Tony Brewer View

It seems as if just about everyone in the family is getting a jump on their Christmas wish list this year. I imagine since money is tight for so many of us that folks want to go ahead and start looking for bargains well ahead of time instead of the usual last minute frantic holiday shopping rush that so many people get trapped into each year. The emails are flying between family members like crazy. Emails are a great way to keep in touch and communicate with each other these days and it seems to be the way to go for Christmas wish lists!

This year I am noticing requests for more practical gifts. Quite a few folks have their eyes on clothing, especially the henleys that have been such a hot ticket as of late. So I’m going to be taking a look online and see what types of deals and bargains I can come up with come the weekend. Might as well get going on getting some of the shopping done now since Christmas is only 60 days, 2 hours and 39 minutes away – as of this writing, but who’s counting?

I spent about a half hour this morning checking out the different weird news stories.  It’s a good way to spend a few minutes, reading about out-of-the-ordinary occurrences, like the guy who was trying to break open an ATM and ended up getting hurt and needed to go to the hospital, and about the guy who escaped from jail, only to return that same night to ask to be let back in, and about the priest who was arrested for jogging in the nude.  I think I’ll be checking out that site again – very interesting reading, and a good way to take a break from all of the “usual” news stuff like politics and the stock market and the economy and the war.