Yesterday, I got a bit enraged about a dumb piece accusing some very committed filmmakers of making “swimming pool movies,” which was even more stupid because of the specific movies on which the accusation was leveled. Thing is, there is no question that “swimming pool movies” exist. This concept, the coining of which is less clear than “high school with money” (Steve Martin or Randy Newman or both), is one of those inside baseball presumptions, like sexual preference or presumed familiarity, that can really upset the accused when they become aware of it.

The nominees are in for the Emmys. There really aren’t too many surprises. Check out the Emmy nominations 2009 list below. Outstanding Comedy Series ENTOURAGE FAMILY GUY FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER THE OFFICE 30 ROCK WEEDS Outstanding Drama Series BIG LOVE BREAKING BAD DAMAGES DEXTER HOUSE LOST MAD MEN Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Brian Cranston, BREAKING BAD Gabriel Byrne, IN TREATMENT Michael C Hall, DEXTER Hugh Laurie, HOUSE John Hamm, MAD MEN Simon Baker, THE MENTALIST Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Kyra Sedgwick, THE CLOSER Glenn Close, DAMAGES Mariska Hargitay, LAW & ORDER: SVU Elisabeth Moss, MAD MEN Sally Field.

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” -Soren Kierkegaard As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m currently reading Crossing Over by John Edward. As a student of mediumship, the pearls of wisdom in this book are really a huge help. Something I read the other night drove home a very interesting point. Not one I had never thought of, but one I had never thought of with regard to my work as a medium.

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UPDATE: Apple Asks Microsoft To Stop Running Ad Campaign>MSFT SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–Apple Inc. (AAPL) recently asked Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) to stop running television commercials that suggest its Macintosh computers are expensive, the latest indication that the rivalry between the companies is heating up. I agree. They should flat out SAY IT, not suggest it. It’s true.

Last week the Dow fell 1.6%; S&P fell 1.9%; the Russell 2000 fell 3.3% and the Nasdaq slipped 1.8%; cyclicals fell 3.6%; transports 1.5%; consumers 1.6%; utilities 1.4%; banks 2.3% and broker/dealers 2.8%. High tech fell 1.8%; semis 1.8%; Internets 2.1% and biotechs 2.7%. Gold bullion fell $19.50 and the HUI gold index fell 8.4%.Two-year T-bill rates fell 10 bps to 0.82% and the 10’s fell 21 bps to 3.30%. Ten-year German bunds fell 8 bps to 3.26%. Freddie Mac pegged the 30-year fixed rate mortgage off 12 bps at 5.20%.

All of my peers save one, are criticized for being pretentious behind the bar. Even I, have been known to say, to a guest, about the drink I am serving them, “that is the 2nd worst cocktail ever.” 1st, dirty vodka “martini,” 2nd being a dry vodka “martini, ” and 3rd being the vodka soda, as my friend Dallas calls it: the alcoholic’s light cigarette. Only Daniel Shoemaker of the Tear Drop lounge in Portland O R handles these questions correctly.

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filed in Business on Jul.17, 2009Bottom LineEx-49er Steve Young’s advice to equity rookies 07.16.09Wells tries to keep stake in student loans 07.15.09Expedia, Hotwire pay S.F. its taxes 07.14.09Hotel foreclosures spread throughout California 07.12.09More Bottom Line »The “challenges” for San Francisco’s biggest business are coming thick and fast. That oft-used word at last Tuesday’s San Francisco Visitors & Convention Bureau luncheon rang loud and clear two days later when the Four Seasons Hotel on Market Street defaulted on a $90 million loan.

Here’s my Top 10 links from around the Internet at 10 am. I welcome your additions in the comments below and please send any suggestions for Monday’s Top 10 at 10 to bernard.hickey@interest.co.nz A quick reminder to gloaters that my humble pie party is this afternoon at the Gables pub in Herne Bay in Auckland at 5pm. This is to ‘celebrate’ me halving my forecast for house price falls. Also, I am not an overpaid speed bump. 1.