Happiness is learning that antique glass has not in fact flowed

http://pioneercourthouse.org/cupola.html

Here:

The reason for the observation is that in the past, when panes of glass were commonly made by glassblowers, the technique used was to spin molten glass so as to create a round, mostly flat and even plate . . .. This plate was then cut to fit a window. The pieces were not absolutely flat; the edges of the disk became a different thickness as the glass spun. When installed in a window frame, the glass would be placed with the thicker side down both for the sake of stability and to prevent water accumulating in the lead cames at the bottom of the window. Occasionally such glass has been found installed with the thicker side at the top, left or right.

Happiness is Jimmie F. Rodgers singin' "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and "Honeycomb" from 1957

Here.

Happiness at Easter is Grilled Leg of Lamb

We coated one like this with lemon zest and crushed dried rosemary leaves in olive oil after stuffing knife slits in the fat layer with flat garlic slices made from two cloves. The surface of the whole was also salted with Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper.

The charcoal fire was made in an 18" Weber grill with the coals to each side behind metal banks specially designed for the purpose by Weber, with a drip pan in the center.

The 4.6 pound lamb leg was roasted in the center of the covered grill, between the coal banks, for 1.5 hours, turned every 30 minutes with a righteous carbon steel pig tail.

It was perfect.

Thanks be to God. 

"For my next flip-flop, get a load of this!"

Happiness is finishing and filing US and State income taxes today, ahead of schedule

No matter how easy Turbo Tax makes it, the hoops you have to jump through to get the scraps with which they leave you is insane.

But between my time and the tax software it still cost me only 11.5 cents for each dollar back, a return on investment of almost 770%.

What a genius am I!

Happiness is Crane Lake Sangiovese

I'm consistently obtaining bottles of this marked 2013 for $5.29, and boy am I lovin' it.

Happiness is Yanni performing Aria, in the Royal Albert Hall, 1995

Here.

The origin is in the "Flower Duet" by Leo Delibes.

An amazing, full operatic version is here.

There's a reason Popeye the sailor man eats his spinach: It ranks better for more nutrients, fewer calories and better palatability than kale and the others

spinach

basil

arugula

broccoli

dandelion

kale

It turns out you could make it on just French Fries, milk, oatmeal and some kale, spinach or broccoli, and lose weight

This story got my attention:

Why French Fries Are More of a "Superfood" Than Kale.

From there I landed on:

Could you survive on just one food?

From which this:

Some years ago a reader wrote to The Chicago Reader advice column, The Straight Dope, asked whether it was true you could live on just potatoes and milk. After all, it's been said that before the Irish Potato Famine, people there were living almost solely on potatoes. Cecil Adams, the erstwhile columnist, claims to have run the numbers with his assistant and found that a whole lot of potatoes and milk would get you most of what you need – with the exception of the mineral molybdenum. But you can get all you need of that by also eating a bit of oatmeal.

Hearing this, [dietician Jennie] Jackson [of Glasgow Caledonian University] laughs. “Oh, that's our diet – that's the Scottish diet from a hundred years ago. That fits right in. Potatoes, milk, and oatmeal, with some kale in there, too.”