YOU HEARD ABOUT FACEBOOK RIGHT???? $5BILLION IPO!!!!!

You know what changed?

Nothing.

Darfur? Peace in Middle East? Clean drinking water to anybody else in Africa? Any fewer people in this country denied basic civil rights like being able to marry who they want to? Any fewer abused kids today? Nope.

I absolutely mean to be a party pooper. Someone tell me what product got created here. How many sustainable jobs were created today? Did some already rich people get richer? Yep.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm not anti-FB although I will say, no other product on the web makes me feel as creeped out at times as FB. I also don't begrudge anyone at FB from the Zuckster on down for pulling down some big cash. I just want us to keep some perspective.

We live in a world full of tremendous joys but also tremendous sadness. The Japanese tsunami. The earthquake in Haiti. The FB IPO impacted none of this. So as all the news feeds and tweets explode with the news of this momentous non-event, maybe we can spare some cycles to think about the Wounded Warrior program. The plight of those fighting for freedom in Syria. You know, the little things that never garner the same attention or interest as a 5 billion dollar IPO. ....and now, back to FarmVille