Happy Black Friday

Let us give Thanks... Touchdown! Brett Farve!

I watched a lot of football yesterday, due to this flu.

Got about three ads into the paper and realized that Black Friday is a massive waste of time and energy.

Black Friday - the first day where retail supposedly makes money in any given year. There are some other great Black Fridays listed on Wikipedia too... they're mostly riots and financial crisises.

I have nothing against consumerism, capitalism or even blind devotion to the free market society. All that said, you'd have to pay me a significant amount to camp out in a parking lot, wake up early and fight the crowds just for a chance of some marginally good deal.

I mean, people are camping outside in the cold, 19 degree temperature, without hats, without shelter - they're essentially Homeless - to save five bucks on some lead paint toy made in China? What the hell is wrong with you people?

In the spirit of full disclosure, my hatred of crowds and "spanners" is legendary.

What's a spanner? The group of people (old ladies, young women, family, teenagers, fat people, tall people, whomever) that spans 4-6 people abreast and lopes along chatting, browsing, meandering while blocking an entire aisle. These people are also on sidewalks in front of me - all the time.

It's infuriating when they're completely oblivious to the fact that anyone is behind them... enraging when they just don't care.
If I ever snap and whack an old lady upside the head, you can bet she was a spanner.

However, if you ARE going to camp out and bear the rush of people who are shopping for ten dollars off last year's LCD flat screen, here are some thoughts:

Black Friday Tips:
1. Avoid digital cameras in general. You can do better online.
2. You almost can't go wrong with the widespread deals on GPS.
3. Those Polaroid TVs from Wal-mart are cheep, but you read this site and should know better.
4. Best Buy's doorbuster 40" Samsung 1080p TV? Similar deal at Sears, I hear.
5. Where's Apple? Here's Apple. No word on their deals yet.

Thanks for all the source research from [blackfriday.info]
To see pretty ad pictures hit up [bfads]

6. Also know that all these deals are leaked on purpose to whip us into some kind of lather.

7. If you don't have the cash, don't use your credit card. If you don't understand this last tip, see me after class.