Facebook makes me blog lazy..but I'm trying again

Facebook Connect has made me very lazy. Instead of blogging I've just been posting all the fun nonsense on the interwebs to my Facebook profile.

I realize this is unacceptable so I'm back.

Since it's almost 5PM, here is some new fun things on the web today:

1.
Helen Keller is on Twitter. So wrong but pretty funny.







2.

Terrible shows are finally getting the ax.
RIP:

• My Name is Earl
• Without a Trace
• Medium
• Dirty Sexy Money
• Eli Stone

Check out the full list here on EW.


3.

And this






To be continued....

Facebook Marketing FAIL

Here is today's gift on Facebook:



Someone decided it would be a good use of their budget to invest $50K on this placement.

Raise your hand if you would give someone a "Smart Pen"as a Facebook gift.

No one?

Exactly.

Yes the majority of Facebook users are students and young professionals who regularly use pens I would imagine, but offering a generic looking pen as a Facebook gift is in no way clever or engaging. Perhaps the money would have been better spent sending samples to consumers, and if it were really a smart pen it would prevent people from stealing it off of my desk.