Yes, there’s a Web site for Black Friday. Probably several, but that’s the one that’s getting press on CNN. What’s really interesting are the postings regarding how Office Depot and Disney are addressing the site’s existence in two very different ways. Disney clearly understands how to participate in the online conversation, Office Depot clearly does not.

As far as I’m concerned, though, Black Friday is gross. The news tonight will be filled with images of fools trampling and injuring other fools to purchase some piece of crap that will break in six months. If you can’t wait for the evening news, click here for news from the Florida front lines. Or here for word from the Michigan trenches. Egads. Newspapers having to post editorials like this is insane. I personally support Buy Nothing Day.

Today is Thanksgiving, officially proclaimed as a national holiday in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln in a statement that had a lot more to do with war and religion than it did with turkey and pie.

May your holiday be a happy, healthy, and safe one.

Seth Godin alerts us this week to Frogreview.com, a site on which two frogs review other sites, sorta like an amphibious Beavis and Butthead.

I like the idea. I particularly like that their debut effort takes Ticketmaster to task. My gripe: The frogs are making a casual critique when there is so much more to work with here! What about those insane Ticketmaster security words? What about the “convenience” fees? What about listings for dead artists? (Try searching for Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown — “no dates scheduled” indeed.)

C’mon, you tadpoles — grow some fangs!

You’ve probably heard of the Million-Dollar Homepage. If not, take a look at today’s Reveries Magazine, which has a pretty good article about Alex Tew and his creation.

It’s a brilliant idea, elegant in its simplicity and plugging directly into the sort of zeitgeist that the Web tends to embrace.

Damn, I wish I’d thought of it first.

DMNews reports that the National Retail Federation’s Shop.org online division is trying to position the Monday after Thanksgiving as the official kickoff to the online holiday shopping season, in much the same way as the Friday after Thanksgiving kicks off the retail shopping frenzy.

Aside from this just sorta feeling crass and gross (and doesn’t “Cyber Monday” imply that more than shopping is going on?), I think they’re about a month off the mark. Couple the “oh, crap, I haven’t finished my shopping yet!” sensibility with the timeliness of overnight delivery services, and I think the true kickoff to the online holiday shopping season is probably more like December 22.