$130 for a room in Manhattan may be a bargain, but if you go to the other boroughs, you can get a nice clean room for about that. I've done it several times.
The problem with the Queue of the Day idea is that really great links might not make it. I'm frustrated now because I see something great to post, then find that it's in the queue where it will have to wait for votes before going to the front page. And if the link is great, but the submitter did a lousy job writing it up, it probably will never get posted.
These would look great on my kids' Girl Scout sashes! They don't take merit badges seriously anymore -too easy to earn, compared to when I was a Girl Scout.
http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/goldkit/reputation.shtml
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/01/is_dating_a_banker_anonymous_f.html