Happy Friday.  To celebrate the upcoming weekend, I’ve decided to give you just enough links about the economy and financial crisis to hold you over until you return on Monday.  You can thank me later.

Fine…I’ll include a few fun/interesting/escapism links too.

• Skittles releases a new Web 2.0 site.  Except, it’s more of an overlay over Twitter and Facebook…  Uh…you just gotta look for yourself.
• The auto bail-out of GM is even affecting the Transformers sequel.  Man.
• Warner Bros. makes an “elaborate push” for the upcoming Watchmen.
• Matt is a Green Bay Packers fan.  I’m a Chicago Bears fan.  So I’m posting a link about the NFC North’s Minnesota Vikings turning to Omnicom Group’s BBDO to “gets folks more engaged with the Purple on a year round basis.”  No word on if the Detroit Lions…never mind.  Nobody cares.
• “A Mexican ad for Viagra actually doesn’t suck“
• Now we know who drives a Kia.  Giant hamsters.  Hey-oh!
• Facebook asks it’s users to decided how the site should be run.
• A Facebook app for planes?
• 10 tips that will help you become a better Twitterer… If you are really concerned about that.
• TV.com on the iPhone
• Now you can print your favorite Wikipedia articles as books.  (But what if you want to change them?)
• The Rundown’s offering you free VIP service with your meal at Morton’s Beverly Hills and a chance to win other great prizes (i.e. a Tesla Roadster test drive not available to the general public) for getting two people to sign up.
• The NBA bans the designer band-aids Dwyane Wade wore during games.

Brian Laesch is a blogger/writer/novelist/former temp/great basketball player/link compiler.