Monday Blahs

• The market acted like I felt today:  BLAH!  The ISM came in "better" than expected, but still below the magical growth number of 50.  Decliners led advancers, but volume was light.  I think a lot of folks decided to make it a longer weekend and didn't even bother to phone it in today.
• Maybe the market is just watching and waiting for the Michael Jackson funeral service tomorrow.
• I was just watching Kendra via the DVR.  Topless indoor skydiving?
• Perhaps the "jumping the shark" moment for Al Gore's global warming was when he released his movie, An Inconvenient Truth.   Global temperatures continued to plunge this past month.
  Planet Earth has dropped 74°F since Al Gore released his "Inconvenient Truth."  Meanwhile, the politicians forge ahead with cap-and-trade.  Hello, McFly?
• The Economics of Climate Change.  Very.  Good.  Read.
• John Hussman says the market will deliver a 7.8% annual return over the coming decade.
• Hey, American Idol judge Kara Dioguardi got married!  Pictured.
• Al Franken goes to Capitol Hill.  The Al Franken Decade officially begins.  I think the Dems should replace Pelosi with Franken.  At least we'd mostly be laughing with him.