Wait, don't click away. This isn't just another I hate breast cancer month post, I swear it isn't. It's different because I'm going to admit that I didn't always hate breast cancer month. Way back in 1985 when the pharmaceutical company now known as AstraZeneca kicked out the idea, I thought it was cool. A woman's health issue taking the stage. What wasn't to like?

October has always been one of my favorite months of they year. Nice weather, Canadian Thanksgiving, my birthday, Halloween and let's face it, anything is better than September. But really, the best thing about October is the DonorsChoose Social Media Challenge (formerly known as the DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge.)

As I write this blog post, the washer and the dryer and working noisily just to my right. Those evil machines are just a few feet away from my desk. I hate those machines but I am thankful for them. Very thankful.

There are days when I feel like all I do is move from one social networking spot to another. First BlogHer, then Twitter, then Facebook, then back to BlogHer again only to start the entire process over an hour later. It's a chain that never ends and can leave me feeling like I haven't accomplished a single thing. I need tools that help me work more efficiently. The Chatter to Twitter functionality helps a lot.

Every morning for the last two weeks I've checked for updates about middle-distance runner Caster Semenya. This afternoon, there is an update. News reports all over the world are calling Caster Semenya a hermaphrodite.