Things that are happy. (Even if some of them are sad.)

• Fun Home, A Family Tragicomic. Despite being deeply suspicious of English teachers, this is a book that's in love with reading almost more than anything else, and that's excellent by me.
• District B13. The characters and plot are mostly (entirely) ridiculous, but the fighting is swell and how often do you get to see a French action movie about urban planning anyway?

• A's WIN! A's WIN! A's WIN! Remember, you can't spell ALCS without "A-t-h-l-e-t-i-c-s"!!

P.S. Why is someone named Joe Croker emailing me lyrics of his song about the evils of the British Empire? No, really, why?