Friday Find: The Only Prescription Is More Cowbell

The summer games are upon us, and I cannot get enough. I've still got Five Ring Fever (v. contagious) like crazy.

Double-fisting my #rio2016 coverage with my two favorite sports. I love, love, love the summer #Olympics! (USA! USA!)

A photo posted by Caitlin Hannah (@thecopycait) on Aug 6, 2016 at 3:38pm PDT

Rio 2016? Rio 2016! Simone Biles is showing us all who's boss! Michael Phelps is being Michael Phelps! Leslie Jones is going ham (language may not be SFW, but it's worth experiencing her infectious spirit) and everyone loves it! The pools are turning green and the man behind the curtain claims it's fine! And we haven't even gotten to track & field events yet!

I'm in a Facebook group to chat about the Olympics (of course I am), and I'm following all of the happenings on social media. Without further ado, and in no particular order, here are some of my favorite moments and memes so far. 

Variations of this tweet that I've seen all over and can't stop chuckling about. I volunteer to do the uneven bars so that we can all witness the HANG IN THERE kitten poster come to life.

Every Olympic Event Should include one Average Person Competing for Reference.

— Shower Thoughts (@TheWeirdWorld) July 24, 2016

These recaps on Elle's site are somehow both delightfully asinine and perfectly poignant.

This infographic showing Rio by the numbers, and covering a variety of topics, from kilometers of fencing used, to reported cases of Zika, to tons of dead fish removed from the lagoon where rowing and other water sports will take place.

There's been so much good stuff flying around the internet that my weekly Friday fun post can hardly capture it all—I'm sharing more over on Twitter if you want to keep up, or come share yours!

Marketing Monday: Fruit of the Loom

Fruit of the Loom has had some really terrific ad campaigns over the last few years. This one about appropriate underwear gift-giving cracked me up with its poignancy when it first hit the small screen a couple years back. (Raise your hand if you're a married, 30-something woman whose mother still gives you undies at Christmas.) (Hi, Mom.)

More recently, this ad makes me laugh every time it pops up. The thing with clever marketing is that if it doesn't help you remember the brand or product, what's the point? Fruit of the Loom nails it because they manage to be funny, memorable, and brand-appropriate while highlighting the features of the product. No easy feat for many brands, but particularly impressive when marketing unmentionables.

Enjoy!

Bonus: these aren't bad, either.

Friday Find: Elizabeth at 90

I had this post scheduled for today before I even realized that it's the fifth anniversary of The Royal Wedding. (Should Royal Wedding be capitalized? Well, it is in my house.)

I remember distinctly where I was when I heard that Prince William was engaged to his commoner college girlfriend, Kate Middleton. I was in a hotel business center in Jamaica with a bunch of friends. We were there for our friends' wedding, and we were having a blast. I don't know what everyone else was doing on those computers, but I was trying to order a bunch of stuff on Lands' End Canvas (RIP) before the coupon I had expired (I have no explanation, other than a love of bargains). The news or TVs or something showed that blue dress and that perfect blowout and that sapphire ring and those two beaming faces, and I was hooked. My love for the royals was born.

(I also specifically remember where I was when Diana died, and while I understood it was a big deal, I wasn't really that interested in the royals and I carried on eating my Chinese food and watching a movie with my friends and thinking about my upcoming sophomore year of high school.)

Anyway, there's a really lovely documentary produced by the BBC to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday. It gives a history of her life, and we get to watch members of the royal family watch old home movies, some of which they've never seen. It's so touching and a very unique look into the private life of the royal family that we rarely ever see. Clips that particularly stuck out to me were the young queen with young Prince Charles and Princess Anne; the way their grandchildren spoke about the queen and Prince Philip; Harry and Wills ribbing each other and delighting over how footage of their 2-year-old father so clearly recalls George.

I was lucky enough to be able to watch the documentary on YouTube, and that was the link I'd planned on posting today. Unfortunately, it was pulled for copyright infringement (Oops, sorry, BBC), and I cannot seem to find anywhere online that we can view it in the States. If you're in the UK, you can try this link. Otherwise, maybe just keep searching for the full-length version while you enjoy clips like this and this.

I also found this other documentary, and this one, that seem fun, although I haven't watched either in full yet.

Additionally, as a 5th-anniversary bonus, Heather & Jessica of FugGirls fame have put together this delightful retrospective, and while you're down the rabbit hole, check out this truly fascinating piece on Kate's wedding dress. I can't get over some of the work that went into it; including, but not limited to, the seamstresses making the lace being required to wash their hands every 30 minutes while they worked on the lace (!).

Cheer up, Harry. It'll be your time soon.

PS - Just. This.