Tuesday Quick Hits

• The market actually staged a strong rally to close the day and came off the lows nicely. The bulls might've felt a bit queasy on the initial panic after Yahoo and Thailand, but have to feel better about things now.  I'm still a little cautious about going hog-wild with beta here, but the bulls do have the upper hand until proven wrong.
• I hope nobody reading this went long the Thai Baht yesterday.
• Microsoft to launch video service to rival YouTube.  "Hello, Mr. Late to the Party, glad you could make it.  YouTube, MySpace, and Google are already on their 3rd drinks and have cornered all the pretty girls."  Okay, I'll get off my soapbox.  Oh, the new service is called Soapbox.  Will MSFT make it a better experience?  We'll see.
• The TV season has started, and the recordings on my XP Media Center are piling up.  Good grief.
• In case you missed the Padres-Dodgers game last night, the Dodgers hit 4 consecutive home runs to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th, and then a 2-run home-run to come from behind and win it in extra innings (10th).  Now THAT'S determination.
• Funny... Nazi Pope Refuses to Convert to Islam.