Top 10 reasons to have hope

by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool

10. Jon Lester was utterly crushed at home in a blowout Red Sox playoff loss

9. The Dallas Cowboys are suffering grievous injuries (finally!), the inevitable Pac Man ghost moment, and Terrell Reverting To Form

8. Wall Street was up big today as as market managers gamble that the worst is over

7. The knowledge that life is short and death is long, so you might as well fool yourself and have hope anyway

6. Every day that you are alive is a priceless gift from the divine, and one day closer to the cancellation of "Frank TV"

5. The Washington Redskins lost -- at home! -- to a Rams team that might be historic in its awfulness

4. Depending on which Web site you look at, my guy is beating your guy by a joyous amount in just 21 more days... and in any event, the political ads will end there

3. As I'm writing this, Eli Manning is down two scores to the Cleveland Browns

2. The Bush Era ends forever and ever in less than 100 days

1. It makes the inevitable crushing disappointment much more satisfying