Masquerade as user 1. Sudo.
want to reduce clutter- not see all the things that we see all the time
sudo should be user 1
then some other name for the semi-elevated access
[Took me a while to see a point behind this idea of Kathleen's, but eventualy I did.] The idea of using the site all the time with the minimum of privileges you need, to keep everything clean, and then masquerading up when you need to, is pretty damn cool