Oh Badger, it’s good to see my outrage at Trek sexism can be extrapolated to the rest of life 
(actually my ire is directed at thinkgeek ahem. nothing to see here.)
Oh, didn’t I say they were driving along in a nifty-keen 1947 Chevy Fleetmaster? My bad.
I can’t stand the Black Friday lady. The Target ads are everywhere. She personifies everything I hate about the holiday season. I understand that we live in a Capitialist society and our economy runs on this type of shite but the whole Black Friday craziness irkes me worse than George Lucas’ refusal to release the original Star Wars. The whole notions reeks of, “Dance puppets. Dance. Dance before the mighty genius of commercialism. Dance. Dash. Trample. Thrash. Barge. Forget common decency. Forget peace on Earth and all that craaaap. Grab all you can. You deserve it. Don’t allow anyone to get a better deal than you. Forget Thanksgiving. Forget your family. Forget your fellow humans. Go grab those sales. Get out there @ 3am!! Dance puppets. Dance.”
shiver
speaking as someone who’s a big free market capitalist…I absolutely hate those ads and don’t like black friday in general…I can’t freaking stand shopping in big stores on regular days…I’m actually glad I’ll be working tomorrow and won’t have to deal with shopping or any kind of retail crowds
I also think it’s getting pathetic that I’m seeing ads now that a couple stores are having their deals start 10pm on Thanksgiving Day for crying out loud that’s just getting absurd
Media censorship and idiotic logic…
for those lucky enough to not know what the headline says… it writes
“CCTV News”
“Harmless”
“Plastic Factory Explosion in Nanjing”
“Harmful Gas Won’t Cause Harm to People or Environment”
Yep see it far too often I bet they are the same parents who smoke in the car with their kids in the back seat… oh my mistake i see you opened the window that makes it all better
Sounds like you could start a new game… Nail Polish Roulette
Black Friday in general is too much! I hate the fact that Thanksgiving gets totally swept aside, and people actually have to go to work at Midnight so others can shop. It’s crazy to start the holiday machine this early. And yes, Talos, the Target lady is terrible. That tight red stretchy sweatsuit she wears with heels is just frightening.
After two decades of working as a successful engineer in the United States, Hu Zhicheng decided to return to China in 2004 and apply his rich experience to designing catalytic converters for the nation’s booming automotive industry.
“I saw how polluted the air was here, and thought I could make a difference,” said Mr. Hu, a naturalized American citizen who has a doctorate in engineering.
Now it seems he cannot leave.
The last three times he tried to board an airplane and return to his family in Los Angeles, Mr. Hu, 49, was turned away by Chinese border agents who claimed that he was a wanted man.
The problem is, he cannot find out exactly who wants him and why.
Mr. Hu, an inventor trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 48 patents and a number of prestigious science awards to his name, was jailed for a year and a half starting in 2008 after a former business associate accused him of commercial theft. The charges were so spurious that prosecutors withdrew the case — a rare gesture in China’s top-down legal system.
all he wanted to do was make a difference… and he was jailed for 1.5 years for a case he wasn’t even found guilty, where the prosecutors withdrew the case…
I’m with you. That’s why, three years ago when The Mrs. for the first time in ages had to work on “Black Friday,” I decided to start a little tradition and take our kids to the zoo instead of going shopping. It’s a heck of a lot more fun and, wouldn’t you know it but Mrs. Armando’s office just traded Veterans Day off in favor of a four day weekend on Thanksgiving, so she was able to come along on our annual zoo excursion this year.
It makes the holidays that much more enjoyable to start them with a nice family outing rather than a crass commercial exercise.
I’m in full support of this. I think I may have to steal your tradition and call it my own. Well done sir.
Steal away. This year’s edition was particularly fulfilling.
And The Mrs. just did a bunch of Christmas shopping with me on her computer (well, “with me” in that she told me what she was thinking of getting and I approved or expressed my scepticism before purchase). Such times we live in!