I was glad to see that Black Friday sales were better than expected. Online sales were up 16% on a day that they are bad. Both of these items could be good news for the economy. We will see over the next few weeks. If the retail sales stay up it could be very good news in an economy that is driven by retail sales.  Another thing to be thankful for on Thanksgiving weekend is family. My wife and I had our son, his girlfriend, her brother, and our youngest daughter for Thanksgiving. In spite of me having a killer cold, and missing our middle daughter, we had a great Thanksgiving. Hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.