**_Very strange, very stylish, very funny, but not for everyone_** > _Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awareness, or he spends his time shopping, which is the same thing._ - Ernest Becker; _The Denial of Death_ (1973) > _In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should enjoy unprecedented savings on all their favourite brands. This was the first Black Friday and took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to find their discounts. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the cit...