If you get to the front of the store and see an older person paying for their groceries by writing a check, pick any other lane.  The Theory of Indeterminate Remedial Quantities states that in this situation any other lane will be faster.  And it's true.  Even if those other lanes are lined two and three deep with soccer moms and people with carts piled high.

That's right.  There is one good thing about Valentine's Day.  The day after (that's Feb 15th for everyone that has a permanently blocked memory of V day) all the chocolate goes on sale.  Stores everywhere are choc-full of lots of unsold chocolate. 

Stock up now for next year. Raid the shelves before they have a chance to fill them up with Easter crap!