My doctor says laughter is the best medicine.

He also gave me six months to live. When I told him I couldn’t pay his bill, he gave me another six months.

But seriously folks, is today’s announcement of FunnyorDie’s partnership with HBO a step towards treatment for the ailing web video economy or is it just another symptom of a distressed digital development system grasping for a cure from a declining distribution channel?

Say what you will about FOD’s, traffic, strategy or content, but all the noise about whether or not FunnyorDie has a real digital business, or as I argued, is irrelevant as a web property, is made moot by today’s announcement.

And that’s a good thing. Which we can all laugh about.

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They say that the path to wealth is through writing and I believe them.

It makes sense. If you can write put your thoughts on paper then the value of your ownership goes from something ethereal to something tangible.
They also say that being left-handed is an economic advantage. That makes less sense, but then I met Steve de Souza and I was convinced.

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