Best Financial: Confessions of a former stock broker, from Get Rich Slowly. My favorite line: "stick with my investing plan and passionately pursue my financial goals." Amen!
Best DIY: Wish I would have thought of this myself - a desk/shelving Ikea hack from Ikea Hackers.
Best Before & After: Two chairs DIY'ed into a bench! Happy thought, indeed! Via MacGIRLver.
Best Random: I can't exactly sum up what this website is, but it is worth checking out just to make you think about life: Big Think.