Thank you all 3144 of you who voted for your favourite Ikea hack of 2008. The poll is closed and we have a winner! Pinot and Dita's fabric wall art is your favourite hack of the year, garnering over 20% of the votes, with Steffen's coffee table train a close contender at 14% of votes.

All Unitasker Wednesday posts are jokes — we don’t want you to buy these items, we want you to laugh at their ridiculousness. Enjoy!

2008 Book review: Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?Peter Walsh’s latest book provides tips for treating your body with honor and respect. New year’s resolution status checkOn a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, how do you rate your current level of success with your 2007 new year’s resolutions?

A recent BusinessWeek article (Obsolete Computers That Still Do The Job) inspired me to think about the “obsolete” things in my own life. We have a television in the basement that’s reached double digits in age, has some colorization issues in the upper left corner, and weighs more than my wife, but it still does the job we want it to do - watch television programs.

In February 1994, when I was 47, my medical oncologist diagnosed me with severely advanced Hodgkin’s disease (lymphatic cancer). I was a nonsmoker and nondrinker.

It’s unfortunately very easy to get so caught up in life and routine that you forget to show affection to those most important to you. This trend starts honestly enough but quickly you realize that years have gone by.If your relationship has become stale or if you tend to take your friends for granted, here are some ways to show your love for those around you.

Last week, I spoke with Lou Bendrick, who writes the Checkout Line column at Grist, a site devoted to environmental news and commentary. Bendrick answers reader questions about making “green” food-choices. Recently Karl wrote to ask her: With the economic crunch, how is it going to be possible to afford healthy foods for my family, especially organics.

Reader Iris wrote us an e-mail the other day that sincerely left me baffled. I struggle with a very similar issue in my home. Her question:

Another tablecloth hack - this one is from Andrea. Spicing up her cabinet with a Sommar tablecloth.  She says, "I used a piece of the Sommar paper tablecloth ($2.99, not found on website) to make an interesting background for this display cabinet. By the way, the cabinet itself is Ikea, from many years ago."

It’s inevitable that as your career grows as a freelancer, your expertise and work patterns will change. And while this evolution is a natural part of your professional growth, sometimes the freelance life—as great as it is—can be a little draining.

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Danielle LaPorte of www.whitehottruth.com. Most of us have to-do lists. Many of us have long terms goals. Few of us have a list of how we actually want to feel in our life.

There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart.” — Lao Tzu Carrie says: Enjoyment!!! The joy of crisp fresh air, the joy of puppy breath and coming home…Life expands with bliss. .

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