How did Cyber Monday get its name? It got it recently - November 28 2005 at Shop.org, coined by Ellen Davis and Scott Silverman to get people to shop online. This is recent - think about Black Friday.
Supposedly the term's origin is an early 17th century phrase and was school slang for "Friday on which an examination is held". I don't see that repeated anywhere but the Google definition.
Black Friday in the U.S. was first seen as the term used for the financial crisis of the U.S. gold market in 1869. It was due to a gold buying/selling scheme.
The original shopping Black Friday was theme given to mayhem in Philadelphia in the 1950's when shoppers flooded into the city in advance of the big Army-Navy football game on the Saturday.
The myth of retailers going 'into the black' on the day after Thanksgiving started in the 1960s. It is considered inaccurate but is 'officially sanctioned' as it is a positive story. The going from red into the black is positive compared to other Black Friday origins which have a negative connotation.
Today we're looking the macro images of the boats stored on shore in the parking lot at Port Dalhousie. These are bits of wear and tear from the many layers of paint. The lines that follow the textures are created with the Flaming Pear India Ink filter.
These pictures are a combination of rust on peeling, crackled paint, and paper. The effect seems to make the textures look like precious metals and velvet.
I usually check out the news before each day's post, and at the bottom of the top 5 stores, below all the ads and signups (which seem to increase remarkably every day), I saw an article on the 9 best places to retire in Canada.
1. Moncton, NB 2. Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON 3. Kingston, ON 4. Stratford, ON 5. Comox, BC 6. Rimouski, Quebec 7. Ottawa, ON 8. Estevan, Saskatchewan 9, Salmon Arm, BC
With Niagara-on-the-Lake just down the road from me, I can enjoy the benefits of a high-class community without the costs that come with it.
