TGIF!

• The stock market seems to have taken a pause late in the week after making a new high since the March 2009 low.  $$
• South Korean naval ship sinking?  Several people died in the sinking, caused by an unexplained hole.  The WSJ says A South Korean naval ship sank following an explosion near a disputed maritime border with North Korea late Friday…
• Also, 4th quarter GDP number revised downward.
• Bill Gross disputes what the CBO, Congress and President Obama are saying about the health care reform bill reducing deficits.  “Long-term bondholders beware,” Gross wrote in a monthly investment outlook posted on Newport Beach, California-based Pimco’s Web site today. “No investment vigilante worth their salt or outrageous annual bonus would dare argue that current legislation is a deficit reducer. It will add $562 billion to the deficit over the next decade.”  (Bold my add).
• AT&T plans a $1B charge tied to health care benefits. Yeah, these are coming in droves.
• Did you watch LOST this week? Felt a little desperate trying to explain the story of Richard.  Instead of flash backs or flash forwards, it seemed the whole episode was about Richard. (But I liked it).
• My two-year deal with ATT on the iPhone ends in the months ahead.  I’m waiting to see what the next iPhone will feature, but did you see the new Sprint HTC EVO?  Wow.
• I thought I might catch a break at work this week, but the pace continues to be hectic.  That impacts lunch time and break time, thus blogging and tweeting time. 
• I need to get some kind of workout in.  Me and Michelle Rodriguez (pictured).