Craziness at Walmart

I just caught up on newspapers (life story...I think I am usually 2-3 days behind) and was reading about the death that happened yesterday at a Walmart.  I don't have a problem with Black Friday shopping.  I don't take part in it because I don't like crowds and I really hate to get up early.  I don't have issues with people trying to get bargains.  Money is tight.  Hell, I would have probably considered getting up super early and going to Best Buy if I could get a flat screen tv for super cheap.  

Back to Walmart and the article I was reading...the people who stormed the store and trampled over Walmart employees are sick.  What makes a human try to break through the doors for a bargain?  People are blaming Walmart for not providing enough store security but why aren't they just blaming the crazy shoppers?  Are they sitting around this weekend thinking about their actions or are they just pissed off because they had to leave the store when someone died?

I don't get it.

Still alive...

Yes, I am around.  I just haven't been in a blogging kind of mood.  I've been in a downright funk for most of November.  I wanted to say all of these things about the election and my trip to Charleston, but my real funk descended on me right around that time.  

I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things now that I have caught up on a few personal things.

Stress

I head off tomorrow to a conference in Charleston.  I really hope that this year isn't a repeat of 2004 when I had to drown my sorrows in various Charleston bars.  I don't care what the pundits say...I'm nervous.  I just don't trust anything after the last two elections.