Summer's basically over, which means Christmas is right around the corner. That is, according to the folks at Bronner's: This catalog arrived in the mail right before the Labor Day weekend.

There were lots of revelations in last night's episode: Big Foot might exist? The Vampire King of Mississippi uses werewolves to do his bidding? Eric was a Nazi?

When this elephant suffered a sore foot, the zookeepers at her British home had a custom shoe made. (It's actually more like a heavy-duty booty. But still.) [Scientific American]