# Happy Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** reactions\ **Created:** [March 12, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337 "2021-03-12T01:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 248
**Author:** ![quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/quoll/32/81747_2.png) [@quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/u/quoll)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4965 "2026-10-08T20:28:48Z")
They did look a little suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/stevegrondin/32/3257_2.png) [@SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveGrondin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4966 "2026-10-08T20:29:41Z")
Looks like geese vs doves in a game of red rover. ---
**Author:** ![quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/quoll/32/81747_2.png) [@quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/u/quoll)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4967 "2026-10-08T21:06:13Z")
I think you got it. They’re actually quail though. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4968 "2026-10-09T13:26:43Z")
Gov’t just sent me an email. The Term Guy is now a registered trademark. So, no using it without my permission first there, folks. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4969 "2026-10-09T13:31:22Z")
but also, you have my permission. ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4970 "2026-10-09T13:31:59Z")
Phew, my Halloween costume is gonna be amazing this year. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4971 "2026-10-11T15:21:54Z")
I sometimes get some interesting communications from the students I take fishing. I think I figured out why. I think it’s because they’re comfortable with me, so they’ll text me or send me pictures that they wouldn’t otherwise. if that’s the case…well, good. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4972 "2026-10-12T17:33:50Z")
Sea turtles nesting in Georgia have made a massive comeback in recent decades. The state hit a record for loggerhead nests this year. > **[Peek inside Georgia's record-setting sea turtle nesting season - The Current](https://thecurrentga.org/2026/10/06/peek-inside-georgias-record-setting-sea-turtle-nesting-season/)** > > Georgia beaches recorded a record 4,292 loggerhead sea turtle nests this season, rebounding from a low in 2004. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4973 "2026-10-13T23:28:18Z")
My website seems to have just started ranking in Bing. That’s not a crazy big deal, but in the last 3-4 days it just started sending me paying customers. Not setting the world on fire, but it’s about 100% better than nothing. Normally when I turn my advertising off, my world goes silent. Over the weekend I’ve been getting dribbles of traffic. Cool, very cool. I recall the heady days when i was #1 in Google for all the big money terms from about 2006 to 2019. I shudder at how much business I wasted just because I had a firehose of volume. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4974 "2026-10-13T23:37:51Z")
Relevant, I’ve cooked up a plan to get ranked in Google. In amongst studying for actuarial exams, I’m going to be doing an actuarial research project on some historical reserves. That project will hopefully give my website the kick it needs to get ranked. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4975 "2026-10-13T23:38:33Z")
Go study. Oooooh, that felt good!!! ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4976 "2026-10-13T23:41:22Z")
Just dropped a coffee on the desk and firing up some youtube videos on reserving right now. Thanks for the encouragment :). ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4977 "2026-10-14T23:07:58Z")
Chicken backs were on sale at the grocery store: gonna break out the stock pot tomorrow!!! 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4978 "2026-10-15T03:03:11Z")
I go to the local convenience store from time to time if I just need a gallon of milk or whatever, maybe I want some junk food that night. A brother and sister work there and they are super nice and some days I chat them up a bit. Last week I was in there and both were working, and they were discussing BBQ when I rolled in. So I said hey, I am making 13lb of pulled pork on Friday, want me to bring you a pound? Sure. So I did that on Monday. I went in tonight for milk and the brother was working and he told me that her debit card got shut off and he didn’t have any money, and they were planning on just plain rice for dinner Monday night. And with the pulled pork they actually had a really great meal. It was pretty humbling, and a reminder that it never hurts to be nice. ---
**Author:** ![quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/quoll/32/81747_2.png) [@quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/u/quoll)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4979 "2026-10-15T03:06:52Z")
Did they ever have a conversation about whether the construction workers still working on the Death Star deserved to die? ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4980 "2026-10-15T04:27:21Z")
Who is ‘they’ in that question? The brother and sister at the store? Mathman should ask them next time he’s in there. They might have an opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4981 "2026-10-15T12:29:33Z")
They weren’t even supposed to be there that day! ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4982 "2026-10-15T15:55:26Z")
:côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ :côte_d_ivoire:☘ OK, I realize that’s not an Irish flag, but it doesn’t appear one is available. Anyway, I officially have Irish citizenship now. Next project is an Irish passport. ---
**Author:** ![quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/quoll/32/81747_2.png) [@quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/u/quoll)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4983 "2026-10-15T16:22:48Z")
More people are moving to Cote d’Ivorie than Ireland? ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4984 "2026-10-15T16:58:31Z")
> [@vjvj](#): > > Anyway, I officially have Irish citizenship now. Next project is an Irish passport. Congratulations! That was much faster than the wait for Canadian citizenship. The number of applications (mostly Americans) since the criterion was expanded to include any Canadian ancestor has skyrocketed. Probably will take a few years to clear the backlog. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337.md?page=247) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337.md?page=249)