Even Halloween Isn't Safe

I'm a market kinda guy but as business guru Peter Drucker put it, "Markets aren't perfect, they're not even very good, they're just better than anything else." And so there are downsides.

In particular, my beef this time of year is that "the market" has taken over the holiday(s). Certainly as of 2019 A.D., it's aced-out the "old" Christmas Spirit.

And since it now starts on Thanksgiving — always a Thursday remember — it's clear "Black Friday" is engulfing whatever spirit lives there too.

As you may know, the "Black" in Black Friday refers to black ink, theoretically marking the first day of the year that merchants begin making their yearly profit.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm a market kinda guy remember. I'm glad profit motivates the folks who stock things close by or send me stuff by mail so I don't have to travel. You should be too.