Happiness is John Anderson, I've Got It Made 1993

 

Happiness is Freddy Fender's Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Billboard's Número Cuatro song of 1975

 

I flunked out of the School of Magic

 During the final exam I suddenly disappeared and didn't come back.

 

 

 

Happiness is parts is parts from 1984

 

Happiness is The Frito Bandito from 1965

 Ai Yi Yi Yi!   I am the Frito Bandito!

 

Happiness is Hoyt Axton's 1974 cover of Murphey and Quarto's 1972 Geronimo's Cadillac

 IMAO Axton's cover is far and away better than Murphey's original, Cher's cover, Johnny Rivers', or Jeff Stevens and the Bullets'.

That song was made for Axton's voice, and for the voices of none of the others.

 

Happiness is Some Enchanted Evening, South Pacific 1958

 Featuring Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi (actually singing is Giorgio Tozzi):

 

Happiness is Little Tich's Big Boot Dance, Paris Exposition of 1900

 

Happiness is people who need people

 

Happiness is Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses

 

Happiness is hearing a robin sing

 

Farewell Nedra Talley Ross, the last of The Ronettes

 

It seems to me that we were happier when albedo was 0.39 instead of 0.29, oddly enough

I could have used a soul cake last Christmas, a really big one to get me to here and now, but I made it without one

 

Hey ho, nobody home, meat nor drink nor money have I none
 Yet shall we be merry, Hey ho, nobody home.
 Hey ho, nobody home, Meat nor drink nor money have I none
 Yet shall we be merry, Hey ho, nobody home.
 Hey Ho, nobody home.

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
 An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, 
any good thing to make us all merry,
 One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.

God bless the master of this house, and the mistress also
 And all the little children that round your table grow.
 The cattle in your stable and the dog by your front door
 And all that dwell within your gates 
we wish you ten times more.

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
 An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, 
any good thing to make us all merry, 
One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.

Go down into the cellar and see what you can find
 If the barrels are not empty we hope you will be kind 
We hope you will be kind with your apple and strawber'
 For we'll come no more a 'soalin' till this time next year.

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake. 
An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, 
any good thing to make us all merry,
 One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.

The streets are very dirty, my shoes are very thin.
 I have a little pocket to put a penny in.
 If you haven't got a penny, a ha' penny will do. 
If you haven't got a ha' penny then God bless you.

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
 An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, 
any good thing to make us all merry,
 One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.

Now to the Lord sing praises all you within this place,
 And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace. This holy tide of Christmas of beauty and of grace,
 Oh tidings of comfort and joy.

Happiness is easy for you to say

 This song came out in 1988, the year I had a close uncle die, then another, then my car, and then my career.

But I'm still here, dammit!

 

 

Happiness is Yul Brynner saying et cetera, et cetera, et cetera

 

Happiness is no signs anywhere

 

Happiness is my green tambourine: The Lemon Pipers, November 1967

Drop your silver in.

 

Happiness is Kenji's Ski Lodge Chili

 

 Adapted from the recipe here.

Kenji's Ski Lodge Chili

Ingredients in the order I used:

2T avocado oil

1 lb ground beef

1/2 large white onion, diced

1 garlic clove, diced

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced

2T tomato paste

 

Seasoning blend (my basic rule of thumb is 1/2-t per pound of ingredients, adjusted later to taste): salt, black pepper (1/4-t per pound), chili powder, red pepper flakes, cumin powder, oregano leaf. 

 

1 can Original Ro-Tel Tomatoes

1 empty Ro-Tel can chicken stock

1 lb already prepared black beans from an Instant Pot or canned

3 bay leaves

3 oz shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese

sour cream

2 diced green onions

1 handful chopped cilantro 

 

Method:

 

1-Brown meat on one side on high heat in oil, spread out in the bottom of a porcelain Dutch oven or stainless steel Dutch oven, large saute pan, or heavy bottom stock pot, while you dice.

2-Turn the browned meat and add the diced onion, garlic, and jalapeno and finish the browning and sweat the vegetables for a few minutes.

3-Make a well in this mixture and briefly cook the tomato paste and mix.

4-Make a well again and briefly cook the seasoning blend in the juices and mix.

5-Add the Ro-Tel and mix.

6-Add the chicken stock and mix.

7-Add the beans and mix.

8-Add one more can chicken stock and mix.

9-Add bay leaves and cover to simmer on low for 30 minutes.

10-Stir, taste, adjust seasoning and liquid as needed.

11-Serve topped with cheddar cheese, green onion, cilantro, and sour cream, with corn bread and side salad.

Happiness is a truly gluten-free chocolate cake that you would swear is a real chocolate cake

 

I saw this on @emmymade.

The recipe belongs to The Pancake Princess. 

I mixed everything in a food processor. I used melted butter, beans I cooked myself, and plain old Hershey's Cocoa. I baked it in a 24cm Pyrex pie plate oiled with avocado oil. Just let it cool right in there. You can haul it that way to a party. The frosting isn't necessary. Sprinkle it with powdered sugar right before serving as you like. Or not. It's plenty sweet just the way it is.

Eat it for breakfast. You will not be hungry all morning, and you will be happy. 

 

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