In the dark and cold the crowd gathers, facing the sealed portal. Shivering groups of 2 or 3 ignore those around them. A young man brushes against the cloak of the woman in front of him. She turns and glares. Is he trying to move past her? She stiffens her stance vowing internally not not allow him or anyone else to get past her while she simultaneously plots how to pass those ahead of her.

This is not science fiction, nor the story of the people hoping to escape with their lives from the flood by getting on the Ark.

It's Black Friday - 8 days from today.

This year I'll brave the savages to shop for a video camera. I haven't participated in the materialistic orgie of Black Friday in years.

We usually think the primary sin in our society is promiscuity. Or voting for a Democrat.

I think the primary sin that plagues our society is materialism, and Black Friday is a great display of our depravity.

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