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President Barack Obama joined Jay Leno on The Tonight Show Thursday night and discussed, among other things, the Special Olympics.  When referencing his subpar bowling skill, Obama mentioned that “It was like Special Olympics or something.”  Whoops.

People are of course offended by this, and I can understand why.  Personally, I don’t mind at all that Obama let slip the comment, however.  If you’ve never made or laughed at a Special Olympics joke in your lifetime, you’re either not human or you need to relax a little bit.  What’s better than winning a gold medal in the Special Olympics?  Being president of the United States and screwing up every now and then.

If you’ve ever watched The Simpsons, you’re familiar with Professor Frink.  He’s the dorky looking poindexter (not “Pondexter”) in the white lab coat and Coke-bottle glasses.  He’s got a voice that will melt your pocket protector and he’s always teaming up with Lisa to warn the citizens of Springfield of impending doom.  Interestingly enough, he also plays basketball for Purdue University, who the Huskies will meet on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Try to think back to the last time three Seattle teams won on the same day.  Honestly, I can’t remember that ever happening.  You’d likely have to go back to last season when the Sonics were still in town, the Huskies were still playing, and the Mariners were in the midst of Spring Training, and even then it would have been a fluke occurrence.  And yet for the first time in ages, that is exactly what happened yesterday.

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