Directions from a producer to runway models to "Sex it up, ladies! Sexier! And Shera—no more tanning" might not be all that unexpected. The person giving the direction is a little atypical, however. So is how her story came to be published on the online resource for sports photography.
posted by minimii on Sep 8, 2009 - 9 comments

Fold him off, Keyboard Cat.
posted by Fiasco da Gama on Aug 25, 2009 - 25 comments

Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. What Makes Us Happy?
posted by allkindsoftime on May 12, 2009 - 57 comments

Maybe the world isn't as good as this (more on that), but there's still ... good news, everyone! [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Apr 7, 2009 - 33 comments

Winter showed up with a vengeance over most of the country. This video is helping me love the season.
posted by vytae on Dec 22, 2008 - 23 comments

"Happy Birthday to You" is the best-known and most frequently sung song in the world. Many - including Justice Breyer in his dissent in Eldred v. Ashcroft - have portrayed it as an unoriginal work that is hardly worthy of copyright protection, but nonetheless remains under copyright. Yet close historical scrutiny reveals both of those assumptions to be false. [Full pdf here.] [via] [more inside]
posted by dersins on Jun 19, 2008 - 57 comments

Google News from a Better World (via)
posted by BuddhaInABucket on Jun 8, 2008 - 50 comments

money can't buy happiness? well, actually it might (NYT). [more inside]
posted by krautland on May 5, 2008 - 20 comments

The Laughter of Babies. That is all. [Via]
posted by homunculus on Apr 29, 2008 - 49 comments

The Happy Endings Foundation aims to eradicate sad thoughts from all literature.
posted by carsonb on Oct 7, 2007 - 45 comments

www.Wherethehellismatt.com Mostly, he's dancing :)
posted by dash_slot- on Jan 21, 2007 - 85 comments

Happy Seed [note: flash]
posted by crunchland on Dec 11, 2005 - 26 comments

Real News. Compelling Stories. Always Positive.
posted by delmoi on Sep 25, 2005 - 29 comments

James Lileks vs. James Wolcott. That link is Wolcott's blog entry about this whole "Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays" thing. This is Lileks' response. Can't wait for Round 2!
posted by braun_richard on Dec 22, 2004 - 121 comments