title: Manual order in SQL
body: <p>If I have a table of things...</p>
  
  <pre><code>ThingName | ThingCategory
  -------------------------
  thing 1   | cat1
  thing 2   | cat2
  thing 3   | cat3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How would I select them ordered by first <code>cat2</code>, then <code>cat1</code>, then <code>cat3</code></p>
  
  <p>Is this even possible?</p>