I have just received this shirt from http://sevenly.org/ . I really like the quality of the shirt, it's thin, and it's just the right size. AND 7$ from my purchase went directly to help provide a sustainable food supply for a hungry Haitian familiy which makes the shirt even more special.
So I just made a Google+ account today. Not sure how I feel about it yet but this is what I think so far...
If you remove Sparks and Hangout, it just looks like Facebook. Sparks is mostly just news posts but you can see what other people liked (or +1) so that could be cool. Hangouts look like fun.
Instead of fanpages, There are personal profiles where the user can choose to make his/her updates public. I don't see anywhere where I can display my Favorite Movies, TV Shows, etc.
So in my opinion, It's just the same as Facebook but you can see articles other people like and you can have Hangouts.