Happy Buy Nothing Day

Sorry to leave you all post-less. I'm sure you were too busy stuffing your faces to get on the internet. That's cool, I was too. Let the record show that I exerted great restraint and only ate one piece of pumpkin pie. If it was the biggest piece of pie you've ever seen in your life, you can just keep that to yourself.

Anyway, I wanted to get something up here and wish you all a happy Black Friday/Buy Nothing Day (and a belated Thanksgiving, of course).

Black Friday used to be hard for minor agoraphobes like myself to enjoy, but then Amazon came along and now we can all partake in ridiculous, food coma induced shopping sprees. So we can all be thankful for that.

I also wanted to share with you a unique solution to the sleeping bag coat that was presented to me by nishmael:

Here are some choice quotes from the Amazon.com page where this lovely sleeping-bag pajama-mix is available for sale:

"Ideal for summer festivals, lounging around the house, a movie marathon, or summer camping, it's comfortable mobile, letting you move your arms and legs independently, and stand, walk, and cross your legs without trouble."

I'm not sure what "comfortable mobile" means, or what kind of movie marathons these folks think I'm having...outdoors...but ok.

From one enthusiastic reviewer:

"We use the bag mostly for camping in Wisconsin and love being able to walk around the campsite at night and in the morning without being cold and all of the other functionality we get (I play the guitar...ever try playing the guitar in a mummy bag?). The new model, I think they call it the 2nd generation, has an extended zipper down the right side so I can go to the bathroom without taking the bag off...BONUS!!!"

Bonus, indeed.

Ok, I'm going to get ready for my high school reunion now, please nobody buy this for me while I'm gone. Seriously.