I'm glad to read all those virtuous stats about the dishwasher, and I also do that with the actual dishes and glasses and such -- wait till the machine is full, which can certainly take a week. Sometimes I have so many plates sitting for so long in the dishwasher that it might as well be another cupboard.
But for my favourite pots and pans I can't wait that long, and besides, I don't think the wee machine does them very well, so I am left with the tough stuff. If I actually bother to eat, of course.
What I'm doing right now: I'm reading the Grope and Flail, hoping for news of fresh disasters that I can blog, or at least hoping to be irritated enough that I will be able to rip into the accounts and the filing, which simply have to be done last week.