This weeks top ten.....

1.  The dow lost 1800 points last week and gained back have of that on Monday.  i know that the institutions were closed that day so it was primarily private buyers grabbing great deals.  Yesterday the markets dropped overall with tech stocks pulling down the market.  Today we are seeing the same kind of large triple digit losses that we saw last week and are back in the 8's at the moment.  I had hoped we were nearing the bottom but now I just don't know....

2.  The Sox are in serious trouble against the young upstart Rays.  It doesn't help that in the first 3 games Ortiz, Varitek, Ellsbury, and Lowry were hitting a combined 0 for 40.  Last night Wakefield made them look like they were hitting off a tee in the 2 and 2/3s innings he pitched.  Again down 3 games to 1. 

3.  McCain is fading away in the polls and the minds of Americans.  I wonder if now he regrets the sideshow of Sarah Palin.

4.  I think this woman in Florida who presumedly killed her her daughter, Casey Anthony, should be taken out and shot!  I find her total lack of emotion and some of her unabashed lingerie shopping sprees, while claiming to be out looking for her daughter, completely in the realm of a sociopath. 

5.  This past week the Cape, particularly Sesuit harbor, was visited by a manatee.  Dennis, as they named him was in Cape Cod waters for more than a week, the farthest north a manatee had ever been reported.   Unfortunately when they tried to transport him to Sea World Orlando he died.  A sad ending to a cool story!

6.  Real Estate seems to have come to a stop while everyone waits to see how the "Rescue Plan" is going to play out.   Just what we needed....

7.  Tony Romo and the "Boys" are in trouble.  Romo out for a four week stint with a broken pinkie finger, Felix Jones is out iindefinitely with a torn hamstring, Matt McBriar out with a broken foot, and best of all the experiment with Adam "Pacman" Jones seems to be over since he has been suspended for a minimum of four weeks for violations of the probation Roger Goddell set forward.  Storm clouds are brewing in Texas!!!

8.  Get out your winter clothes because here in the North East its coming.  However I do think its way to early for stores to be talking about Christmas! 

9.  California is again suffering from wild fires that have displaced thousands.  Did anyone see the wind conditions yesterday.  How do you fight fires when the wind is blowing over 40 knots and the fire is traveling faster than some cars?  I wish them luck fortunately or unfortunately they've fought this battle before and have a few tricks.

10.  How exciting was it that a Blue Whale was sighted just off of Nantucket.  Typically the Blue Whale is rarely seen and definitely not in New England waters so it was truly an exceptional moment.  There were some old time Nantucket locals that I'm sure were thinking of a Nantucket Sleigh Ride!

Enjoy the week and SELL SELL SELL