Since man first stacked mastodon bones to one side of a cave to create the first neolithic wine rack, he has been entranced by the power of cleaning and organizing. It is man’s nature to destroy, pulled to chaos like underwear to carpet, but also our nature to bring order with iron and fire.

Spring has ejected its dewy spores into our bronchial tree. Gird up your loins and take your broom to arm. It is time to clean.

This week we’ll be discussing cleaning strategies, angles of attack, the most effective (and cheapest) supplies, how to clean with a minimum of effort, hiding your filth from your date, and more. We’ll also be tweaking our theme format slightly, constraining our theme content to feature-length posts (usually), while updating within our full range of topics throughout the day.

You may have noticed my drunken self-pity last Friday. I have decided to buck up. We’d like to keep writing this website for you and will do everything we can to keep it alive and kicking. You can help by sending in stories, passing links to other sites, and most importantly, inviting your friends to read and participate in our arguments and discussions every day.

This week’s theme is Spring Cleaning.

If you have a tip or a story idea for Dethroner, please feel free to send a tip or drop us a line on AIM, or just add it in directly to this week’s schedule on the wiki. (Edit password available upon request.) In addition to theme-related links, we also welcome regular submissions to Ask Dethroner and Dapper or Crapper?. Upcoming themes are available for your perusal and suggestion on our Planning Commission Wiki.

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