's haircut felt like his own.'"

Cuties.

BoMG

So he's finally here!

Bo is very cute, but I'm sorry, he's NOT a puppy. He's just not. I wanted a tiny little peanut of a dog the size of a thimble that Obama could carry around in his pocket. Oh well.

Bo's pretty awesome so far though. He seems VERY energetic.

I highly recommend you check out the Presidential Pet Museum, which has loads of info on past presidential pups and ponies.

There's Taft's cow, Pauline Wayne. The last cow at the White House!



Benjamin Harrison's pet goat, Old Whiskers.




Feller, the Unwanted Dog. Harry Truman got him as a present but gave him away to the White House Physician. HOW DO YOU GIVE THIS DOG AWAY??? LOOK AT THAT THING!



Did you know that Calvin Coolidge had three collies, a terrier, an Airedale, a sheepdog, a chow, another chow, a bulldog, a police dog, a bird dog, canaries, a goose, a mockingbird, raccoons, a donkey, and cats? Dignitaries from other countries gave them lion cubs, a wallaby, a pygmy hippo and a bear. WTF, COOLIDGE? Best President ever.

Obamas, get some wallaby babies and maybe you'll be back in my good graces.

Michelle Obama Hugs: I Want to Go to There

This will warm the cockles of your heart. It's a slideshow of pics of Michelle Obama hugging people, looking very sincere as she does it.

Love that lady.

Speaking of Obama, I've been meaning to post this Dancing Obama banner ad.



WTF?! First of all, the ad doesn't even identify this dancing fellow as Obama, even though it's obvs him. Second, why is he so excited about calculating a lower auto insurance rate? Makes no sense.

This is a big pet peeve of mine. I hate how crappy online ads randomly latch on to current events (or peeps involved in said events). I bet right now there are a bunch of banner ads for mortgages that feature Rihanna and Chris Brown or Bernie Madoff. So dumb! At least the Bernie Madoff ones would sort of make sense-- like "pin the tail on the Bernie!" or something. I don't know. Nevermind. It's Friday, I don't have to make sense.

Rant over. Here's another Michelle pic as a palate cleanser. She's hugging an old lady!!!