The only creative term we could think of for a Tuesday is Two for Tuesday; the only double we've got is 8-8, with issue number 188 out today.  We highlight happy people in college, happy people making money, and how to make you happy by improving your system for making friends after all that happiness, a quick hit or two on music notes, and our general playfulness to send you out today.  Go get 'em, Tiger!

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We bring this story to you both for the content and how they gathered the data.  The story is about the happiest colleges in The U.S.  Sounds simple enough; how about this?  Happy was determined by using A.I. to search public websites looking for smiling selfies on college campuses.  Saving ethics for another day, the speed at that you can create data points like this is impressive, and the story is what we always look for in stories we highlight; relevant and fascinating.

Two of the top ten schools are in TX, and nine are in the top ten in South East.  People in the south are more likely to smile in selfies.  It's an exciting read, and we are a long way from Chico State in the 90s.  If you get that reference – we will bring you!  Chico State was ranked by Playboy in 1987 as the number one party school in the country.  Once again, let's go back to saving ethics for another day.

Get rich; the story has been around since the beginning of someone calling you rich.  Vox brings us a report highlighting a new wave of people who have gotten rich, trying to sell you how to be like them.  If you remember the movie Boiler Room from the early 2000s, it runs on the same principle.  All you need is hustle, and you can be like me.  Be mindful of the objective; if it's only about the money, you could be racing to the bottom with many other wannabes. Don’t believe us, take it from Ben:

If you have kids, especially teenagers, you see how important friends are.  It is hard to separate teenagers from friends, which may be the apex point of friendships in your lifetime.  As you grow up and move away to school and careers, that next phase is shaped by reducing the great masses of friends, you once had.  In your 20s and 30s, friendships change; you gain new friends associated with work, and if you are lucky, you maintain some of your closest relationships; even more fortunate if you can develop a loving relationship with someone you will someday call your spouse.  Fast forward a decade or two, and you are hitting the glory days of the career; the family raising is behind you, and a few close friends may be all you have, and they may not live anywhere near you.

The data suggests that with fewer friendships and the stretch in our well-being, we are becoming more reluctant to go out and make new friends.  AEON has an excellent write-up on making new friends as an adult.  Many will brush off the need for a guide, but the info reminds us of every selling situation we were ever in.  This time the product is you; everything else will come with the work you put into it. 

Until now, most friendships grew organically out of other situations and environments.  Kids, community, church, and work probably produced many of the companies you've had, and now you need to find some new dirt.  One of the best tips in the AEON/PSYCHE article is to assume that people like you.  Then like a good salesperson, if they don't, move on to the next one.  If you put yourself out there, the results can help you in all other areas of your adult life.

The stars of early Goth and alternative Love and Rockets or Bauhaus without Peter Murphy hit the stage this summer.  The Killers are looking for The Streets, and if you haven’t seen Nandi Bushell play the drums, you haven’t lived.

From Fight the Good Fight.

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