Based on the frequent charge that we are just too negative around here, we've decided to set a precedent for happy, inclusive, uniter-not-a-divider rhetoric, by compiling a list of Things Which Don't Suck.  We envisioned this is as a rapidly-changing, frequently-updated list, which takes into account our reader's suggestions.  So far, this has meant you'll be lucky to see it change more than once a month, and it currently reflects entirely our overworked staff's opinions.

E-mail your suggestions to: truedorktimes@truedorktimes.com if you think a different strategy should be in order.

These are a few of our semi-favorite things, in no particular order.

1. The blissfully narcotic, slightly hallucinogenic effects of Ny-Quil
Almost a reason in and of itself to catch a cold.  Somebody should put this in a bottle and sell it.

2. The continuing goofiness of New Englanders
When you're surrounded by 30,000 people at Red Sox game in Fenway Park, singing along at the top of their lungs to Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," you begin to wonder if maybe, just maybe, somebody's slipping something into all those Dunkin' Donuts.  Note: these same people will also gut every grocery store of its entire milk, water and bread stocks the instant a snowflake falls.

3. Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton in Bandits
Single-handedly propping up the hairpiece industry.

4. Barry Zito
Coolest baseball player ever?

5. Conquering the planet in Civilization II
Highly satisfying.  We heartily recommend this virtual version of global domination to all world leaders and/or terrorists, in lieu of actual bloodshed.