In the News...

We're getting close to the holidays -- time to cheat! A relationship expert says the stress of the holiday season, along with excess alcohol, leads to more cheating spouses! (Great, the holidays are expensive enough, now I have to hire a detective to follow my (husband/wife))

Brad Pitt announced that he'll retire from acting when he turns 50. (That's just three years, or 7 more kids, away.)

Is a blanket a toy? It certainly is, according to the National Toy Hall of Fame. The blanket, along with Hot Wheels and the dollhouse have been added to the collection of 46 classics at their museum in upstate New York. (When are they going to add my favorite toy? The firecracker -- which used to blow up my sister's doll house?)

Relationships

Things You Should Not Tell Your Mom About Your Relationship

Fights that just happen (you'll blow it out of proportion because you want sympathy)
Fights that happen continuously
His single life (what a player he was)
Who pays (she doesn't want to know you paid for dinner)
Anything at all about the new guy (don't rush to call mom after the third date)
Curable STD's (get it taken care of and keep it to yourself)

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Tips to Make Him Hear You

Strange to even consider, but sometimes, men don't hear everything their girlfriend/wife is saying. I know, hard to believe, but true. If you're a woman that is finding it impossible to break through the wall in between his ear and brain, here are a few tips:

Don't talk while he's busy
Don't interrupt him
Don't yell at him
Approach him with a smile
Ask him if he understands
Encourage him to ask questions
Tell him what you want to hear
Tell him what you want from the relationship
Don't talk to him when he's upset
Praise him

As a guy, this list #1) makes a lot of sense, and #2) can also be found in the "Puppy Training" manual.

Detail to each here

Is This Weird?

In this episode of "Is This Weird," a woman asks if it's strange when her husband eats cheese over the kitchen sink. If there's cheese in the fridge, he will eventually eat it...while standing over the sink. Weird?

Despite the inherent logic of the action, I've never heard of anyone else doing this. When left to his own devices, my husband would probably just live off of peanut butter and bread and claim he was perfectly happy.

Weird? Anyone have a husband with stranger eating habits than that?

Life

Have games like FarmVille taken over your life? Will social networking games be the end of our productive society? A survey of people from the U.S. and UK found 81 million play a social networking game every day, while 49-million play several times a day. Social gaming is on the rise with a full 17% never touching a video game before trying them out on Facebook.

Question: What's your game, and has it taken over your life, or is it just a good stress reliever?

Primetime, Baby!

CW: 90210 (NEW), Ringer (NEW),
CBS: NCIS (NEW), NCIS: Los Angeles (NEW), Unforgettable (NEW)
NBC: The Biggest Loser (NEW), Parenthood (NEW)
ABC: Last Man Standing (NEW), Man Up! (NEW), Dancing With the Stars (LIVE), Body of Proof (NEW)
FOX: Glee (NEW), New Girl (NEW), Raising Hope (NEW)

Joke of the Day

A middle-aged man had spent several days looking for his missing hat. Finally, he decided that he'd go to church on Sunday and sit in the back row. During the service he would sneak out and grab a hat from the rack at the front door.

On Sunday, he went to church and sat in the very back row. The sermon was about the Ten Commandments.

He sat through the whole sermon and instead of sneaking out he waited until the sermon was over and went to talk to the minister.

"Father, I came here today to steal a hat to replace the one I lost," he explained, "But after hearing your sermon on the Ten Commandments, I changed my mind."

The minister said, "Bless you my son. Was it when I started to preach thou shall not steal, that changed your heart?"

The man responded, "No, it was the one on adultery. When you started to preach on that, I remembered where I'd left my hat."

Surf This

Black Friday is creepin' up on us. We already know most retailers will open at midnight, while a few (hello, Walmart) will open at 10pm. So what's hot? Who will have the BEST deals? Head here and find out.