โ€˜Black Fridayโ€™ Starting Thanksgiving Day &โ€ˆOther Black Eyes

As Iโ€ˆsat back and started to watch the New England Patriots dismantle the New York Jets at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Iโ€ˆfelt a shudder inside me as Iโ€ˆthought of all those people who already had been on line for eight, 12, 28 hours (and more) in order to grab the biggest bargains for โ€œPre-Black-Friday,โ€โ€ˆwhich started for some retailers (and, of course, their least senior employees and their families) at the same time as the kickoff of the final NFLโ€ˆGame on Thanksgiving Day โ€” which Iโ€ˆbelieve is the first time that Black Friday has started on Thanksgiving Thursday.Continue reading

โ€˜Black Fridayโ€™ Starting Thanksgiving Day &โ€ˆOther Black Eyes

As Iโ€ˆsat back and started to watch the New England Patriots dismantle the New York Jets at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Iโ€ˆfelt a shudder inside me as Iโ€ˆthought of all those people who already had been on line for eight, 12, 28 hours (and more) in order to grab the biggest bargains for โ€œPre-Black-Friday,โ€โ€ˆwhich started for some retailers (and, of course, their least senior employees and their families) at the same time as the kickoff of the final NFLโ€ˆGame on Thanksgiving Day โ€” which Iโ€ˆbelieve is the first time that Black Friday has started on Thanksgiving Thursday.Continue reading

New Tampa Nature Park Opens, Showcasing Areaโ€™s Natural Beauty

By Matt Wiley

Away from the orange construction signs and hazy, dust-filled air that frequently inhabits the Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. corridor during the still-ongoing widening of New Tampaโ€™s main thoroughfare, our area is full of wetlands, woodlands and wildlife. For that reason, a new park has opened that attaches to the existing Flatwoods Wilderness Park to further showcase the areaโ€™s natural beauty.Continue reading