No. For a serious breath of fresh air, however -- something that makes you go, gee, maybe things aren't quite as bad -- go visit the forums on the "fringe". It's amazing how much more, eh, happy(?) the other places can be. Rosity has always been somewhat moody a place -- but the spirit lives in many who don't see secret cabals around every corner and assume the worst for every change. It is however a time of change in this community -- big changes, fast ones. And artists -- oddly one of the biggest instruments for change -- are among the most resistant to it.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)