here's some of the goodies I saw in recent catalogs for Black Friday shopping:

• OK, can anyone enlighten me on why this Craftsman Thermometer is necessary? Outsid of the initial "Oh, look, the walls are 67F", and the humorous "Kid's sick. I just took his temperature from across the room …

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!

A Horse Named Paul Revere

And the kids just love it.

I think I finally figured out the whole reason why people never suspected Clark Kent was Superman: I took off my glasses and put them on my desk this morning. One of my co-workers stopped on by and asked me if I wore glasses. (Now, to put this in perspective …

• Red Hat Rejects Microsoft Patent Deal Overtures

• I smell trouble brewing for open source companies. I really wish Novell had told Microsoft to bugger off in their patent indemnity overtures.

• Are New DRM Technologies Setting Vista Up for Failure?

• Aren't consumers in lock-step with Microsoft, no matter what the penalty …