Rock Star INXS

• Happy hump day!


• GDP clocks in at 4.3%. The economy is growing nicely. Another interesting number will come later this week with the jobs report.


• Are you following The Amazing Race this season? For two weeks in a row, the camera crews have run down the batteries on one of the teams' cars. That doesn't seem quite fair. So I was wondering last night, when the teams got to the pit stop, if they inserted a "To Be Continued" in an attempt to correct the error. Remember last week, it was a non-elimination round. So... Just thinking out loud.


• Gold falling today. It's had a nice run, but I haven't been near the stuff. I know there is perceived inflation threats and maybe global terrorism risks pushing it up. But I haven't taken that bait. I don't like it as an investment, but it has worked out for those in it. That's for sure.


• If you sat through the INXS reality show this summer, even just to catch a glimpse of Brooke Burke, you might like to know the new INXS album with JD Fortune is coming out.


• Google (GOOG) tumbled a bit yesterday. Of course, everybody scours the daily headlines looking for a cause. Heck, maybe it's just profit taking. That's what profits are there for, right? Or maybe it's because they were on the cover of Newsweek. Generally, it seems that whenever major magazines put a company, athelete or ballclub on the cover, they're near their peak. (You've heard of the Sports Illustrated curse, right?)


• Following up from yesterday, more on the Love Molecule. It now has a name, "nerve growth factor" (NGF). Gee, now if they could bottle up something that stimulates your NGF, then you have your magic love potion.


• 70's Aerosmith is some classic rock.


• When you leave comments at a blogspot blog, don't you find the security word is difficult to read at times?


• Binge drinking in middle age tied to dementia risk. I guess that means drink less more often, or don't drink at all.