Amazing Feats and Facts

• CD/DVD players: If your CD or DVD player's tray is jammed, the "Star Wars" technique could work.

• Chairs: This kitchen chair makes its own music. You gotta hear it to believe it!

• Do it yourself: How much of a do-it-yourselfer are you? Can you perform these 18 common household tasks? Take the quiz!

• Eggs: Why some people plain just don't like them.

• Tools in the kitchen: Use a miter saw to slice ham? A drill to put holes into baked potatoes? A paint shaker to mix chocolate milk? Only in a fantasy world. April Fool's!

• Electronic matching game: Looking for a unique Christmas or birthday gift for a child? Make this clever electronic matching game using a few simple materials from around the house.

• Exercise equipment: Trying to get fit? When it comes to exercise equipment, move it, don't use it. Here's how I get the most out of my exercise equipment.

• Home repairs: Looking for a home repair or improvement project to tackle? Just ask your son. And then watch the excuses come pouring out!

• Home school: For home-schooling families, back to school often means back to the workshop -- with projects that will facilitate their children's education.

• Lost your keys? No keys? No problem. Create your own "keyless entry system" by simply kicking in the door -- then suffer the consequences!

• Mowing: Mow the lawn in January? In Michigan?No kidding! You'll have to see it to believe it!

• More on mowing: Is there really such a thing as a "reel-to-reel" lawnmower?

• No directions: How to remove the rear bench seat in a minivan -- without reading the directions!

• Projects and chores: How to tackle myriad chores and projects under a deadline -- and accomplish them all!

• Spiders: The marbled orb weaver is the master of home improvement, repairing its home daily and rebuilding it several times a year. The colorful, intriguing spider eats wasps and other insect pests.

• Snow shovel/snowblower race: Which can clear the driveway faster -- a snow shovel or a snowblower? The race is on! Learn the surprising results!

• Sorting nails: (Are you kidding?) Keeping focused on keeping nails in their proper places.

• Toilet checkup: When you're in the doctor's office and the restroom toilet isn't working, shouldn't you just go ahead and try to fix it?

• Toliet leak? Here's how to repair a leaking toilet -- and take days to do it! Your friend may never let you help with household repairs again!

• Unusual tools: Zip ties? A rafter angle square? What's on your list of must-have tools? Here are some unusual, handy uses for these tools -- with instructions. Also on the list are silicone caulk and "snake whips."

• Valentine's Day: Flowers? Candy? Jewelry? Save money and get her a packet of seeds. But be prepared to face the consequences!

• When a car becomes a home: Long commutes to and from work? Here's how to outfit your vehicle for comfort and safety.