Thanksgiving may be three weeks away, but it's not too early to entice your family and friends to come to your place for dinner with fabulous fall photo cards from our sister site MyFunCards.

Choose a frame, upload a personal snapshot, and customize your card with text, graphics, and/or special effects. Then send it to your loved ones, or post it on their social networks and blogs. That's it!

Instead of wasting time snail mailing hard copy invites, send a photo card in a snap. The time you save can be spent basting the turkey. Or making cranberry sauce. Or whipping up mashed potatoes. Or...

Says USA Today:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine confirmed that a 13-year-old cat whose owners had experienced flu-like symptoms contracted H1N1 (swine) flu.

Great. Now a cat has the swine flu? How in the world did that happen? All the owner did was not wash their hands before petting the kitty, leave damp Kleenex in an open and inviting trash can, and--oh yeah--sneeze into the cat's mouth.

Just kidding. But seriously, folks. Get flu shots to protect yourself, your family, and now...YOUR PETS.

Sheesh, the more you know.

2009 NYC Marathon Timelapse from mdkmc on Vimeo.

I didn't run in Sunday's New York City Marathon, but the marathon ran into me! Yes, as I made my way to volunteer at a children's creative writing workshop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, dozens of athletes and supporters crossed my path. It was awesome to witness droves of runners accomplishing such a daunting physical feat!

If you missed the event, check out artsy coverage from a filmmaker on Vimeo, our sister site for sharing original videos. This time lapse piece illustrates how many dedicated marathoners and well-wishers took part in the interborough race.

It's autumn again, my favorite season! And as I slip out of my cardigan and don a trench coat (like a more sartorially obsessed Mr. Rogers), I realize that I want to shed my old layout and screensaver as well.

Reskin your MySpace with Thanksgiving backgrounds from our sister site Webfetti. They've got cornucopia, turkey, pilgrim patterns, and more.

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"Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean on the cover of a magazine," Madonna once sang. Well, guess what? You can achieve instant icon status when you "magazine yourself" for free courtesy of our sister site Webfetti.

We've got NEW parody mag covers including Playpen (above), Tween, and GOTH. Parents, show off your babies. Teens and tweens, strike a pose. Upload your fave photo, copy the HTML code from Webfetti, and paste it into the CSS field of your profile or into a blog post to add your cover to MySpace, Blogger, LiveJournal, and more.

Showcase your face with free magazine covers from Webfetti!

Our sister site MyFunCards narrowed down the finalists in their Twitter card caption contest to a few great entries, but the winner has not yet been announced...Check out their favorite greetings below. Click on an image to send your friends and family a fun, zombie-themed card in time for Halloween.

To those who entered the contest, please make sure you're following @myfuncards on Twitter and check your direct messages to see if you've won.

Have a spook-tacular Halloween from MyFunCards!

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As Halloween abounds with topical costumes such as Balloon Boy, David Letterman, and Lady Gaga, it's time to update your fright night tunes, too. Step away from your "Monster Mash" 8-track and listen to my playlist of Halloween-related indie rock jams. Admit it, wouldn't you rather listen to David Bowie than the theme song to "The Addams Family?"

Plus, update your MySpace and Facebook with these free 3D All Hallows' Eve graphics including Frankenstein, a jack o' lantern, and a werewolf. To add 'em to Facebook, click on the image below and follow the instructions on the ensuing page. To add 'em to MySpace, copy the code below and paste it into the CSS field of your profile.

And have a howlingly good Halloween!

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Halloween draws near, but it's not too late to send your friends and family a free spooky or sarcastic eCard from our sister site MyFunCards!

Check out scary, new greetings like Vampire Werewolf Halloween, Wolfman Halloween, and Horror Express Video. To the kids in your family, send cute cards such as Pen Pal Halloween, Shoot the Ghost, and Create a Pumpkin.. And check out our edgy Wildly Inappropriate eCards for Halloween such as Invisible Man, Romeo & Juliet Halloween, and Sexy Costume.

For Halloween, MyFunCards has something for everyone in your family. Unlike, say, The Girls' Costume Warehouse.