Idaho Dad writes: "We spent most of Saturday at Silverwood, taking one last spin on the roller coasters and ferris wheels before they close for the winter. After seven years of holding season passes, we're taking the next year off. It's partly an economic decision." More here.

• Life in the dark ages/Atmospheric Ruminations
• Thank heaven for bloggers/Dogwalk Musings
• Fun on the beach/Idaho Conservation League
• Not Me Monday/Midnight Marauder
• Monday minutiae/Slight Detour
• Elusive/Tumblewords
• More below

Question: Have you had to make cuts in entertainment expenses to balance the checkbook in these hard economic times?

• Blessed Sunday/A Butterfly Moment
• Pursuing the art of writing/Accidental Rabbit Trails
• Halloween antics/Bay Views
• Andrew Lloyd Weber diagnosed w/cancer/Community Comment
• Subjects that didn't make the cut/Simple Mind
• Saturday road trip: Northern lake tour/Gathering Around The Table
• 3BT: Leah/Colleen, Patrick at MC, gull relief/Kellogg Bloggin'
• Fall weekend scenes/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope

HBO Numbers (for week of Oct. 18-24): 51158/29386