Happy day after Thanksgiving to all of you out there. Perhaps you're reading this blog post on the laptop computer that some people have apparently waited days in line for. I always thought it was somewhat garish to go to the stores at 5 a.m. on "Black Friday" in the 80's and 90's when my mom used to do that – but those were far more innocent days when it came to the ever enduring zeal to buy stuff.
After reading all the stories already about people in line shopping this morning, I have to beg the question: I thought we were in the worst recession since the great depression? Oh, never mind.
I'm not sure we'll get a recording in on the report today (we're dependent on the kindness of co-workers), but here some stories that caught our attention today.
Global warming skeptics are loving the email controversy that broke last week on some reports being manipulated;
That D.C. socialite couple that crashed the White House state dinner the other night caused me to ponder why the Detroit Lions continue to play (and get slaughtered) on Thanksgiving Day;
And there's a benefit concert happening this weekend at Skipper's whose proceeds will go benefit those affected by Hurricane Ida in El Salvador;
This article appears in Nov 25 – Dec 1, 2009.