(CNN) — Violence marred Black Friday shopping in at least seven states, including California, where police say a woman doused fellow shoppers with pepper spray in a bid to snag a discounted video game console. The incident happened Thursday night at a Walmart in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles, said Officer Robert Chavira, a…

This is a great article from The New Yorker. Funny in a scary kinda’ way. Or scary in a funny kinda’ way. You choose. SHOUTS & MURMURS WE ARE THE ONE PER CENT by John Kenney NOVEMBER 28, 2011 Average wealth of the top 1 percent was almost $14 million in 2009, according to a…

That’s my position. Besides, Wall Street is closed today. The only pepper that got sprayed around here was from a shaker and the only drumming was from the leftover turkey leg. White meat, dark meat…I’m an equal opportunity carnivore. I never understood why we only eat green bean casserole once a year anyway. I hope…

It’s a time of year when we should slow down and remember to say thanks… for what we have and what we don’t have. Say thanks… for who we are and who we are not. Say thanks….for where we are and where we are not. Say thanks…for who our friends are and who they are not.…