Yeah… Um… No.

See, this is called bad brand forethought. And anyone will tell you the same thing. Facebook is saying the decision was made by the Scrabulous developers, not Hasbro or Facebook. Of course it was! If you’re facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit, you’d shut down, too. Why Hasbro took this route, similar to Fox shutting down Simpsons fan sites back in the late 90s, is beyond me. Why not just work with them? It would generate a hell of a lot more goodwill, make Hasbro beloved, let them both share in the ad revenue, and hey, I bet even get more people to buy the physical version of the game. Sigh. Stop listening to the lawyers, Hasbro. For once.

Rocked.

And sometimes the bear gets you. The 2008 Nautica NYC Triathlon is over, capping a ridiculously busy, and ultimately frustrating weekend for me. Sadly, it didn’t go even remotely the way I wanted it to, resulting in my not participating in the Tri at all, but picking my bike up and walking it home at 5am with a 101 degree fever. Friday morning started off early, as my mornings do. Was called in at the last second to do a spot on Fox Business, which went surprisingly well – one of the best segments I’ve ever done on the show to date! The day continued with me in meetings, more meetings, then a quick run to JFK Airport to get [...]

While I recover and figure out how to write about the crossing the 15k mark for HARO, my obese cats taking over Twitter, and everything else that happened, here’s Down the Shore with Jen’s Jen Miller doing a Buy Peter a Sandwich interview. Enjoy! Find more videos like this on PROpenMic