Non-headbanging alternative: empty one cabinet or drawer at a time, close it, and put a piece of painter's tape or whatever (just not duct or packing) on the handles to note it's clear.

+10 for Neal Stephenson

I'm allergic to cats. GO DOGS.

This. I have no idea how I ended up on some chinamallstore mailing list, but it's the devil and I just can't get out of it.

And STOP self-diagnosing with Yahoo Answers. Even WebMD can get pretty bad in places, but nothing beats the absurdity of Yahoo Answers.

Well, one, dog's not allowed on the bedsheets proper, just the comforter. He sleeps in his crate.

Good customer service and good manners go a really long way. I can tell someone that their account is incredibly past due and try to get some amount of payment, but whether I get yelled at and hung up on or actually get some money depends on whether I continue to treat them like a human being.

Sleep is very important to me. If I don't get at least seven hours, I can't function at my day job and I'm very cranky. So I put up blackout curtains in my bedrooms, and for the past ... five, six years now, ever since I got an iPhone I've used the default app as my alarm clock. Weekdays either me or my spouse gets…

Disclaimer: I am not a professional organizer. I just have friends who tell me I should be one.

Fold laundry, brush or entertain the puppy with toys, clip and sort coupons, clip and sort recipes, stretch, leaf through a magazine, dust the living room. The spouse is often fitzing around in Facebook, online or doing something with LCGs.

I'm not going to start mine until Groundhog Day (a la David Seah), but I'm thinking:

FUQ YESSSS

I have two pairs, no shame. One of them is a bright red version of their original duck-billed clog, because I wear them in my kitchen and those sumbitches have saved my feet from hot water and dropped knives.

You win the internet this Christmas.

Goddamn.

It would.

Gods. Timing! I just finished three days of cramming for my designation test.

This. The French had a good thing going making cassoulets and stews from less-than popular cuts and cheap veg.

I'm starting to get a little irked at this sort of blogs and Pinterest pins.

Just ... make it ... stop. Just stop. Stop. Stop.