Tick Tock Thursday

* Big shout outs to Gail, who covers American Idol like it ain't nobody's business.

* Advancers/Decliners were pretty decent on the advancing side, but the market slid into the clothes. We're getting close to month-end, and maybe we'll move up from there into April. We've been down (I hope you're seated) THREE STRAIGHT WEEKS. You know, it seems that folks get more gloomy the lower the market goes.

* We continue to study the obvious. This one points out that diet and exercise helps out type 2 diabetes.

* (Does "like it ain't nobody's business" even make sense?)

* Group calls for safer asthma drug compounds. I wonder how the group that calls for unsafe asthma drug compounds feels about that?

* Are you trying to figure out what the "L" word is?

* You know, the hybrid tax code model followed by a lot of the world, taxes income and consumption. Is the US going to go to this kind of model? Now, remember how the Roth IRA was touted as a way to avoid taxes? Aha! Gotcha!

* I'm still waiting for the news release that a study determines that "there is more sunshine during the daytime, while there is less sunshine during the night time." Your tax dollars at work!

* Does "Free Will" have any value if it's free? Shouldn't it cost something? There needs to be some cover charge for will. Maybe folks would make better decisions if will actually cost them something. Like "Twenty-dollar Will" at a minimum. Then we'll do a study, and see how things are shaping out and if we need to increase or decrease it.

* Yeah, I saw the hit and run article on Paula Abdul.

* I wonder what Belinda Carlisle is doing RIGHT NOW?

* US Companies Shift More Costs to Consumers. Give me a break. Companies shift all of their costs to consumers. All of their costs for labor, benefits, land, and taxes get passed on when they set the price of their goods/services. Otherwise, they'd go out of business running in the red ink year after year. Can you imagine companies not passing their costs on to consumers? Explain that one to Donald Trump in the boardroom.