The Book of Animal Secrets: Nature's Lessons for a Long and Happy Life by David B. Agus, MD author of A Short Guide to A Long Life – one of my takes on this book is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2016/08/note-on-short-guide-to-long-life-by-dr.html and I will soon write another review on this - 9 out of 10

 

The Book of Animal Secrets: Nature's Lessons for a Long and Happy Life by David B. Agus, MD author of A Short Guide to A Long Life – one of my takes on this book is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2016/08/note-on-short-guide-to-long-life-by-dr.html and I will soon write another review on this

 

9 out of 10

 

This is essential reading, in that we all want a Long and Happy Life, unless of course, we are talking depression, suicidal tendencies and other ailments, but then the good doctor has some suggestions that will work for, better said against such states, like the immersion in nature, the seventeen minutes or so daily of contact with it

 

I am blessed to have two macaws – also had five borzois, all at the same time, a few other canines, and now I have to feed many cats in the garden, the other day I have had the record dozen guests – and according to doctor David Agus, there is a lot to gain, I just have to sit back and watch, take notice, apply and enjoy

Or else, use ear plugs for when Balzac - the fifteen years old, at least that is what I think he is, I can remember the period, but not exactly – screams, because I just stepped out to give some food to a couple of pigeons, and spoiled as he is, well, both, Puccini, the reg and green, too, he does not tolerate absenteeism

 

One issue I have with The Book of Animal Spirits is that it gets too technical at times, and I mean not for the average reader – all of the content is really easy to get – just for lazy, uncooperative yours truly – and let me add, the crowd that worships the Orange Jesus, those people are morons in my book, Elon Musk included

Yes, he knows about rockets, electric cars – which his idol despises – but still, he is stupid as glass in the matter of choosing this monster – he also exemplifies, with Orange Felon and some others, what happens when somebody is rich, but has no means to reach Eudaimonia, a state of an elevated happiness

 

Sure, he jumps on stage with the Orange Fool, at his rally, he gets high, but that is not substantive, meaningful, it is the cheerfulness of an idiot – enough said, besides, I am going against the Spirit of the book, which teaches about being optimistic, and ‘embracing the weirdness of others, including ourselves’

I venture to speculate and say that the good doctor David Agus does not mean supporting a would-be Hitler – over the past days, the favorite to become the next (and former) leader of the free world has said he would use the army against internal enemies, the former chief of staff of the army said he is the most serious danger…

 

And a fascist, before I forget, the Orange Baboon has also sent Covid tests to his buddy, Putin, when there were queues that were miles long, of people waiting to get tested, and this is just over the past few days – I mean some of the aforementioned details appear in an upcoming book, by the iconic Bob Woodward

The journalist https://realini.blogspot.com/2023/08/all-presidents-men-by-william-goldman.html that had exposed Nixon, together with Carl Bernstein, will release new secrets, and it is so tragic that the needle will not move, voters are so dumb (on that side) that they will not consider anything new, and just push the monster higher

 

And to say that some of the Animal Secrets include being alert, and studies show how important positivity is https://realini.blogspot.com/2015/05/positivity-by-barbara-fredrickson-life.html some aspects are beyond our control, like the Eight Hugs Each Day rule, which is highlighted by doctor David Agus

What to do if you do not get those, say in my case, where I just live with the spouse – who says frequently enough, the end of the arrangement – because of material considerations, and the macaws, otherwise there is no touching, anything, so yes, there is paying for intimacy, which I do, within the impose limits

 

Here the notion that money does not bring merriment can be disputed, I get it, you could not get to those sex workers and increase the financial exchange and say hugs, make me felicitous and more, it does not work that way, but there was this ad for Lexus, saying something like those who say money do not bring joy do not know what to do with it

As in buy a Lexus, and for the case presented, more cash would get access to better service, looks, oxytocin – take what happened last Thursday, when I went to somebody recommended by a man from…Chile – he works here, but let us stay on course, I am supposed to talk about Lessons For a Long and Happy Life, right, yes, it is supposed to be the book, but this is how I operate in this space, mixing things up

 

Doing the ‘weave’, if I quote the Great Orange Ape, so I call, and this woman who sells happiness says avenue Victoria, number 32, and when there, I ask what entrance, she confused the matter, it was one, instead of two, which is annoying, and when up on her floor, she has this tv on, with a loud noise and aggravating program

I say lower the volume, and when she just acts with reluctance, I say better turn it off, and she replies no, for during the ‘hugs session’, she would be watching the show, she did only oral sex, saying at this price, what do you expect, albeit her rates are average, never mind exorbitant for what is (not) on offer and when I said I want to see something, she reluctantly took the top off, and nothing more, saying I just gave birth, you want secretions pouring, or something like that, and she had no idea what Chile is, talk of recommendation, it must have been some scheme, as in they exchange the number between or something, anyway, it does not pay https://realini.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-lucky-years-how-to-thrive-in-brave.html

 

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se

 

 There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

 

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html

 

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

 

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

 

‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’

 

“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”