Thanks to all who responded to my op!

I'm sure most of you could tell I was kinda being sarcastic.

Some people deal with 'negativity' by "overcoming" it with positiveness.

I deal with negativity by *acknowledging its existence*, AND trying to have a sense of humor about it.

I am New Yorker (born, raised NYC), so that might have something to do with it (Question: How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Answer: WHO THE #@*%$%$# WANTS TO KNOW?!?).

What I'm trying to say here is, I'm not quite a deep-dark negative as my op seems to indicate. Yes, I was wondering about the headline, and yes, I do have my salesmanship hurdles I need to jump -- but, no, I'm not a total grim reaper -- like the op hints at. A lot of that was tongue in cheek (just in case you didn't already see that).

Cheers.

-- TW