Great Online Finds of the Week

Hi Friends,
I'm back with more great things I found online this week. Enjoy!

#1 Defending Honor - This is by far my favorite online find I came across this week. While the suspension of Davies is sad and not great timing for BYU's basketball team; I love that ESPN defended BYU and their Honor Code.

#2 Looking on the bright side - Just a little reminder that being optimistic not only makes you more enjoyable to be around, but it also helps you to be around longer.

#3 Today's Music! Instead of sharing another article, I'm going to share what has been on replay today while I worked at my computer here and here. They aren't new songs, per se, but good ones.

In other news today is National Grammar* Day and National Pound Cake Day, very important holidays to say the least. (Yes, I'm a great source for lots of random information, if you haven't noticed.) How am I celebrating? I'll tell you, by eating a bag of Valentine's Day themed peanut M&M's. These things are addicting!

*Dare I admit that by accident I spelled "grammar" wrong when I first typed up this post, now that's embarrassing. At least it isn't National Spelling Day.

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