Black Friday (Now Leaking Into Thursday) Is Still Not Worth It

Chalk one more up on the board of receding holiday traditions. Local news reports that the Quil Ceda Outlet Mall in Marysville is opening its doors to drooling shoppers eager for a fix at midnight. That's right - eat turkey, enjoy a slice of pie, rest, then get up and shop in the wee hours of the morning.

What's worse:

Major retail chains open on Thanksgiving included K-Mart, Big Lots, and Fred Meyer.

Great, one more way to cut into valuable family time free of the bustle of commerce and the pressures of shopping.

Black Friday is known to scientists and researchers to radically affect otherwise rational, logical human beings into becoming rabid and animalistic at the opportunity to score a great deal. Higher concentrations of unrest seems to appear at the bastion of low-prices, Wal-Mart. Note these examples, courtesy of this article:

Extra police were called to a Wal-Mart store in Renton to help control crowds of shoppers who pushed their way into the electronics department after doors opened this morning...

Things got out of hand at a Wal-Mart store in Orlando, Fla., where a man who allegedly cut in line to get a discounted laptop computer was wrestled to the ground.

Count me out. I'll enjoy a nice brunch, maybe cruise some online retailers for Christmas present ideas, and then head to a party. I'll be out that wonderful deal on a plasma TV, a laptop, or a sweater, but I'll be happier, I promise.