[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

their innocent little cheerfully optimistic attitudes are making me crazy!

Well, there are a few of us down hear somewhat less cheerfull (see my comments above and in the thread summary regarding Christian references in LOTR) and even less optimistic (see my homepage). I hang around here in part because hobbits cheer me up, and I can use it.

[HairOfTheDog]

I have SEEN you be cheerful and even optimistic! I am thinking I may have once witnessed you doing something silly. You're not cracked yet, but you may be cracking!