Mowing.

Do you realize how stupid and futile mowing is? Einstein said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. When you mow the lawn all you are doing is putting in a large amount of energy to do no work. work implies change, and since grass, you know, GROWS, the net gain is zero, next week you have to start back again with the grass in the same state as before you cut it.
Americans' fixation with the lawn is simply a microcosm for the spot treatments made by our government and our people. Rather than fix something eg. Health care, we make little fixes, wrap the whole thing in duct tape and say "Its a work in progress". I'm tired of mowing the grass, and I'm tired of the government mowing it's problems. I say either let your grass grow, or get rid of it, I promise you'll feel better when you do.