Here's one for my gardening peeps - a quick tutorial on how to grow potatoes in a trash bag. I may actually end up doing this, as it looks extremely easy, which means I'm all for it.
http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/11980/how-to-grow-potatoes-in-a-trash-bag
Also, let me inflict one of my artsy "around the yard" photos of my forsythia bush on you, just because it's cheerful and it sounds like we could use a little bit of cheer around here this evening!
Henni - this seems to be a good year for Forsythia. I see lots of yellow in lots of yards. I should plant some. My lilacs are coming up though i don't expect to see flowers on them cuz their too small.