Life

I'm So Hot

Are we hot or not? The answer, according to us, is OH SO HOT! A new survey found half of us think too many people in our city are overweight. 46% agree the women are beautiful, but only a third think the men are handsome. What about judging our own looks? Well, well... 32% of us give ourselves an 8, 9 or 10 on the hot-o-meter. More from the survey:

America's Vainest cities (by self-rating)

5 Los Angeles
4 Phoenix
3 Philadelphia
2 Atlanta
1 Miami

America's Most Insecure Cities

5 Minneapolis-St. Paul
4 Denver
3 Detroit
2 Dallas
1 Cleveland

Most Common Cosmetic Procedure

5 Nose job / rhinoplasty
4 Tummy Tuck
3 Botox
2 Laser hair removal
1 Breast implants

Parenting

How to Raise a Genius

What are the ingredients for raising a really, really smart kid? Teach them to juggle, cut the power to the Xbox, and find a young dad for starters. The DailyBeast broke down 15 signs you'll raise a genius... here are the top 5:

1. No TV - And 59 percent of under-2s watch two hours of TV every day. TV impairs cognitive skills and wastes crucial brain-development time that should be spent conversing with real people

2. Breastfeed your baby - Six-year-olds who were breastfed consistently as babies score 5 percent higher on IQ tests than their 6-year-old peers who were not.

3. Ignite their inner Mozart! Children who play the piano or a stringed instrument score 15 percent higher on verbal skills than children who don’t play an instrument.

4. Teach patience. Children who are able to delay gratification 15 times as long as their more impatient peers score 210 points higher on their SATs.

5. Beef up your library - A child who is raised in a home containing at least 500 books is 36 percent more likely to graduate from high school and 19 percent more likely to graduate from college than an otherwise similar child raised in a home containing few or no books.

Relationships

The 10 Most Common Holiday Fights

Maybe the stress of the holidays haven't hit you yet, but they will. "The most wonderful time year" can challenge a couple's relationship like no other. Here are the 10 most common holiday fights:

1. The mother-in-law fight. His mom hates your cooking—he says she's just being helpful.

2. The money fight: You want to throw a holiday party; he says you can't afford it.

3. The travel fight: You missed your flight—because he couldn't find his scarf.

4. The location fight: He wants to spend the holidays with his family, you want to spend it with yours.

5. The gifts fight: You got him an iPad and he got you… a $25 Amazon.com gift card

6. The family fight: You feel smothered by his family; he doesn't understand what your "deal" is.

7. The kids fight: You want to buy the kids the gifts they want. He says you're spoiling them.

8. The traditions fight: He wants to skip the Christmas carols this year, you don't.

9. The time fight: He says you're working too much; you say you're trying to earn a big bonus to pay for all your holiday expenses.

10. The exhaustion fight. One or both of you is exhausted—and you take it out on each other.

#10 should probably be higher on the list shouldn't it? Phoner: What is the one thing you avoid during the holidays that will cause a huge fight???

Joke of the Day

A doctor was examining a middle-aged woman who had been rushed to the emergency room. After a few moments he took the husband aside, and said, "I don't like the looks of your wife at all."
"Me neither Doc," said the husband, "But she's a great cook and really good with the kids."

Surf This

Watch Santa's reindeer on a live webcam getting ready for the big night.

Maybe even catch the big guy feeding them, too! It's one of the year's hottest webcams. Check it out here

This and That

* Check out the trailer to "Rock of Ages" with Tom Cruise and Julianne Hough (oh, and Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand and Catherine Zeta Jones and...) Two words: Freaking awesome go

* This is not an easy one to look at while I'm on a diet. Check out the world's biggest KitKat go

* 10 celeb babies we can't wait to meet next year go

* Sears, like many stores, are now open until midnight every day until Christmas. go

* 28% of men wouldn't date a woman that owns a dog. That's fine, you don't want that guy around anyway. go