Idleguy.com March, 2026, Volume 3, #3

1. Cover - March means Spring, and Spring means flowers... and baseball, and the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Fields of flowers always look better than baseball or basketball players (some may differ on that point), so a field of flowers was the obvious choice for the March cover.

2. From the Publisher's Desk - Fearless Rick started using AI - specifically, Claude, from Anthropic - to perform a few tasks and help out with story ideas and outlines a few months ago, but now has upgraded AI use. In this month's missive, he has a heart-to-heart with AI with some revealing results.

3. Contents /Credits - You are here. Credits are below.

4. Calendar - The calendar for March spun up some NASCAR and PGA Tour events, plus schedules for conference and the NCAA Tournament dates, including Selection Sunday and dates for the first and second round, Sweet 16, and Elite 8 (The Final Four is in April)

5. State of the World - A rundown of regions on a continental basis, featuring political, social and military issues.

6. Feature - "Why AI, Why Now" delves into the evolving world of AI and forecasts how it is going to change business and social functions in various ways.

7. Sports - IdelGuy.com's Annual MLB forecast offers an overview of the American and National Leagues broken down by divisions, with projections for 2026 finishes.

7a. Sports Extra - College Hoops Player of the Day will be featured along with NCAA Tournament coverage and idleguy.com's Tournament Conference Scoreboard. Interspersed will be MLB Players of the Day as the tourney overlaps with Spring Training and Opening Day.

8. Money - Understanding Sector Rotations and Asset Allocations gives some insight into how a porfolio can benefit from rebalancing and rotating between various stock sectors and asset varieties.

9. Food & Drink - How about some Steak Primavera?

10. Books - The IdleGuy.com Librarian managed to spin up some exceptional economic works by Michael Hudson, one of the leading economic historians of the day. His insights are invaluable, and the library also added the essential David Ricardo and Roger Ver's "Hijacking Bitcoin."

11. Public Domain / Toast of the Town - The public domain poem by Grantland Rice was so good it moved Toast of the Town to the back page.

12. Back Page - The usual forecast for the next issue is presented along with the contact form and this month, Toast of the Town.

Marketplace - adding items and offering free listings for IdleGuy.com readers.

Daily Idler - All you need to shape up your day: Stocks, Beers, Games, Daily Quotes and Quiz.

Home - Every issue, cover by cover, updated monthly.

IdleGuy.com France - This is an experimental page, the initial attempt to leverage AI on an international basis by presenting snippets of news, politics, sports and major events in one country. If successful, others will follow. taking the IdleGuy.com concept global.

CREDITS

Publisher: (Fearless) Rick Gagliano

Advisors: Claude AI

Graphics: When appropriate.

Photography: Fearless Rick, various internet inputs.

Everything Else: Fearless Rick (FR) and AI. All articles, unless otherwise noted, are written by Fearless Rick. AI has been used as of this issue for complete articles, and has been employed for outlines, suggestions, formatting. Most of the time, attribution is awarded for outside work.

Distribution: The Internet.

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Corrections: If you find any errors, we surely didn't make them, or, more likely, you are mistaken. AI is employed in the sourcing of information for some of the articles in this issue.

This month's issue is dedicated to anybody who's ever made a jump shot.