In the News

A new survey discovered women who play online games have more sex than those who don't... (because there's nothing sexier than crushing a pig with an Angry Bird)

According to a new Gallup poll, 9.6% of people who live on the eastern side of the U.S. had a cold "yesterday" compared with 7.4% who live on the "west side." (of course, our colds are always three hours ahead of theirs...)

Hong Kong Disneyland opened "Toy Story Land" which makes guests feel as if they have been shrunk to the size of a toy. (I don't need to travel to Hong Kong to feel small, I just need a weekend with my mother-in-law)

Some parents are outraged at a talking doll seems to be saying the phrase "Hey crazy b****!." They are calling for the "You and Me Interactive Triplets," sold at Toys R Us" to be destroyed. (Of course, you know there's trouble when the triplet's are named Pauly, JWow and Snooki)

Relationship

Three Ways To Win Over His Mom On Thanksgiving

From the EmAndLo.com blog:

Be spectacularly helpful. Volunteer to do dishes, peel potatoes and cut carrots. Just don't be too much of a kiss-up.

Ask her son about her. What's she like? What does she enjoy doing? Where did she go to school and what did she study? What are her pet projects and pet peeves around the house?

People love to talk about themselves... so ask open-ended questions. Stay away from anything that can be answered with a simple yes or no.

Question: What was your worst ever first-meeting with a boyfriend's mom?

Life

30 Things Every Woman Should Quit by 30

1 Buying clothes from the junior section.
2 Forgetting her parents’ birthdays.
3 Making out with her BFFs at bars for attention.
4 Making out with her boyfriend at bars for attention.
5 Filling her bed with stuffed animals (really, even one is too many).

6 Carrying a torch for anyone she hasn’t seen in the last five years.
7 Rebelling against her parents for the sake of rebelling against her parents.
8 Declaring an entire gender “all jerks.”
9 Holding a grudge against anyone who wronged her in high school.
10 Skipping regular gyno exams.

11 Going to bed without washing and moisturizing her face.
12 Being “that person” who had a bit too much to drink at the office party.
13 Crushing on Justin Bieber.
14 Thinking she’s got it all figured out.
15 Calling her father “daddy.”

16 Engaging in sibling rivalry.
17 Trying to get by on her looks.
18 Living paycheck to paycheck.
19 Expecting a man/knight in shining armor to swoop in and save her.
20 Aimlessly jumping from job to job.

21 Using MySpace to pick up guys.
22 Expecting a man to do all the wooing.
23 Wishing she had someone else’s life.
24 Expecting everyone to drop everything because it’s her birthday …
25 … or because her “boyfriend” of two weeks dumped her.

26 Measuring her self-worth by a number on the scale.
27 Being cheap.
28 Quitting a job without having a new one lined up first (especially in this economy!).
29 Blaming her mother for all her issues.
30 Romanticizing her 20s.

Full list here

6 Very Attractive Things You're Probably Already Doing

Before you beat yourself up too much for a new wrinkle you just spotted, or a gray hair that just made itself known, take a look at this list of things you're doing right from howaboutwe.com -- it'll make you feel better.

Smiling - Smile ranks at #2 (just behind sexual chemistry) on a list of adorable traits
Telling the Truth - The naked truth is much more intriguing than a smoke screen.
Showering - Taking care of yourself has proven to be more significant for partner choice than natural beauty
Listening - Everyone wants to feel listened to, but for some reason good listening seems to be a rare quality. You can actually stand out from the pack just by practicing something that everyone is already doing all the time.
Laughing - You don't have to be funny, you just have to know funny.
Eye contact - Here’s a secret: everyone’s eyes are beautiful. You just have to let a person really look into them

Gotta See This

Sit back and enjoy Christmas magic...Angry Birds style.

Joke of the Day

A lady goes to a health clinic and complains that her husband is losing interest in sex. The doctor gives her a pill but warns her that it's still experimental, and tells her to slip it into his dinner.

That night at dinner she sneaks the pill into his mashed potatoes.

About a week later, she's back at the doctor.

She says: "Doc, the pill worked great! I put it in the potatoes like you said! It wasn't five minutes, and he jumps up, shoves all the food and dishes to the floor, grabs me, and we get intimate right there on the table!"

The doctor says, "I'm sorry -- we didn't realize the pill was that strong. The clinic will be glad to pay for any damages."

"Nah," she says, "that's OK. We aren't going back to that restaurant anyway."

Primetime, Baby!

CW: Gossip Girl (NEW), Hart of Dixie (NEW)
CBS: How I Met Your Mother (NEW), 2 broke Girls (NEW), Two and a Half Men (NEW), Mike & Molly (NEW), Hawaii Five-O (NEW)
NBC: The Sing-Off (NEW), Rock Center with Brian Williams (NEW)
ABC: Dancing With the Stars (LIVE), You Deserve It (PREMIERE), Castle (NEW)
FOX: Terra Nova (NEW), House (NEW)