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PTG Episode 72 is brought to you by Black Friday. I woke up at 5:35AM this morning, not because I set my alarm for that time, as so many other Americans with a stronger drive than I to get a big part of their holiday shopping done in one day probably did, but because my phone buzzed to tell me I’d gotten new email, an email about Black Friday deals going on over at Entertainment Earth. I promptly went back to sleep. Yes, I could have hopped online and purchased a copy of Dragon Age: Origins from BestBuy.com for $34.99, thereby saving $30. OR I could have gotten dressed and ventured out to the Best Buy down the street to witness firsthand the line of shoppers stretched out the door, people queued up to save lots of money on fun stuff. Wouldn’t have been tough–get up, throw some clothes on, hit 7-Eleven for some coffee on the way over, and get in line.

As I said, I went back to sleep.

It’s not that I have anything against frugality or bargain shopping. It’s simply that Black Friday craziness is not a part of my holiday habits. I have yet to really start thinking about what to get for whom for Christmas, and that’s simply a must if you’re doing to be doing pre-dawn shopping. A battle plan must be drawn up: specific objectives and locations that must be hit with quick, surgical precision in order to fulfill the mission. I’m sorry, but that’s too hardcore for my holiday spirit. I want to walk the aisles of a store with little pressure and just let the RIGHT gifts call out to me, whether they are bargain-priced or not. It may not be frugal OR efficient, but it seems more in the spirit of giving. It’s not about how much YOU saved, but rather how much THEY love what they get; at least, that’s how it seems to me. Others can certainly disagree, and whatever your method or belief about holiday shopping, if it brings joy to your loved ones AND saves you money, more power to you, and good luck out there today!

Episode 72 starts off by talking about Black Friday and asking the question of you listeners: what’s your holiday shopping routine? Head over to SomaCow.net/forum and the Prime Time Geek message board to answer the question there: we welcome your responses. Also, if you’re in search of deals this morning and don’t want to venture out, but would rather shop online, in addition to the deals I spotlighted in Wednesday’s post post, head over to bfads.net, the Official Black Friday 2009 website, to find hundreds of deals from online retailers all over the web. It’s a pretty comprehensive site, so be prepared to spend time making tough decisions on which deals to take advantage of … Also in this episode we bring you another four-pack of Flash TV reviews covering last week’s new episodes of V, Heroes, Fringe, and FlashForward. We wrap the hour with a set of Top Comic Picks featuring two Geoff Johns-penned books, The Flash: Rebirth #5 and Adventure Comics #4, along with Supergirl #47 by Sterling Gates. Enjoy!