Should companies curb there holiday advertising until after Thanksgiving?

Should companies curb there holiday advertising until after Thanksgiving?I believe it was Sept. 9 of this year at CVS Pharmacy in North Haven at about 7pm and Im walking down one of the aisles and I see Christmas ornaments. In September??!! Let me ask you, do you think companies like CVS, Walgreens, Best Buy, Target etc. should curb there holiday advertising? I mean there was Christmas stuff out in October. Do you think thats too early to start promoting the holiday? Halloween wasnt even here, and Christmas stuff was out. It almost seems like Halloween and Thanksgiving get lost in the shuffle. I know you have to plan ahead but still. Christmas stuff in September? How do you get into the spirit of Thanksgiving when theres Christmas stuff all over the place? Some people would argue that you should focus on one holiday at a time. I can get into the holidays now and dont have to wait until after Thanksgiving to get into Christmas.How about you guys? Do you think companies should curb the holiday advertising until after Thanksgiving? Have you guys started Christmas shopping? Are you guys done?

Whats the deal with all the darkness?

You know what honks me off now? Darkness. Tell me something. How come it has to get dark so early? I mean there is a sunset at 3:45 pm and its dark by 5 pm. I mean the nights are so long now and with the winter coming and the storms already hitting, what happens if you lose power at 4pm? Your in darkness. I'd rather lose power at 4pm and have it get dark at 8pm then lose power at 4pm and it being dark. You cant even do anything because it gets dark so early. You cant take a walk or rake leaves or mow the lawn or just sit outside unless its lit and even then you take your life in your hands sometimes. You dont know whos lurking at nightime (or much less daytime).

Not to mention turning on lamps and what not for light when it gets dark. You figure if you turn on lamps at 4:15 pm in the winter, theres a good chance you can turn them on 8pm in the summer. Thats almost a 4hr. difference. Do you know how much money we would save if it was lighter later? I mean isnt it cheaper to use the actual sun for light, instead of using lamps that produce light and cost a fortune to use. In this economy, I think we should be trying to save money not losing it. Why cant it get dark at a quarter to 7 at night in the winter? What would be the big deal? To me, I think sunlight is better than darkness. It would costs less accidents on the roads because people can see better in the daylight and not be blinded by the strong lights of the cars. Also, I think that the roads, sidestreets are not lit that well and therefore you cant see well. I live where there is a 4 way Stop and there have been accidents and close calls, I think because of no light. I think you can save money by not lighting your lamps as much if it was lighter out.

I just think its better to have light instead of darkness. You can argue that its lighter in the morning but people are usually sleeping that early in the morning. You really cant take advantage of the sunlight at 5:30am in the morning. Does anyone feel the sameway or am I just being paranoid?

Do you remember wrestling on Thanksgiving Night?

Now, you must be thinking, wait, "Wrestling on Thanksgiving night honks him off"? Actually, no it doesnt. I figured I changed the mood of the blog a little bit. With Thanksgiving coming up and with me being a huge, huge wrestling fan, I figured I would take this time to look back at one of the great nights of wrestling, Thanksgiving Night. Im 29 yrs. old but I remember growing up as a kid, 2 events on Thanksgiving night that stood out for me. One, was Starrcade and the other The Survivor Series. I always liked both events because to me it had that "big fight" feel to it. Looking back on it now, it was a traditional as a Detroit Lions game on Thanksgiving. Feuds would start or end on that day. Now, I know other organizations like Mid South, World Class, AWA and others had events on Turkey Day but Starrcade and The Survivor Series stood out. Who could forget Flair vs. Race from Starrcade 83? Or what about Magnum T.A. vs. Tully Blanchard, I Quit Match, Starrcade 85? Or even The Road Warriors vs. The Midnight Express, The Skywalker Match from Starrcade 86? Those matches are as good, maybe better today, then they were when they originally took place.

What about The Survivor Series? I remember the days when "Mean" Gene Okerlund would say "The Survivor Series, where teams of 5 strive to survive". Remember those days? Those are some great memories. Hell, even The Gobblely Gooker debuted at Survivor Series 90. Still a memorable moment, even though its somewhat painful to watch Mean Gene and the Gooker "dance" for what seemed like forever. What about Survivor Series 88 when The Mega Powers were sole survivors of there team and see what, the late, great, Randy Savage later said that Hulk Hogan had "Lustful eyes" towards Elizabeth. When you watch Survivor Series 87 even today, you are watching something different. You never saw that many elimination tag team matches in one show.

Sadly, those days are over now. WWE still has The Survivor Series but not on Turkey Day anymore. Starrcade moved from Turkey Day to December in 1988 because of the Survivor Series. You cant even look towards Starrcade and think of the memories because those memories ended when WCW ended in 2001.
You do have TNA Impact Wrestling now. Thats just not the same. You could make the argument that TNA isnt really that good but thats for another blog. I watch TNA on Thanksgiving and I dont mind it but its not Starrcade or The Survivor Series. Remember when Smackdown was on Thurs. and there for would be on Thanksgiving night? I used to enjoy it but still its not Starrcade or The Survivor Series.

Will we see Thanksgiving night wrestling again? You never know. But who thought WCW would go under? Who thought Bret Hart would come back to WWE? Who thought Hart and Shawn Micheals would make peace after The Montreal Screwjob? But as long as we have DVD's and yes, even VHS tapes of those shows, those memories wont die. Thank God for youtube, Thank God for DVD's and VHS tapes and a special Thank God for WWE Classics on Demand. Without any of those things, are memories would be gone. And those memories are too good for them to go away.

Its Frustrating trying to Find a Job

If you have been living under a rock you know that the job market, the economy etc. is terrible right now. If you listen to the news, its not pretty. Especially with the holidays coming up and now Ive seen on the news that the jobs for the holidays are not there either. Holiday jobs are hard to come by. I was watching, I think NBC Nightly News and it said that Best Buy is actually cutting down jobs for the holiday season. I dont know the exact numbers but its declining.

To me, its very frustrating trying to find a job. I wish I could find something at least for the holiday season. It makes me very mad and aggravates me very much. Not to have money in your pocket sucks. I mean, I know Im not a rocket scientist or do I have many degrees. I have an Associates Degree in General Studies and I know thats not much but still. You would think someone would give me a break.

Two things that give me problems in getting in a job. One, the experience. All I see, and rightfully so, is you need experience to get a job. Thats all fine and well but dont you need, I dont know, the job, to gain experience. How can I get experience if KNOWONE hires me? That ticks me off. Second, the degrees. Can it be possible that EVERY job that I see needs a 4yr. degree? Or previous experience? Or a major AND a minor in something? Like I said, Im not a rocket scientist, but geez you would think a job would land my way.

So, if anyone sees a job that would fit me, please let me know. I like writing, I also would like to start my own business. A classic Sports channel or a classic Game Show channel or anything classic and vintage. Do you think the job market is going to change anytime soon? Is the job market getting better? Hell, is the economy getting any better? I mean, really, enough is enough.

Supermarket Edition

My rant here is to talk about things that bother me when I associate with supermarkets, groceries and groceries that are in the supermarkets.
Ok, you know what bothers me or honks me off about supermarkets?

I cant stand the fact that when Im trying to bag groceries, I start to do it, and then some bagger comes over and finishes my order. Whats that about? Maybe they should be there from the beginning of the order instead of interrupting me. Not only that, but they cram everything into one bag and makes harder for me to carry the bags!!! I dont know why they do that but they do it EVERY TIME!!!
How about false advertising. Now, I bought seedless red grapes last week. So what happens when I eat them?? They got seeds in them. Or how about when one thing is supposed to be one price and it turns out its more expensive then when it was to suppose to be.

You know what else bothers me. How come when you stand in line to leave the store and you put the groceries on the conveyer belt, how come its so small? I mean you have the conveyer belt, then that little space and then theres all the candy and gum and stuff. I mean you cant even move!!! And what about the aisles in the grocery stores?? They are way too small. They should be wider so you can have more room. I mean your literally elbow to elbow with people.

Am I reading too much into this whole supermarket rant?? I mean does anybody else feel this way like I do??

Do you know what honks me off...

I actually started a blog a few yrs. ago but stopped blogging for some unknown reason. Well, now Im going to try to have a blog and I hope you guys like it and read it. My title to this blog "Do you know what honks me off..." means somethings that I find aggravating.





Lets start with TV. I mean if you really look at TV, you will see that at least in my view, things are really getting my nerves. Lets state the obvious first. Reality TV. Look, I know people watch this and I will admit I watch a little bit of Reality TV but now its absurd. I mean how many reality tv shows can you have. Whose bright idea was to shove Reality TV down our throats? I also think that even though people watch, I think its one of those "we are not laughing with you, we are laughing at you". These shows are taking away from the tv sitcom and the game show and the soap opera. Those 3 genres that I just mentioned paved the way for these Reality shows. If the sitcom, game show, soap opera wasnt successful back in the old days, who knows where tv would be. I mean you look at these Reality TV shows and the people on them, do you think they know what Password is? How about Another World or Search for Tomorrow? What about Happy Days or even Leave it to Beaver? Do you think someone like Snooki knows about that? I mean believe or not there was good tv and there were great actors and actresses before 1996.





Something else that really bothers me is that your watching a TV show and all of a sudden these pop-up ads show up on your screen, reminding to watch this or watch that. I mean in the age of Internet, I-pad, I-phone, etc. you mean to tell me we cant look up to see what shows are on at what times? How do you think people did it 20 yrs. ago?





I would have to say something that really annoys me more than anything is having the closing credits to your TV shows basically cut for a plug, for you guessed it, a TV show that you probably know when its going to air anyway. So great themes like Happy Days, The Wonder Years and all the rest get chopped because the networks NEED to tell us about shows that are going to air, or about to air etc. Is it really necessary? I mean I like the fact that a channel like The Hub is showing Happy Days, The Wonder Years etc. I just find it annoying.





Do you guys have an opinion?Or is it just me?

What does the N stand for?

I wrote here on the blog about the N and how they should change the N. Well, since the N went to 24 hrs. they've not changed at all. You see I thought that having the N for 24 hrs. you were finally going to get more shows. Well, that's not the case. They show the same shows now that they did when the N went from 6 pm to 6 am. You know what, look what's on. Degrassi. Degrassi, Degrassi, Degrassi. That's all you see and frankly I'm sick of it. The point of the N was to have more programming, not the same stuff. You wouldn't mind it but it's on all the time. You wonder how many episodes they made. What happened to The Hills, Laguna Beach, Dawson's Creek, Summerland etc. They haven't even been on. Who's going to watch the The Hills and Laguna Beach at 4 and 4:30 in the morning. I don't think that's really fair when you consider what they can show and what they do show.