I just got an email from Michael at IntenseDebate.com letting me know that Facebook Connect is now live for BeDeviant.com! ID is the commenting system we use here at Be Deviant. It has great WordPress integration and, for the most part, it does its job. However, Intense Debate just got much more, shall we say, useful.

“Why’s that?” you ask.

Now, if you have a Facebook account you can save yourself the time and hassle of having to fill out the comment form every time you come here to BeDeviant.com. Now you can just fill in your Facebook log-in info and comment away!

As you can see, I got a little excited and wanted to try it out!

Just click on the “Comments” button and navigate to the bottom of the post where you’ll see this bar:

Click on the Facebook button and you can rock it using your FB profile. It’s pretty slick and it integrates your online life a little bit better. Your Facebook friends can see what you’re up to here and might even feel compelled enough to join the conversation.

Genius!

Facebook: It’s the wave of the future.

Jay Leno has been hosting the Tonight Show for 17 years. That’s almost two-thirds of my life. I’ve grown up with Leno, so watching him leave was bittersweet.

As I watched this interview, I quickly saw that there was some major life lessons happening: Transition, leadership, unemployment (what will become of John Melendez?), and passing the baton to a new generation.

Then I thought, “What can those in leadership in the Church learn from Leno?” Watch this video and find out. (Unfortunately, NBC hasn’t gotten the clue yet that shoving ads down our throat doesn’t work. There’s a 15-second ad on the front end.)

If you’re “fast-forwarded” (a.k.a. impatient), watch the last 40 seconds of the video. That’s where the real gem comes out:

“I couldn’t be any happier. You were the only choice. You were the perfect choice … Good luck next week, my friend.”

This is how transition of leadership is supposed to be done. This is text book. Jay genuinely believes in Conan and he shows this by:

1. Affirming the new leader (Couldn’t be happier…”).

2. Building the confidence of the new leader (“only choice…”).

3. Building the confidence of those being lead (“perfect choice…”).

4. Handing over the reigns with joy (“my friend…”).

I know I, for one, was touched. I can only hope that when my day comes to ride off into the sunset, I am as gracious and supportive with the next generation as Jay Leno has been for Conan O’Brien.

In the words of Leno, it may “only be a talk show,” but that is how leadership is done. What did you learn?