Picture of the Day - Plan your nuisance lawsuit now

Plan your nuisance lawsuit now. Retailers are training for you this year, so take the extra time today to case your target.

Be sure to pick a "hot" location with a news crew so that your trampling will be replayed breathlessly around the country. It will substantially increase your settlement.

(Caption: Corey Womack, with Nesha Brooks, left, and Donna Strickland, plays the role of frantic customer in Best Buy's Black Friday training at Potomac Yard. (Carol Guzy - Washington Post))

Seriously, if it's illegal to throw money into the street to create a riot, how are retailers not criminally responsible for the environment they're creating?

(Light blogging today and tomorrow.)