Use Your BRAINS. Give Blood.

If you're anything like me, you're waiting impatiently for the new season of The Walking Dead to start. Another way you might be like me is if you donate blood. (I'm a platelet donor because my blood is especially awesome. True.) If you're NOT a blood donor, you should be. With just an hour or two of your time and a couple of pints of your replenishable bodily fluids, you could actually save someone's life. Talk about a massive return on investment!

If simple heroics don't appeal to you, there's also a contest you might be interested in:

That's right: all participating Red Cross blood donors from now through October 22nd can enter to win a trip to the set of The Walking Dead. Head on down and save some lives. I won't tell anybody that you're doing it for zombies instead of humankind…