Things are looking up, people.

You guys, let's get serious for one minute. How excited are you for the following . . .

the new Beirut album?

Or maybe you are dying to check this out

Gomorra! Italy's submission for Best Foreign Film! A movie about organized crime? In the authentic setting of Naples? With subtitles? Scorsese endorsed?

Sign me up.

And finally, who doesn't want to read a doctor's poignant story about his experience with AIDS patients in the eighties/nineties? Oh yeah, did I mention he attended the Iowa Writer's Workshop?Ok, maybe I am the only one pumped about the last item.

But I think we can all agree that this is an exciting time.