There’s so much grim news that I relish finding things to brighten my day. Today brought three particularly notable items.

First, as a native Illinoisan, I goggled at the Blagojevich corruption charges. Rachel Maddow read out one reaction, apparently from a comment to The Chicago Tribune: Oy vey-evich. Priceless.

Second, through Brad DeLong, I was able to indulge both my one-time English major persona and my occasional Facebooking. From Austenbook:

Finally, Felix Salmon pointed to this great commentary on the car bailout: