The Senate Finance Committee votes to pass health care reform legislation. It looks cold and windy out there. Next thing we know it’ll start getting dark at 4:30 p.m. again. We blame the Earth’s axis.

Our guess: “Just like Steel said: Look serious, concentrate, lean in for the shot.”

Oprah joins Twitter. Miley Cyrus quits Twitter. This now makes Spencer Pratt the most Famous person on Twitter. Yep, this is all we’ve got today people. We need a Congressional scandal STAT.

Flaming Lips [Thursday] Walking tour [DC] $500 M [gone] Art [POTUS]

Thanks to our friends over at the Fab Empire, now we’ll all know where to head for late night eats and where to see Diddy next week during Howard’s Homecoming. The Fab Empire presents … An Insider’s Guide to Howard University’s Homecoming We caught up with Joi-Marie, the editor of …

Apparently, there is another Republican celebrity in Hollywood other than Ron Silver, and his name is Scott Baio. Radar Online notes how the actor has been knocking President Obama via tweets, calling him a "sh*tf*ck" and comparing him to Michael Vick. [who’s in charge now?] Apparently, this has disturbed some …

Frank Warren of Germantown, Maryland set-up a Web site for people to anonymously mail homemade postcards and has since changed the world. His website, PostSecret.com, has won Weblog and Bloggies awards as well as being featured on CSI: NY. Frank’s latest PostSecret book, Confessions on Life, Death, & God, was …

Damn it, Don [Hilton moon] Columbus Day [enjoy] 2012 [game over]

We’re taking the afternoon off to explore new lands.

Glenn Thrush: Summers brushes back Boehner It’s always about the jobs

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) spent seven days alone on a survivalist trip to the Pacific’s Marshall Islands earlier this year. Check out the slide show up on WashingtonPost.com about Jeff Flake’s Cast Away adventure. Washington Post: Survivor: Jabonwood

The Redskins and the Ravens both lost on Sunday. So, we’ll focus on college football. Top 10 Rankings: 1 Florida 2 Alabama 3 Texas 4 Virginia Tech 5 Boise State 6 USC 7 Ohio State 8 Cincinnati 9 Miami (FL) 10 LSU How is USC ahead of LSU? USC lost …

But they keep it on the down-low… Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) meets "every few months" to make "home-made sausage" with an "exclusive club of men," including Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), "a connoisseur of Italian sausage" (Newark Star-Ledger). h/t Wake Up Call

JUST SAYIN’: Do you ever get the sense sometimes that whenever something positive happens to Obama, like winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans’ response is similar to this. We assume Glenn Beck’s reaction today will be more like this. Can’t we all just get along? It’s Friday…and nice outside in …

It must be fall because Adam Sharp broke out the tweed, Chris Cillizza changed his Jim Zorn forecast to cloudy, Markos Moulitsas lectured on being patriotic, Ken Spain and Emily Kryder are getting their bipartisan marriage on this weekend,  Kathie Legg apparently doesn’t like Novocaine, Jessica Boulanger was pleased to see …