Fall is here. Lovely things will soon be floating through the air. Beautifully colored leaves. The scent of pumpkin pie. The flu virus.

Ewwwww. We hate the flu. Don't you? As fun as it is to watch Seinfeld reruns while wrapped up in 14 layers of clothes and blankets, we'd rather spend our days here at Socket.

So we unleash the power of our favorite secret weapon. The Internet.  

Fast food trash...gum wrapper...beer can...SNAKE?!?!

That's how it goes when you're picking up trash on Clark Lane in Columbia. You never know what you'll find!

Luckily, 9 brave Socketeers put their phobias aside and went out this week to clear the litter from our Adopt-a-Spot stretch of roadway.

23 bags of trash to be exact.

Well, neither had we, until the Susan G. Komen Mid-Missouri Race for the Cure this past weekend in Columbia.

But our masterful face painter made it happen, decorating racers' cheeks with pink ribbons, inspirational sayings and more. Pink was plentiful!

It was the least we could do as a sponsor of the event to support the thousands of Missouri runners and walkers who came out to raise money for breast cancer research, screening and education.