Drinking early today

Up With People sucks. Word finally reaches Minneapolis.

More than 1,000 upbeat people were on hand Sunday to see the newest version of Up With People, an organization formed in 1965 to counter the counter-culture.

That's what the 80 young singers, dancers and smilers still do. They counter the raunchy and cynical with a navel-free, tattoo-less show about life as it oughta be.

One song, "An Ounce of Positive," sort of defines the lonely mission of the group.

"The news is filled with negative;

"the only hopeful story buried on the back page. ..."

Also, my message sounds so much more classy when put into a British accent.