Halloween wasn’t even over when I received my first “Countdown to Black Friday” notice from all manner of insidious sources. Since I hide my darker side from public view fairly well, you might think I’m a pretty nice person, but I confess to a flood of peeved thoughts, none of which involved anything that would …
The Advent Conspiracy
Halloween hadn't even arrived when I received my first “Countdown to Black Friday” notice from Amazon. Since I hide my darker side from public view fairly well, you might think I’m a pretty nice person, but I confess to a flood of peeved musings, none of which involved anything that would put my salvation in jeopardy, …
The Black in “Black Friday”
I don’t usually talk much about stuff like this, but I couldn’t help myself. Is anyone else nauseated by the concept of “Black Friday”? Is it really my responsibility to put all my favorite retailers and our country’s economy “in the black” by buying a bunch of paraphernalia that neither my friends nor I need? …
