Welcome to Black Friday

Today is Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. It is the busiest shopping day of the year. Malls and shopping centers will be filled to the bursting point with shoppers out seeking the best deals for their Christmas shopping.

I wish them well, but I won't be joining them. That would mean doing things I don't want to do. Like showering, dressing and burning $3.00 per gallon gasoline to drive into town and then drive back home. And it would mean elbowing my through massive crowds, standing in line at every store, fighting for a parking place less than a mile from the entrance and then walking in the cold wind, coping with traffic and risking a ticket from NC's hyper-vigilant Highway Patrol who have been given astronomically high ticket quotas for the holiday weekend.

No thank you. As a public service I point you toward the Black Friday deals on Amazon.com. I was just over there looking around and they do have some astounding bargains. Go check it out. It is far better to shop in your underwear with a glass of eggnog at your side than it is to face the cold cruel world on one of your precious few days off.