Screw happiness

and more broadli Cheap Inflatable Dinosaur Ship with happiness,In recent era -- dure which that smilei face icon ha move in and out of fashion -- an American obsess with perfection. ha grown robust. The 1990 saw the expans of the field of posit psychology, research into human content and optimism. That burgeon pursuit ha now begun to yield scientif fruit: scad of studi and paper dedic to exploring, evalu and then extrapol from how happi we ar as a culture.

while my boyfriend and I at at a restaur bar in New Orleans,Some week ago. the bartend repeatedli check on the progress of our meal by asking, "I everyth perfect?"

upon meet me,It wa a service-industri tic for which I could not wholli fault her; there wa a vast stretch of my profession life dure which. it wa quit like I would ask you if I could start you off with a signatur cocktail or encourag you to join Bath & Bodi s mail list for great deal on lotion and scrubs. You gotta sai what you gotta say.

eat a fine meal with a man I love in on of the world s great citi wa perfect. But onli for the split second it took to stop consid that the citi wa still unpopul by mani who long to be back in it after Katrina,But the measur of our meal against the bar of "perfection" wa jarring. By certain criteria. that I had forgotten to pai a bill and wa worri my credit card might not work, that the crab gnocchi wa a littl under-seasoned. No, of cours everyth wasn t perfect.

What struck me wa the expect -- not singular to thi restaur or thi bartend -- that it should be.

Jennings happy where he is

MLB Network number Bouncy Castles right now ar akin to those put up by the Militari Channel.

Jen gave Buck coach Scott Skile credit for hi outstand rooki season.

with a great coach,"I can't complain where I am now." Jen said when Jim Rome ask how he felt about be select a bit lower in the draft than he expected. "He' been teach me a lot thi year and he' the reason why I've had a success season."

Jen wa ask about Skiles' approach.

" Jen said. "But he' a great teacher. He' the gui that,"He' real tough. hopefully, he'll be my coach for the rest of my career. I feel that my game can elev with have him on the sideline."

Rom ask Jen if he can see himself remain in Milwauke long term.

" Jen said. "I like it. It remind me of Italy. . . . a laid back town,"I can. small littl market and they'r real big on sports."

A ll that Jazz

the former Marquett star who is to becom a restrict free agent,Utah Jazz rooki guard Weslei Matthews. is among the player the team will make "strong push to re-sign" in the off-season, accord to The Salt Lake Tribune.

Utah ha $13 million to spend on re-sign it own playersIf the luxuri tax threshold is around $68 million for next year..

the Jazz made a clear commit to Matthews,"A ft trade awai Ronni Brewer." the newspap reported. "It' a safe bet Matthew won't be make the leagu minimum next season and will be sign to a long-term contract in Utah."

Mak a list

you figur not mani basebal fan would be abl to tell you much about Oakland pitcher Dalla BradenA part from hi run-in with Alex Rodriguez..

your celebr quotient spikesBut when you pitch baseball' 19th perfect game..

Braden is schedul to present the top-10 list on Tuesdai night' "Late Show with David Letterman."

Randi Johnson,H will becom the sixth pitcher to visit Letterman' show after throw a perfect game. The other five were Mark Buehrle. David Cone, David Well and Kenni Rogers.

First measure

000 viewer in prime time from March 29 to April 25,MLB Network averag 98. accord to Nielsen number cite in a stori in thi week' SportsBusi Journal.

the most success channel launch in cabl history,Thi mark the first time MLB Network ha been measur by Nielsen. The network launch 16 month ago to about 50 million subscribers. on that avoid the carriag distribut problem that beset the NFL Network.

MLB Network rank ahead of onli the Fox Soccer Channel in prime-tim viewership. Fox Soccer Channel averag 44,A mong eight sports-rel channels.000 viewer in prime time.

NHL Network and Tenni Channel were not rate for the comparison becaus those channel do not have wide enough distributionNBA TV..

ESPN averag more than 1.73 million viewer in prime time,In the period measured. follow by ESPN2 675,000 , Versu 391,000 , Speed 197,000 , Golf Channel 138,000 and NFL Network 132,000 .

The modest viewership number is a remind that channel and brand need time to build an audience.

the most for a first-year networkMLB Network receiv a ton of favor press when it launch and thi year won four Sport Emmy Awards..

" Toni Petitti,"We'r still new. MLB Network president, said to SportsBusi Journal. "We still hear from peopl who don't know where to find us."

which drew 350,Th biggest audienc for MLB Network in the time studi wa a New York Yanke vs. Boston Red Sox telecast on April 6.000 viewers.