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Originally Posted by Laz116
Not enough happy people, makes me all sad. 
But anyway look at how water damage really can be fundament for renewal:
I'm no handy man, but I think I did all right (and it actually feels good to accomplice something with your hands for once). |
WOW !! laz, i'm so impressed !!! you know, if you wanted to take a little trip to paris, i could use some help with a few projects around here...
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I'm happy because I'm more encouraged today than yesterday about the outlook for humanity. Today I listened to Stephen Pinker giving a talk entitled "A brief history of violence" on iTunes. It's a free 2007 podcast from "TED Talks". The title doesn't sound very upbeat, but hearing him explain how drastically and steadily violence has decreased from the time we were hunter-gatherers through the Middle Ages to today puts things in a whole new perspective. I don't think I'll ever look at those who nostalgically pine for the "good old days" in the same way again.
His message is that despite all the dire news stories of crime and craziness we're bombarded with daily, this does appear to be the best of all possible times to be alive. Our fascination with the negative blinds us to the tremendous progress we've made as a species.
Here's hoping this post will make someone else happy.
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that is refreshing and encouraging, and it makes me happy too (which is a nice change, because listening to the news invariably makes me depressed and discouraged. maybe i should stop.
). i'm happy you shared that info with us.
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Pets make me happy.
The "T" stands for "Trouble."
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yeah you can tell from the look in his eyes.
my kittehs make me happy too, when they're not driving me crazy.
here's one :
here's the other :
