Mom’s right: Bobby really is a fine boy.

The streets of Washington DC get mighty cold on Halloween and 26.2 miles hasn’t gotten any shorter, but Bob Ewing is still planning to run the Marine Corps Marathon in his bare feet. He’s not just rallying in support of his mother’s battle with lymphoma — he’s also mustering foot soldiers for a more universal cause. Check out his video, if not for simple humanity then at least for the Barefoot Ted outtake at the end. It worked for me: as soon as I finished watching it, I put my swab where my mouth is and signed up for the bone marrow registry.