All that work for nothing...and a silver lining...

For most people, the day after Thanksgiving is just another holiday or an extension of the Thanksgiving holiday. For others, it's time to hit the sales!
On a side note to that, as I was leaving the station last night, I drove by the Best Buy store that I mentioned in the last blog. The line grew even longer...around the corner and down the street.

Wow.

Of course, I'm beginning to understand a little bit of that now. I asked my wife to pick up a portable DVD player. They were on sale at Best Buy for $49.99. She went there and was told they were sold out by 8am! It made me ponder for the moment the value of staying in line overnight, in the cold, in the wind, in the dampness, with a group of strangers, just to buy some material object.

Awww, who am I kidding...? It still isn't worth it to stand out in line overnight waiting to pick up some item on sale...that's just me.

Anyway, there's another group of people that also enjoy the holiday...the football holiday. Thanksgiving, along with New Year's is saturated in the tradition of football.

We had a scorcher on WUSA. It was LSU vs. Arkansas. Triple overtime and one of the most exciting games I've seen in a long time! I just wish I wasn't waiting to direct a 6pm newscast in the control room. It would have been much more “pleasurable” at home with the family watching that excitement! At the same time, I have to say that while everyone put in alot of hard work to get a 6pm newscast on the air, if it had to be pre-empted; this was the game, the silver lining that made it all worthwhile!