In an editorial in today’s New York Times, Gregory Berns, professor of neuroeconomics at Emory University and the author of How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain, posits the intriguing theory that your poodle is probably smarter than Michele Bachmann.

Bo gets a little sister…

…and NASA declassifies Apollo 11 transcripts, including a discussion of which astronaut was responsible for the turd in space.

[White House, HuffPo]

Rosie and Penny the Miracle Pug congratulate you bunch of losers dear sweet funny people for yet another year down the drain of trenchant fun.

Of course we couldn’t do it without noje. I’m not sure that’s a good thing.

Bo helps FLOTUS read “Twas the Night Before Christmas” to kids at Children’s National Medical Center. Shelley Oh! gets bonus points for her fierce boots and still being able to crack jokes with 65 pounds of dog on her lap.

I can’t believe it took this long.

And the fact that it’s from the ultimate ’80s musician Devo just makes it all the better.

[iTunes]

[Dogs Against Romney]

Aside from — well, everything else, we must admit enjoying this scene between Daniel Craig and some amateur doing a decent impression of Helen Mirren. Certainly beats a platoon of Willy Wonkas emerging from a pit of Hades to illustrate the Industrial Revolution.

For everyone who might need a break from the asshattery that seems to be too prevalent these days.

Puppeh! Wearing rabbit ears!

Shelley Oh! and Bo hanging out with soldiers and their families at Walter Reed:

And this year Bo has his own egg for tomorrow’s Easter Egg Roll.