THINGS THAT WORK:  For our sins we have four indoor cats.  We’ve tried a variety of litterboxes.  This works. We have two of them.  As long as you clean the waste drawer twice a week, it doesn’t smell at all.  They’re more expensive than competitors but they last three times as long and smell ten times less.  Of course, do not do what I did tonight and drop the full waste receptacle down the attic stairs.  On the good side, it kept me from watching the debate.  Also gave me a ton of empathy for Mitt.

CALM DOWN, IT’S A JOKE:  Obama Takes Out Romney With Mid-Debate Drone Attack.

DRUNK THE VOTE:  Stephen Green is drunkblogging the last debate.  This time I hope the internet hamsters can take the traffic like men rodents.

THESE WILL LEAVE A MARK: The Truth About Libya

VOTE LIKE YOUR GUNS DEPEND ON IT: Obama’s Bizarre Anti-Gun Debate Flub.

WHEN WE LOST CUBA: The Cuban Missile Crisis @50: A Reconsideration.

MAYBE THERE’S MORE OF US? More conservatives* have blogged about Ms. Fluke’s Reno rally . . .

FOR THIS STRAIGHT WOMAN THE ANSWER IS YES:  Do we make too much fuss about breasts?

It’s good to raise awareness of breast cancer, but an agenda driven by popular opinion can get in the way of science.

STILL IN JAIL: PICKET: Anti-Muslim filmmaker detained for almost a month…next court date three days after election.

THIS IS HOW THEY TREAT THEIR FRIENDS: Why Did Ambassador Stevens Stay in Libya?

READING ENTRAILS: Mittmentum: New Ohio Polls Better Than They Appear.

GOOD: Obama Gets Poll Axed on the Day of the Final Presidential Debate

MAKE IT SO: A Prediction for Tonight’s Debate.

THREE TERMS: Twelve years left: Clock runs down on saving Medicare.

WELL, I’LL SLEEP BETTER TONIGHT: A Consummation Devoutly to Be Wished …

IT’S OVER: Phoenix CBS affiliate calls election for Obama on Oct. 19th.

I HOPE SOME OF THESE ARE WORN WITH A SASH THAT SAYS “WELFARE QUEEN”: Big Bird Halloween costumes sold out: Thanks, Mitt.  And “Adult sales skyrocketed”?  Really?  How many were there before?

ROBERT A. HEINLEIN, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Britain on mission to tap Moon water.

TURNING POINT: El Alamein veterans gather in Egypt for 70th anniversary of battle.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Rise of the a-hole. Two books examine why there are so many of them these days.

DO NOT FORGET: Obama campaign accepted foreign Web donation — and may be hiding more.  Covering scandals with other scandals is what Obama does, but we must not forget this one.  Do you want a president made by China?

NOW THEY TELL US: Diabetes Study Ends Early With a Surprising Result. Of course, I wonder what “diet and exercise” regimen they used in the study.  Instead of following the “recommended” diet which contained both more calories and more carbs than he’d had in years, my husband — after being diagnosed with diabetes — cut his carbs considerably below the most severe Atkins phase and stared exercising a couple of hours a day.  (The diet, which we’re still following, is not dissimilar to Taubes’ recommendations.)  The end result is that he dropped 136 pounds and is not functionally diabetic.  (I.e. he takes nothing, keeps his sugar normal and the very rare indulgence — birthday cake, say — does not cause a spike in sugar.)

WE COULD USE THAT: Romney as a Manager: Unhurried and Socratic.

MORE TROUBLE: The Poplar preacher leading an armed gang of jihadis in Syria.

BUT BINDERS: Beth Myers talks to Right Turn.