I joked about the heart defibrillator on Black Friday deals and then my dryer died. I thought about taking two extension cords, plugging them in, cutting off the other ends and putting the bare wires against the dryer, but I figured it had been “down” too long. The repairman confirmed it and said he would deliver and install one if I got it from the little Sears store here – so I did.  I got a very basic dryer because the laundry room is tiny and because I didn’t want to spend more money than I had to. It is white and plain. Boring. But if it works for a few years . . . YEA! Actually, the last time I had an exciting dryer, it was a Maytag with a lint filter in the drum – it would fall off and the dryer sucked in clothes.

That dryer and I fought for a quarter of a century. Maybe one day they’ll make a movie about us. Or not.

So, right down there in the last post, I was thinking frustrating thoughts and I decided to check out Amazon Kindle’s book deal of the day. The Amazon.com page pops up and I am reminded colorfully that this is Black Friday Week. I have not been a Black Friday person – stories of items being pitched over people’s heads in a relay pass play to the guy in the check-out line and fisticuffs. It is a young person’s game. I suppose I could try to swoop down on a digital deal, but there is a real chance of something akin to “ebay bidding fever” in that scenario.

However, I clicked on the little box that listed Black Friday Week deals and scrolled down. Are you ready for this? No, really ready?

Okay, look:

My favorite part is the ordering for Christmas question.

I know it was a clever idea to raise people’s awareness by putting this on the amazon site at Black Friday Discount prices, but,  gee,  it didn’t make me feel too upbeat. And neither did that pun.

Of course, some of the people here are referring to it with a less classy word than tailbone. But moving past that, there is nothing you can do for a tailbone, except wait for it to heal.

Sigh.