… then what hope do the rest of us have? CNN explores the question.

The biological advantage of being awestruck.

Brilliant idea.

Well, my television is telling me it’s once again that time of the year. Wall-to-wall holiday movies on Lifetime and seasonal car ads in which one spouse lovingly buys his or her better half a new car.

Am I the only one who finds these seasonal car ads so irritating? Given the state of the economy, how many people are buying each other cars for Christmas? Even in the best of economies, how often does that happen? Can’t the car companies’ ad agencies find a different angle? Sure, cars are sold now — just like they are the rest of the year. But I don’t recall seeing as many commercials where, say, one spouse gives his or her better half a car for a birthday; maybe a 50th anniversary.

C’mon, car companies: Keep it real, willya?

On this day in 1918, Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France. The fighting officially ended at 11 a.m — the eleventh hour in the eleventh month on the eleventh day. In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. On October 8, 1954, President Eisenhower issued the first Veterans Day Proclamation. Get more info about the history of Veterans Day over here.