# 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:** 56
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1109 "2022-08-09T14:33:33Z")
> [@T-roy](#): > > I got to release some turtles into the ocean last year on vacation. So that’s what the kids are calling it these days? ---
**Author:** ![T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/t-roy/32/9180_2.png) [@T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/T-roy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1110 "2022-08-09T14:37:10Z")
Awe, thank you, I’ll take that as a “T-roy looks young” comment! ---
**Author:** ![T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/t-roy/32/9180_2.png) [@T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/T-roy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1111 "2022-08-09T14:41:00Z")
Aaaaand, my belt loop moved one notch to the positive comfortably today ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1112 "2022-08-09T18:28:10Z")
got news yesterday that a publishing company is gonna accept my story. _aaaaaaand_ they’re gonna pay me! Nah, it ain’t actu-donk $$ yet, but give it a few decades to build up the audience and then it’s _See ya later, suckers!_ ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1113 "2022-08-09T19:15:01Z")
That is absolutely insane. Congratulations! Crazy impressive. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1114 "2022-08-09T19:21:53Z")
Keep us in mind after you are rich and famous ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1115 "2022-08-09T19:40:15Z")
I want a signed first edition!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mountainhawk](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mountainhawk/32/82290_2.png) [@Mountainhawk](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mountainhawk)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1116 "2022-08-09T20:08:15Z")
That’s so cool. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1117 "2022-08-09T20:49:30Z")
![Screen Shot 2022-08-09 at 4.45.19 PM](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/d/ed3c8dc1fe661555460fc9f08b434749357b5eb2.jpeg) > **[Oklahoma Little Leaguer consoles pitcher who had just hit him on the head in...](https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/2022/08/09/tulsa-oklahoma-little-league-sportsmanship-pitcher-video-baseball-reaction/81294538007/)** > > Tuesday's Southwest Region Championship to qualify for the Little League World Series was going to be the end of the road for one of these teams from Pearland, Texas and Tulsa, Okla. But regardless of the result, both teams had every reason to be... ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1118 "2022-08-09T20:57:22Z")
thanks! thought I’ll say less “insanity” and more perseverance. This story has been rejected 11 times already. In the past 3 calendar years (2020-2022) I’ve made 143 fiction submissions of 22 different stories. In that time, this is only the 3rd acceptance. Which is pretty par for the course. It often feels like a lottery. But this, at least, is one I’m willing to invest my time in. ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1119 "2022-08-09T21:00:01Z")
I’ll see what I can do! If you want a signed first edition of my already-published volume of short stories ([Predatory Behavior and Other Stories](https://www.amazon.com/Predatory-Behavior-Stories-Stephan-James/dp/1790407931/)) send me a DM with an address. If you just want the book, feel free to order directly. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1120 "2022-08-09T21:02:13Z")
full video at this link: > ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1121 "2022-08-10T01:31:49Z")
I submitted plans and permit applications for a bath remodel. I have no idea what I’m doing here, just gave it the old college try. Today I got a response. I submitted a schematic of the bathroom, and a separate one that also includes the bedroom, since expanding the bathroom impacts the bedroom. Anywho, I didn’t bother to include the existing windows so as far as the city can see, it’s a death trap with no emergency egress. So they asked me to show them that I could escape the bedroom in case of fire. That was the only thing I need to correct. Not bad! ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1122 "2022-08-10T01:37:20Z")
It made the national nightly news with David Muir tonight. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1123 "2022-08-10T02:52:58Z")
At first I thought you were talking about mathman’s bathroom remodel. Slow news day I guess. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1124 "2022-08-10T03:08:14Z")
It is a really nice bath remodel! ---
**Author:** ![SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@SteveWhite](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveWhite)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1125 "2022-08-10T15:41:19Z")
![Screen Shot 2022-08-10 at 11.05.45 AM](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/1/3123a7915f9b79339e98007846e9b52af489c281.png) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1126 "2022-08-10T16:05:08Z")
My neighbour brought us some tomatos from her garden!!! ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1127 "2022-08-10T17:28:46Z")
cross-post to 'Insignificant signals" thread? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/1128 "2022-08-10T17:49:06Z")
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