• 986 objectives completed – one of them apparently not “getting a girlfriend”
• 390,895 creatures killed – none of them as scary as the mean, evil bullies at school source

• First a rumor, now a done deal. We posted about this two hours ago, and now it’s actually real. Apple, which has the pretty killer iPhone along with a music service which feels a little dated in the wake of services like Spotify and Lala, is ready to take on one of those startups. Lala’s cloud-based approach makes a ton of sense considering the iPhone app that the service has reportedly been working on for months. Lala’s super-embeddable approach (which we use) and Web-based interface also feel infinitely simpler compared to iTunes’ walled garden interface. We can’t wait. source

• 50% more ad clicks from Google searches source

NOTE: This little tip comes from Chikita, a site we use and recommend for ads. We’ll say that for sake of disclosure or something. There’s something to be said about blogger transparency.

• A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.
• A Washington Post correction that ran yesterday. The correction, currently the No. 5 article on WashingtonPost.com, is hilarious because it mistook Public Enemy’s “911 Is a Joke,” which predated 9/11 by over a decade, as a 9/11 truther anthem. *forehead slap* (hat tip @ohmgee) source

• 17 people bothered to show up to see the movie in New York City last night
• 17 came to see “The Christmas Sweater: A Return To Redemption” in Bah-stin
• 30 policy wonks decided to spend Thursday watching Glenn Beck in D.C. source

• clubbin’ In Russia, 100+ were killed in a late-night explosion at a nightclub. Fireworks are being blamed for the blast in the city of Perm.
• karaoke In Jakarta, Indonesia, 20+ were killed after a fire in a crowded karaoke club. The people were trapped in a tiny room.

• Dear Mint.com: Thanks for accurately depressing the heck out of us. It’s a good explanation as to why the 10% unemployment rate sounds good, but is really not telling the whole story. We hope they didn’t create this whole thing today. Click the link to see the corresponding graphic. Whoever does their graphics is awesome, BTW. source

• 350 million people are on Facebook – they hit the amazing mark this week
• 69
  million people are on Farmville – which is incredibly lame and pathetic source