The NYC Marathon edition. Congrats to all who ran and cheered.

I'm addicted to Facebook apps. Seriously, I'm checking the applications page, pretty much once a day, to see what new crap I can add to my profile. It was harmless in the beginning. I joined Facebook just a few months ago to check out the YesBut page. Next thing I know, I'm biting people, throwing sheep and vibrating hamsters. Now, I check my pretend stock portfolio on a daily basis, I play pacman far too often, and I fill in my NFL picks on the weekend, to see if I can possibly get more than five right...this can't be normal.

Anyway, If I'm gonna spend so much time there, I may as well blog about it. So from time to time, I'll write about new applications that I think are interesting, unique, or involve zombies. I mean, if it's true that Facebook is becoming more popular than porn, than someone here better start covering it. We've got the porn thing pretty locked up.

First up, the Busted Tees app. For anyone who doesn't know, Busted Tees is a cool, online t-shirt store, and they recently launched an application that allows you to sell their products on your profile page, potentially leading to thousands of Facebookers becoming affiliate Busted Tees retailers...pretty cool. Do I think anyone will buy t-shirts off of their friends' Facebook pages...no. Is it amazing advertising for Busted Tees...obviously. Could I see this working for other products that might actually lead to profits for the Facebookers...let's see. I know I wouldn't mind having a million Jellio retailers on Facebook. Anyone wanna build me an app?

Hey did anyone watch the Ghost Hunters live marathon last week? Does anybody watch Ghost Hunters? Am I talking to myself again? No matter...I watched the entire live marathon on DVR over the weekend, and I can summarize in four words...thank God for editing. Live ghost hunting is really boring. But the show still rocks, and I learned Brian, (my favorite ghost hunter, because he's such a screw-up) is coming back to headline the International spin-off, so it was worth it.

For those who don't watch (meaning everyone here), here are two videos showing just the ghostly evidence they bring to the home owners. I think it's pretty interesting stuff. Then again, I'm bummed they took Monster House off Discovery Channel, so you can't go by me.

The Takashi Murakami retrospective at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is the most comprehensive, in-depth look to date, of the artist's entire career. The exhibit includes work from the early days up until now, with a few new pieces, as well as a new animated movie.

The opening night party was apparently a Hollywood who's who event, with entertainment provided by Kanye West. NotCot has a look at the party swag. MediaBostro is offended by the swag already being available on eBay (although for an artist who intentionally blurs the line between art and consumerism, I think it's appropriate). The LA Times wonders if Murakami's best years are behind him (agreed), and E Online reports that Jeffrey Katzenburg is trying to lure him to Dreamworks.

More images, courtesy of The Hundreds, after the jump.

A year from now, we will go to the polls to elect a new president. One thing different about the 2008 presidential race is the proliferation of hot wives. Not all of them are trophy wives; some are first wives. And they’d like to be First Ladies. But a surprising number of them are quite attractive, which is rare in politics. The Daily Show focused on only two as potential FLILFs, Elizabeth Kucinich and Jeri Thompson. 10 Zen Monkeys listed six as CWILFs (one is actually a CHILF). What’s your opinion? Who is the hottest spouse on the campaign trail? If you’re not familiar with them (or just wanna take a look), continue reading for pictures. Then vote for your favorite. And leave the candidate out of it.

- Give that special someone an entire town for Christmas. (100 bids already)
- American Gangster outlasted the Bee Movie in the weekend box office take.
- Is Rush metal? no. Is Ray Charles metal? no. Is Nite Fite funny? Hell yeah!
- Ghostriders in the Sky...it's a Johnny Cash favorite...now with more muppets.
- And Blackwater wants to be equal to what FedEx is to the post office...scary