So OK, naysayers, doom mongers and skeptics may disagree, but (to me) good
news is good news.

As measured by the FAA's Preliminary Accident & Incident Notices -
specifically the absence therein of any glider reports for the month of
January - 2013 is off to a distinctly better start than 2012 or 2011 began.
Long may this trend continue...

Not that anyone's keeping track, though!