Perhaps you’ve heard the news that Pixar had their worst movie release in its history from Elemental’s first weekend. The company’s last really big hit was about eight years ago.
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Perhaps you’ve heard the news that Pixar had their worst movie release in its history from Elemental’s first weekend. The company’s last really big hit was about eight years ago.
When the genetics testing company 23andMe first appeared years ago, I actually paid for and submitted my test. I thought I’d find out all kinds of vital information like if and when I’d get cancer, how long I’d live, and all kinds of other cool information. Nope. They were too terrified to say anything meaningful, so instead I found out stuff like – – and I’m not making this up – – my proclivity to have hard ear wax. Totally useless. I guess the rest of the planet is slowly catching on, as ME withers away to worthlessness.
Good God. Thank heavens that’s over. Yet another government-mandated three-day weekend, in which hundreds of billions of dollars of productivity are torched so that people can sit around and have no idea what to do with their day. Of course, if we also include the millions of federal employees in the equation, an additional $3.67 was lost in productivity due to the holiday as well. But now we are all permitted to actually attempt to lead meaningful, productive lives again (the aforementioned government employees notwithstanding), So let’s get started.
As of this moment (although the powers-that-be are fighting like hell to reverse it ASAP), the quotes are red. The /ES is down 11 points and has been slowly sliding.