Maybe you’ve got a garage full of junk you’re dying to unload. Or you need quick cash — and your grandmother told you those vintage Barbies would be worth something someday. Whatever the case, eBay, the successful online auction site, (www.ebay.com) can be the key. But how do you maximize your haul? Read on:

After a string of restless nights sunk into the couch until 4 a.m., watching a marathon of TiVo’d “West Wing” episodes, I began to believe Jed Bartlet really was president and that he needed my advice on issues. I was creeping into Crazyville and the tube wasn’t to blame — I needed sleep. “We are all getting less and less,” says Alon Avidan, director of the Sleep Disorders Clinic at the University of Michigan Medical Center. “In D.C. you have all these young professionals with demanding schedules and they can’t do it all, so they take time away from their sleep.” What’s more, with daylight saving time ending this weekend, your body’s going to be even further out of whack. So how to get those seven to eight hours of z’s? Follow these tips:

DIY facials using everyday ingredients are a therapeutic way to revitalize.

Extreme football fans who earn TV airtime during a game may look crazy, but they’ve beaten the odds: Camera pros estimate that during a typical three-hour football broadcast, spectators are shown only about 20 times; about half those screen grabs are crowd shots, meaning individuals remain indistinguishable. So, unless you’re a parent of the star running back or resemble Pamela Anderson (who was “discovered” by a cameraman at a 1989 football game in Canada), you’ll need these game-stopping tips to make your prime-time debut.

George Clooney, P. Diddy, Beyonce and Jay-Z — thanks to the tabloids, even the most casual gossip fans know that when these mega-stars travel, they’re just as likely to rent a private villa as to hole up in a hotel room. But villas — rentable, privately owned homes that often come fully staffed — are within the regular traveler’s budget, too.