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Baby Milo arrived two weeks early

Juliet Smith was set to graduate from Guilford College this past Saturday when she got a bit of a surprise the night before: she went into labor.

Smith was out to dinner with her family Friday night, all set to arrive at her commencement at 7:30 the following morning when her water broke, ABC News reports. A few minutes before midnight, she gave birth to her son, Milo, two weeks before her June 9 due date.

Smith was obviously overjoyed about her new son, but was also quite disappointed about missing graduation after working so hard to earn her degree.

“I was so mad at him,” Smith said in a release. “And then I was upset with myself, because I didn’t want my first feeling toward my first son to be anger, but I’d been so excited to be a part of commencement for so long.”

Shortly after the official commencement, a group of teachers, deans and other faculty members arrived at the hospital to conduct a special ceremony for Smith. One professor even brought a tuba and played “Pomp and Circumstance.” He also played “Happy Birthday” to the newborn, because let’s not forget that there was a baby involved in all of this.

"Here you go, you forgot this one sir"

When this store clerk in Utah was held at gunpoint, she remained calm and cooperated with the robber. But after he left the store — and was arrested a few minutes later — she managed to have a little fun with what we imagine was a traumatic experience. She went back over the security footage of the whole ordeal and gave it an extremely sarcastic play-by-play.

“I tried to keep him around as long as possible while pressing the emergency button,” the clerk explains on YouTube. You’ll see that she manages to stall him for several minutes, but not in time for the police to arrive. After he left the store, she called the police who found him a few minutes later at a carwash.

Props to this woman for managing to squeeze some humor out of a scary situation.

Well, according to TripAdvisor

If you’re planning a road trip this summer, we recommend structuring it around food. Specifically, barbecue food. Because when it’s hot out, you deserve to eat a bunch of meats and complementary side dishes.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the delicious barbecue options across the country, allow TripAdvisor to help. The travel site rounded up millions of reviews to determine the absolute best spots for BBQ.

Here are the site’s top 10 BBQ joints, along with some comments from TripAdvisor reviewers and pictures of the best dishes.

1. Joe’s BBQ – Blue Ridge, Georgia

“The pork and ribs are the standouts. Both were tender and packed with flavor, and smoked perfectly.”

2. Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que – Kansas City, Kansas

“Don’t mind the line; it’s so worth the wait. I can’t stop thinking about the simple unadulterated pulled pork.”

3. Bogart’s Smokehouse – Saint Louis, Missouri

“The food is tender, juicy and has just the right amount of smoke in each bite. My favorites are the ribs, brisket and burnt ends.”

4. Reuben’s Smokehouse – Fort Myers, Florida

“The ribs have smokiness in every bite and the bacon wrapped meatloaf was cooked to perfection, not to mention the price is so right and leaves you feeling satisfied.”

5. Andy Nelson’s Southern Pit BBQ – Cockeysville, Maryland

“The best barbecue to be found in the Baltimore area and beyond! Wonderful food served with authentic southern style hospitality.”

6. Captain’s BBQ – Palm Coast, Florida

“The meat was great, but they flat out know how to cook the sides as well. Fabulous baked beans, collards and coleslaw.”

7. HogsHead Café – Richmond, Virginia

“The barbecue ribs melt in your mouth and the pulled chicken was just as good.”

8. Buck’s Smokehouse – Destin, Florida

“The pork ribs and brisket were some of the best I’ve ever had! Great flavor and the meat was extremely tender.”

9. Franklin Barbecue – Austin, Texas

“The wait is worth the best brisket and ribs you will ever have; they just melt in your mouth. It’s enough to make you go to the back of the line and start over.”

10. Pappy’s Smokehouse – Saint Louis, Missouri

“The best ribs I’ve ever had! Beef brisket that has such good flavor it doesn’t even need sauce, but don’t skip the sauce – it’s great too.”

“It’s a bit upsetting at the end, isn’t it?”

"And now a man who knows that it's Letterman's show and he's just borrowing it: Seth Meyers" 

Seth Meyers is currently the steward of NBC’s Late Night franchise, making him inexorably tied to the legacy of David Letterman, who hosted the show at its inception and is now concluding his late night tenure over at CBS.

So, as Meyers’ nod to the outgoing Late Show host, Late Night‘s opening credits Tuesday night were re-imagined in the style of, well, Late Night‘s opening credits—from 1982.

So what changed over the years in New York City? According to Meyers, there are now “so many fewer pornography theaters.”

Letterman’s final show airs Wednesday night.

"Dave is the best and you should see him"

As part of a tearful homage to David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel urged his viewers to watch Letterman’s last show instead of tuning in to ABC.

“Tomorrow night is Letterman’s farewell show and I would like it if you would watch that instead of our show,” he said. “We will have a show on tomorrow night, it’s going to be a rerun. Please do not watch it, especially if you’re a young person who doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about. Dave is the best and you should see him.”

Kimmel is not shy about his admiration for Letterman. He wrote in a piece for TIME: “For me, Late Night With David Letterman wasn’t just a show. It was a problem.”

Kimmel also turned the segment over to his bandleader Cleto, who talked about Letterman’s bandleader Paul Shaffer in what Kimmel called a “bona fide act of love.”

The tiny quadruplets were born last week