The Real Secret of Happiness!

So now we know! There is a secret to being happy. Scientists at The University College of London have been doing research at great expense to someone (probably the taxpayer). There is even an equation!

Now loyal readers will know that I am a bit of an equation aficionado, so when I saw the write-up in the Daily Telegraph, I had to put it to the test.

^{Happiness = baseline average mood + what you can settle for (CR) + what you'll get on average if you gamble (EV) + the difference between that and what you actually get (RPE). The recurring ∑-function weights each factor in turn by its recent history}

Ahem! Ok! Umm ...... ? I kind of lost the will to live around about CRj , but I think it all boils down to erring on the gloomy side of ecstatic. In fact they are really advocating an Eeyore outlook whose baseline average mood can be summed up in the following maxim:

Blessed is he who expecteth nothing for he shall not be disappointed

For me? I'm a simple kitty and after many years of painstaking research I believe I have found the real secret to happiness. It can be equated as follows:

H = ∊K + ∊SG x ⊃N∞→

Happiness = kibble + stinky goodness x naps to infinity and beyond

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aficionado - an expert on fish

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The Wall

 What can you do when you are up against The Wall?

Get on top, of course?

I am sure there's a Tigger in there!

Now, I'm bushed!

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insinuate - accusing someone of ingesting something they shouldn't

ingest - said for amusement

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If you can't stand the heat .....

...... move to the Antarctic!

Cat! It's a tad warm and very humid, which we are not used to it here in Welsh Wales. The temperature reached something like 38C (100F) in the conservatory, about 32C (90F) in the summerhouse - with all the doors and windows open -  and 27C (80F) outside (and we live on the coast!). 

Ok I can hear you folk who live in hot climes say "Phhffffttt, that's nothing!" But to us who are used to more temperate weather, it's a scorcher. So much so, that I didn't even have the energy to fight Tigger for the biggest shady bit!

Tigger is a shade hog if truth be known and as he is the size of an elephant I'm not going to fight him. I don't mind getting my little white footsies sunburnt really I don't!

Keep cool everyone!

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antarctic - a very small insect that inhabits cold places

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CATachresis Presents

Introducing the latest no-expense-spared massive blockbuster from The CATachresis Film Corporation. You can buy pop corn and candy and various other things that rot your teeth at the kiosk in the lobby.  

There will be no speaking, spitting, slurping, snoring or snogging allowed in the auditorium.

Now please take your seats and settle back. The show is about to start.

"Austin fights his corner"

You can watch on YouTube here

Next episode: "The Corner fights back"

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 muscat - a breed of cat popular with drinkers

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Wistful

Is this my best side?

Have a serene Sunday!

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nostalgia - an intense pain in the nose

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Do the summerhouse shuffle!

Picture the scene

Time: 11:00 hrs on any given day

Place: Shed (masquerading as a summerhouse) in back garden 

Weather: sunny but cool

Cast: Fluctuating

Episode: #35509

In this seemingly adequate space of about 7ft x 5ft there are three chairs (plus three folded), one small table, one large gas heater, one bean bag foot rest and rug, one bucket, several assorted gardening implements and one relaxed peep reading newspaper.

Ten minutes later there are three chairs (plus three folded), one small table, one large gas heater, one bean bag foot rest and rug, one bucket, several assorted gardening implements, three peeps, three coffees, two cats and one discarded newspaper.

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shuffle - a bad tempered dance that occurs upon the seeming random convergence of humans, cats and inanimate objects in a confined space 

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Look here!

I think Tigger wins paws down!!!

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Today we would like to wish

Happy 4th July to all our American friends :)

We are celebrating at Cat Scouts by having a parade and here I am with some of my patrol - Wally's Warriors - in our float which was built by Timmy and Einstein. Isn't it great! Good job guys! :)  I am wearing my very best bow tie for the occasion. Even though we don't exactly celebrate independence day here in the UK, we don't hold a grudge (much) and we shall let bygones be bygones MOL ;)

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independence - on the 4th July everyone does the Indy Pen dance

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