An easy way to be a better person:

Boring desks and soul-sucking overhead lamps can often prohibit a person from achieving true office or apartment zen. Below are ten ingenious and multi-functional pieces of furniture created by designers who obviously know how to take a fresh idea to the next level. Will they fit in your apartment? Perhaps not. Are they fun to look at? Oh, yes.

A month ago, Sgt. Scott Moore, a US Marine stationed in Afghanistan, posted a video on YouTube in which he asks hot-actress-of-the-moment Mila Kunis to be his date to the Marine Corps Ball this November. And now she's said yes!

Elmer McGuirt entered a Tampa-area Wachovia branch yesterday afternoon with a threatening note, and walked out with a bag of the bank's money.

A 19-year-old lad named Zach Wahls testified yesterday in front of the Iowa House of Representatives, making the case against a proposed ban on gay marriage. It was, alas, in vain, but still a well-made point. And look how cute!

As a reminder that sometimes air travel can be fun and freak-out free, here's a video of a Lufthansa flight attendant playfully pillow fighting with her passengers, somewhere between Tel Aviv and Frankfurt. Everyone laughs! No one disembarks! Peace.

Meredith Bryan observes in the NYO today that—hello!—niceness is back! On the internet, and in New York in general. Goodbye to cynicism! This interesting and somewhat true phenomenon will destroy us all, if we let it.

[Sometimes pictures are just... nice. Here's Julianne Moore at CS 154, celebrating some sort of Save the Children Valentine's Day contest. I like that Randi Weingarten (apparently!) is talking to a student instead of gawping at the movie star. Getty]

In April, Queens resident Matt Tratner had a friend totally trash his apartment, to the max, and Matt found himself momentarily famous. His friends raised money to replace his stuff. Now, Matt's going on an expensive Greek vacation. Hmmm...