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  Happy 90th Birthday, Pete Seeger

  This weekend, Pete Seeger celebrated his 90th birthday, and we'd like to tip our caps to him. There aren't that many greater living American...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

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  Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss: Watch The Lorax and Play Some Silly Games

  Be a kid again. Play some Seussian games and watch one of his most powerfully poignant, yet positively playful stories.

  by Ben Jervey

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  Intermission: Happy Friday Dance

  A video to remind us that sometimes it's a good idea to just dance like a goofball

  by Wylie Overstreet

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  Intermission: Tiny Horse Gets Prosthetic Leg, Is Super Happy

  Staff at his Texas rescue center home feared they would have to euthanize the miniature horse, and cried when they first saw him gallop.

  by Nicola Twilley

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  Happiness Calculator: How Happy Are Americans, Really?

  Does money buy happiness? Americans spent over $45 billion during Thanksgiving weekend, but we're still near the bottom of the Happy Planet Index.

  by Kyla Fullenwider

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  Happy Meals Get a Little Less Happy

  Treehugger has a post weighing the decision in California's Santa Clara County to ban Happy Meal toys and similar kid-enticing promotions for...

  by Brittany Wong

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  In Bhutan, 'Gross National Happiness' Isn't for Everyone

  Multimedia artist Jonathan Harris tells the story of Bhutanese happiness while overlooking the struggles of minority refugee groups

  by Zak Stone

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  Birthdays Were Even More Fun In Eden

  Today is the birthday of one Mr. Charles Darwin. While Darwin is painfully burning in hell as we speak, his influence on our world continues as...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• GOOD Blog

  

  Birthdays Cheers And Crotch-gazing Men

  Happy 9th birthday Kottke.org! You've been a beacon of fascination for years. How? Through pieces like this: "Men Look at Crotches." We, like you,...

  by Patrick James

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  Happy Maps

  If you've ever been curious about which countries on earth have the happiest inhabitants, look no further: A map of happy people, if happiness is...

  by Anonymous

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  The Happiness Project

  We're a little wary of self-help literature. Even when it doesn't rely on vague palliatives and questionable metaphysics–like the...

  by Andrew Price

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  Happy Meal

  Meet Sonja, our cover girl for Issue 009: All You Can Eat. An original GOOD Video..

  by admin, Noella Boudart, Eric Zimmerman, Eli Kaufman, Ryan Jeffery, Morgan Currie, Lindsay Utz

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  Happy Thanksgiving!

  We just wanted to let you know that we're going on a much-needed vacation. That said, you can expect a new episode of GOOD News tomorrow morning,...

  by GOOD

• Culture

  

  Happy, the Documentary

  The documentary filmmaker Roko Belic (nominated for an Academy Award for Genghis Blues) is working on a new project called Happy. The trailer is...

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  What's the Price of Happiness? $75,000

  The freedom to pursue happiness is an inalienable human right in this country, but what does happiness actually cost to attain? According to...

  by Patrick James

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  Happy New House

  The creative director at a Los Angeles ad agency is remodeling his house. And he wants to reclaim concepts like "family," happiness" and "loyalty"...

  by Andrew Price

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  Happy New Year!

  Welcome to 2008. We're glad to be back.We're not sure about the usefulness of New Year's resolutions. It's all well and good to start the year off...

  by Andrew Price

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  Happy Presidents' Day

  In olden days, we honored both Lincoln and Washington's birthdays as their own special days. Now, because we must work all the time, and because...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

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  The (Scientific) Pursuit of Happiness

  The Harvard Study of Adult Development, begun in 1937, has been following the lives of 268 men, from college to death, to learn what makes for a...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  Happy Lehman Day?

  Today is the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the biggest bankruptcy ever. Some thoughts on the matter from Joseph...

  by Andrew Price