Black Friday year awaits. Get in line now for your best deals. … In a promo for the movie, “The Hobbit,” Denny’s is offering a hobbit menu. The fried orc has been especially popular. Then there’s the popular Sauron Burger, a thick, juicy quarter pound of meat covered with burning embers.  . … The federal government is demonstrating one of the major laws of science: For every tax proposal, there is an equal and opposite tax proposal. Scientists also have concluded the fiscal cliff discussions decisively proves the existence of a black hole in Washington D.C. from which nothing can escape … Let’s play Colleague Sports League Geography: the University of Louisville in landlocked Kentucky becomes part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Big Ten, which has had 11 teams since the admission of Penn State, will now have 13 with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers. Meanwhile, the Big 12 continues to have 10 teams. The Big East may be renamed the Little East, given the exits of Syracuse and Pittsburg and when the music stops, another chair is removed from the game. … Opponents of Regis Jesuit High School in swimming must be having a few butterflies about the swimming season as four-time Olympian Missy Franklin is swimming with the team for her senior year.