If you've recently gotten a dog, cat, bunny, fish, or other pet, why not announce it to friends and family using our sister site MyFunCards? Their free photo card frames are the perfect way to give your pics a cute and classic look. Plus, add text, graphics, and special effects to make your photo stand out even more.

Get creative with your personal pics with MyFunCards's photo eCards!

I know you're picking out your Halloween costume (will you cave to the Kate Gosselin craze or resurrect your Sarah Palin glasses?), but remember to dress up your social networking profile and blog as well. Smiley Central has tons of free sweet or spooky emoticons sure to scare up attention on your page.

Check out shadow puppeteer, macabre chef, and mummy-seeking smileys below, created by our talented designer Dave C. Post 'em on your profile for free by copying the code below and pasting it into the CSS field of your page.

See more cute, creepy smileys at our sister site Webfetti. Unlike a costume based on a certain underqualified U.S. vice presidential candidate, these graphics are tasteful and timeless.

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Think you're as witty as us eCard copywriters (Rothman, Randi, and me)? Get a chance to win a $50 gift card when you enter our card caption contest. Try your hand at writing a greeting for our sister site MyFunCards, and post on Twitter your cute or clever Halloween-related line to go along with this image.

The October 27, 2009 deadline draws near, so get to it, dear readers. Scour your brain for inspiration, and you might be sending your winning eCard to friends and family this Halloween.

See official rules for details. Good luck!

Aww...These animals just want to be loved! Whether you're glum or not, add these free, new graphics from our sister site Webfetti to your MySpace, Facebook, blog, and more.

For MySpace, copy the code below and paste it into the CSS field of your profile. For Facebook, go to Webfetti's emo animals page, click on your favorite graphic, and follow the instructions on the ensuing page. And for your blog, copy the code below and paste it into the HTML field of a post or into a blog comment.

So this is what it sounds like when fish cry!

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If you need a quick fix for your case of the Mondays, check out some of my favorite Halloween-themed videos. Satirizing sexy costumes and monster mashes, they're the perfect thing to whet your appetite for fright night.

Enjoy!

Girls' Costume Warehouse by College Humor
Not every Halloween costume needs to be sexy. Unless you're a chick.

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Don't forget to set your clocks back this year. Remind yourself by posting this free daylight saving time countdown clock to your MySpace or Facebook profile.

To add this widget to your MySpace, copy the code above and paste it into the CSS field of your profile. To add it to your Facebook, click here.

Get more free graphics courtesy of our sister site Webfetti!

Whether you've got a more run-of-the-mill or, er, atypical manager, he or she deserves a nice eCard today--Boss's Day. If the holiday slipped your mind, no worries! Our sister site MyFunCards has you covered with free sweet or sarcastic Boss Day eCards (below).

And if you're considering purchasing a gift for him or her, consider this advice from our sister site Life123:

Gifts for the boss can be tricky because you don?t want to be perceived as an apple-polisher, nor do you want to be thought of as cold. You also don?t want to make other co-workers feel bad if they forgot. . . . Ask around the office to test the response to a Boss?s Day gift. Make sure you speak to everyone: Don?t leave a single person out, or you might have an office-politics issue on your hands.

Read on for more tips on picking out a present to your manager. And use this gift giving opportunity to promote synergy. Like a boss.

To view and send one of the cards above, click on its thumbnail image.

This Boss's Day, October 16th, send your boss a Wildly Inappropriate eCard from our sister site MyFunCards to show how much you, ahem, appreciate him or her.

Smiley Central's sister site Webfetti offers awesome, free graphics for Halloween and more. But if you've spent some time on the site, you've uncovered a few, er, curious images. Although tied to a holiday or special occasion, there's something just a tad bit off about them whether they are slightly suggestive or just plain absurd.

I've rounded up a few of my favorite graphics that broke the mold. Take a peek at these images and see if they don't make you go, "Hmm!"

To add a graphic below to your MySpace or Facebook, click on the image and follow the instructions on the ensuing page.

Wolfman peeking window
You think he's about to prey on your grandmother, but he's really there to guilt you into visiting her more often.



Pumpkin face confounded disbelief
"What hath science wrought?"

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