I am sick this morning.

My brother’s family has been suffering from a stomach virus this week, and I woke up today feeling the opposite of pleasant. If not for the fact two online friends, who are both sick themselves, plotted in a series of blog comments to pass “the sickness” on to me, I wouldn’t think anything of my current predicament. When family members are sick, there’s a chance I will get sick, too.

But the timing of my illness, on the heels of their hex, makes me believe my friends are dabbling in the black magics.

It’s for that reason I will not name these two friends. I do not want to anger them. I do not want to feel their wrath. I do not want to wake up tomorrow and discover I’ve been turned into a frog.

Amazon Has Too Many Options

I had no luck yesterday with my Christmas shopping. I browsed Amazon for several hours. There are just too many options. So, today I’m going to use the eeny, meeny, miny, moe method of Christmas shopping.

Will the gifts end up being good ones? Very doubtful. However, I’m pretty sure the looks on my family’s faces will be priceless. There’s no telling what kind of crazy gifts they’ll get. My brothers could get Rainbrow Brite dolls. My sisters could get Welcome Back Kotter posters. My parents could get Hannah Montana DVDs.

If nothing else, it will be funny.

Why I Used Best Buy

After my last post where I defamed the name of Best Buy, a regular reader asked why I bought the new Scott Weiland solo CD online at Best Buy instead of at a nearby store. Good question.

You see, Mr. Weiland released two versions of his new record. One was a single CD with 12 songs. The other was a deluxe, double CD with 20 songs. You could buy the former anywhere. However, as of a few weeks ago, you could only buy the latter at Best Buy.

Within two hours of my last post, Best Buy sent me an e-mail telling me my order was about to be shipped. Sometime this week, I’ll finally receive the CD I ordered way back on November 24. It’s about freakin’ time.

The moral of the story? If you want an incompetent store to get its act together, publicly defame them on your blog. They’ll get the message.