Why I think Farmville is a beneficial use of my time

Facebook, the great entity known to and used by many, has given us a ridiculous number of useless and tedious, time-wasting applications over the past few years. Farmville is NOT one of them. The "good book" has provided us with Farmville and whether you are an avid user (read: me) or you freak out about receiving gifts and updates, you DO have a passionate opinion about it.

Unlike many of the other applications, Farmville is not a complete waste of time. It creates good habits of time management, budgeting and responsible planting choices. It also allows one to flex their creative muscle and use their artistic abilities to make their farm Feng Shui or simply aesthetically pleasing.

Farmville also gives the urban resident a chance to work on a real farm! You can plant fruits and vegetables, harvest produce from trees, own a gander of geese, etc.! You can even own a baby elephant that gives you circus peanuts when it is ready to be "harvested" with your shiv. Yes, you "harvest" your animals with a sharp, sharp garden tool. Get used to it!

So, while you are working a really boring job and going on smoke breaks I will be working a really boring job and harvesting watermelons that have been fertilized by an anonymous neighbor of mine and buying spooky trees with my Farmville dollars. Or, at least until Halloween that is!