The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Alcoa or Genentech

Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...

• Disappointing earnings from Alcoa (AA)...
• An article that notes some of the forces pressuring housing stock but says "Could the storm for homebuilders be waning?"
• Some concerns for Yahoo (YHOO) as it noted that "the company has suffered some embarrassing setbacks in its sales of both display and Web search advertising..."
• Earnings from Genentech (DNA)...
• The announcement that McAfee's (MFE) CEO has stepped down amid an options probe...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest story is "the next few months will present plenty of opportunity to sample so-called seasonal beers"...Homer Simpson summed it all up with - "mmm...beeeeeeer..."