Facebook, the fast-growing social network, has taken a significant lead over MySpace in visitor numbers for the first time, according to one popular measure of internet traffic.Facebook attracted more than 123m unique visitors in May, an increase of 162 per cent over the same period last yea. That compared with 114.6m unique visitors at MySpace, Facebook’s leading rival, whose traffic grew just 5 per cent during the same period.

The findings mark the first time that Facebook, launched in 2004, has taken a significant lead in unique visitors, after April traffic figures showed the rivals in a virtual tie. They come at a time of change inside Facebook, as the one-time upstart attempts to transform itself into a leading media company.

Do you ever wonder why certain people are famous? Especially when they are four-foot gremlin-faced whores? Even if they are aliens in a blond wig? MTV. I’d rather take a shot at love with a homeless ‘Nam vet under a bridge somewhere. That trick is why the terrorist hate us. Along with Jesse McCartney and Juicy Campus.

Starbucks’ recently returned chief executive officer, Howard Schultz, finally stopped denying that fact last week with the announcement that the company was applying the brakes on the Starbucks express growth strategy and closing 600 of its 16,000 stores worldwide.

When did the romance sour? As in any relationship, the first clue is usually minor but the start of a string of slights. The shops ditched their $1 bagels and baguettes in favor of $2, high-calorie lemon loaves, muffins and brownies.

Then came the luncheon sandwiches and salads, which were attractively packaged but sold for $1 to $2 more than my sense of fair value. The reasonable $2.95 pretzel ham & cheese made a brief appearance but probably was killed by some chief financial officer unimpressed by its meager profit margin.

Brett Favre, IMO, is a self-centered jerk with a arm comparable to Jeff George that was surrounded by better talent. Yes, he was great, now he requests a release from the team he made a HOF career with? Take an effin clue from the Packers Brett, stay retired you absolute moron.

A-Rod is getting a divorce. That sucks. Divorse is no fun from any angle. With Madonna? I hope not. But its no secret A-Rod is a womanizer and kaballah seems to have this pull on people, even though it treats God and religion like a glorified board game. I’m of the opinion that fame sucks, so I try to avoid any stories about the personal lives of the famous, so as long as Alex hits .320 with 40 HR’s and 130 RBI’s, he can do as he pleases. Regardless that he is a complete douchebag when it comes to the fairer sex.

And you want creepy? I’ll give you creepy. Faceless mutants have a penchant for A-list celebrity bashes and have been spotted at Elton John’s White tie ball and Harrods summer sale, opened by Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall.

With a membrane of skin stretched tightly over their eyes, noses and mouths, the alien-like figures were most recently snapped ‘watching’ a match perched on Murray Mount at Wimbledon.

But nobody knows who the faceless figures, who often appear as motionless couples are, or why they are turning up at high profile events.

Theories include the possibilities that they are limelight-seeking pranksters, performance artists or that they are at the centre of a viral marketing campaign for an as-yet unknown product of forthcoming horror film.

Speculation has even arisen that the masks hide a pair of well-know faces, fed up with being harassed by the paparazzi.