It's beginning to look a lot like ...

... another of the year-round Forbidden Heds, sneaking in while our attention is on the seasonal atrocities. No more "not your father's," ever, under any circumstances.

The radio seems quite busy now with the conceit that Thanksgiving is "the new Black Friday." Let's set that one out on the midden for the wolves, shall we? And while we're at it, let's ponder what might happen if we didn't have a shopping centerpiece on the Friday front.