Happiness is Laughter: Goofy Images
A few goofy images to raise a smile and help you have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane
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Happiness is Laughter: Goofy Images
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Happiness Resources: Happiness & Money
Happiness Resources: Happiness & Money
Making money isn’t hard in itself… What’s hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one’s life to ~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Tonight I wanted to talk about money and happiness, the old adage of course is that money can’t buy happiness, but is that true. In some sense it really can by providing the basics of human survival, the lower levels of Maslow Hierarchy of Needs. It’s really hard to be happy if you’re hungry or sick or homeless. Studies show that in fact money can put you in a position to be happy and data suggests that there is a level of salary that accomplishes that and the magic number for happiness is $75K or at least some studies suggest. Research also shows that those of us who spend our money and time giving to others are happier, and buying experiences makes you more happy than buying things.
More money leads to more happiness
How to buy happiness, TED Talk by Michael Norton (11 min)
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Happiness is Music: Fun Songs
Happiness is Music: Fun Songs
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. ~ Beethoven
Today some songs I love they are all a bit quirky and weird a little fun listening to help you have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane
Arlo Guthrie – The Motorcycle Song, why? Because I don’t want a pickle
A fun one you all know, Ringo Starr – Octopus’ Garden
From my childhood, the Groovie Ghoulies and the Monster Mash
A song I’ve always loved but never understood what they hell they were on when they wrote it but you have to put the lime in the coconut, the video is a classic.
One of the greatest Summer songs ever written and dig those chops in the video, my man Mungo Jerry and In the Summertime
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Random Happiness: Fun Easter Food
Random Happiness: Fun Easter Food
Today some cool and fun food items as we start to think about our Easter and spring festivals, enjoy and have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane
Bunny Bread for Easter
Here’s a link to a blog about how to make bunny rolls
and a Youtube video instruction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOXF9kg_xL8
And here is a bunny loaf
Filled Carrot Crescent Rolls
Personally ham salad makes more sense to me but whatever you like http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2011/04/fun-idea-for-easter-brunch-carrot.html
Chicken Egg Family
This is awesome – a Chicken Egg Family
Chicken Heart Skewers
For those of you more talented in the kitchen, chicken heart skewers
Strawberry Santa’s for Christmas, ok not Easter but these are awesome
Ok this guys cooking show is nuts, 3 minute video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcbIqZhWkeY
I’ve done these so a few tips, first use frosting instead of cream, pare out the strawberry a bit so you can fill them more and finally little chocolate sprinkles make great eyes. Also, if you don’t have fancy equipment (pastry bag) put the cream or frosting in a Ziploc and clip a small edge off the corner.
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Happiness is St. Patrick’s Day
Happiness is St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time – a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic. ~Adrienne Cook
Given my heritage it would be wrong to ignore the happiness of St. Patrick’s Day. For me, St. Patrick’s Day, like most holidays revolves around food. There is no other time of year that I crave corned beef and cabbage like I do around St. Patrick’s Day. This year since I’m growing cabbage and carrots it will be a little extra special since my corned beef and cabbage will include my own homegrown vegetables. I didn’t grow up particularly Irish, but St. Patrick’s was certainly the exception and one day of year where that part of my heritage was celebrated. Although for most folks it’s a day to wear a little green and drink some beer, unfortunately usually to excess, for me it’s a day to be proud to be Irish. So today my friends, wear a little bit of the green, have a cup of tea, maybe a little bit of corned beef and enjoy being unofficially Irish today and have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane
A few resources and pieces related to the best of Ireland:
Great site with videos on almost everything you could imagine related to St. Patrick’s Day.
Happiness is Photography: Ireland
My favorite village in Irelan, Doolin
The one place in Ireland I’ve yet to visit the a little video of photos from the Dingle Peninsula
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Tagged cycling, doolin, happiness, holiday, ireland, irish, music, photography, st. patrick's day, travel
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Happiness is Laughter: Kittens & Puppies
Happiness is Laughter: Kittens & Puppies
A day without laughter is a day wasted ~ Charlie Chaplin
Tonight just some shameless cuteness, kittens and puppies and lots of reasons to smile, enjoy and have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane
Laughter is Happiness: Cop Humor
Laughter is Happiness: Cop Humor
Tonight a tour around the web to raise a style, a little police humor for my friends on the job and those who appreciate them, have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane
Ok, this might be the most patient cop on Earth, the very end might be the funniest part
Great car chase, but stop once they get her, the rest is an ad.
Clip from a prank show, very funny
Not sure I believe this is real but hey laughter is happiness
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Random Happiness: Live Animal Cams
Random Happiness: Live Animal Cams
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca
We’ve talked before about the importance of nature and the benefits of spending time out in nature away from society’s craziness and noise. It would be ideal if every day we could take some time out to walk in nature and recalibrate ourselves. Unfortunately for many of us we live and work in places where that’s not possible. So today I thought I would post some links to some live animal cams, perhaps a way to get a little nature time without even leaving your desk. So take a gander and a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane
Animal Planet has a number of cams available on their site and their HD cams so the images are great.
First a site from the Smithsonian National Zoo that gives you a number of animal cams you can look at including otters, leopards, lions and pandas.
You have to register for National Geographic wild cam to get access, but it is free and pretty cool.
A great collection of wild animal cams in nature
I think these are all recorded but some great footage of wild animals
Random Happiness: Nature Sounds
Random Happiness: Nature Sounds
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street. ~ William Blake
So today in my tour around the web I encountered and interesting story on NPR about rare earth sounds including such things as tuba sounds made by sand dunes. I’ve always been fascinated by sound in nature whether it be the boiling cobblestone beaches or the cacophony of sounds at night in the Amazonian Rainforests in Brazil or even the natural quiet you can find deep in the forest. Tonight a few links, some happy audio to help you have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane
Radio Stories
A collection of global soundscape links
YouTube Clips
10 Incredible sounds, you have to check out the Pulsar sound it’s amazing
Other Pieces You Might Enjoy!
Life is Hard, but We Keep Moving
Appalachian Trail Happiness: Trail Community
Appalachian Trail Happiness: A Walk in the Woods
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Happiness is Laughter: Laughing Babies
Happiness is Laughter: Laughing Babies
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. ~ Mark Twain
I read a disturbing statistic the other day in a Psychology Today piece, it said that a four-year-old laughs 300 times per day and a forty-year-old only four times a day. That number seems insane, until you spend some time around a four-year-old. Then the whole things switches for me, why do we laugh so little as adults? We need to laugh more, laughing makes us happy and in fact may even make us healthier.
So my friends we need to laugh more and to try to help you out with that here are a few videos that hopefully will bring some smiles, laughs and help you have a happier day my friends ~ Rev Kane
The first laughing baby, laughing at ripped paper.
Next my favorite laughing baby video.
Finally, a quadruplet crack up of laughing babies, too funny:
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