I love October. I had to turn the heat on a couple of nights ago and the smell of a dusty furnace fills me with good feelings. I can make a pot of chili and revel in the fact that I won't mow the lawn again until at least March. And there are a couple of good things online for you.

The 8th Annual Blogger Boobie-Thon kicked off this morning, and has already raised $585 as of 9AM. See your favorite bloggers baring all to raise money for breast cancer research. Start off with the free gallery of pictures, then make a pledge of at least $50 to see the bare ones. Your donation could save the lives of people like your mom, sister, wife, girlfriend, daughter, or granddaughter. The Boobie-Thon will run through October 7th only.

Then there's the big run-up to Halloween. I love posting creepy stuff -all I need is an excuse, and October works nicely. Today at mental_floss, I posted a collection of home decor items under the title The House of Blood. You can imagine what's in it. But don't bother, just go look. And rest assured you'll see a lot more weird posts here on the way to October 31st!