Black Friday
Taking a Look Into Black Friday and its Origins
It is an interesting fact that a month will contain a Friday 13th if the 1st of the month is a Sunday. It is hard to conjure up why this day should be considered unlucky but there are many theories and one can trace some phobias back to mythology. There are also tales of bad luck occurring on this day to families, businesses and people in general, such as a car smash, someone dies, or your house gets burgled, but is this any worse on this date than on any other when the same type of incidenc...

Think On This: Black Friday
Midnight Madness or Cultural Craziness?
As I write this, my wife and daughter have hit the shopping trail. I don't fault them, they want a deal. This is not a hater page on Black Friday, but I think we should think a little more about it. Why do we stay up all night store hopping, looking for the best deals? I mean, beyond wanting to save money? Is it the herd instinct? Is it peer pressure? Is it a death wish? I have more questions than answers. I am middle aged. I grew up poor. My mom worked in a bodega in NY and my dad was a mec...

Black Friday 2012
Find the Deal of the year this black Friday
On the biggest shopping day of the year people come out in the hundreds of thousands to grab something at a great price. That day is Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving while everyone is still full from Turkey, potatoes and gravy and all the days football games are over people start preparing for black Friday. The speacial edition newspaper is over stuffed with ads and all of them are competing to get you in There store first. Some stores will offer Free gift cards to the first 500 or so...