Today is Wednesday, the 338th day of 2013, with 27 days left in the year.

Today is ...

Santa's List Day. That's right Santa is readying his list ... have you been naughty or nice this year?

Top 10 excuses for missing Thanksgiving dinner with your family

10. "Thanksgiving? We did that last year."

9. "The flight I never booked was canceled."

8. "Not comfortable with Grandma and Grandpa's open marriage."

7. "Still serving that life sentence."

6. "Too thankful to leave the house."

5. "Saving strength for our Christmas screaming match."

4. "Obamacare website screwed up my car rental."

3. "Couldn't think of a costume."

2. "I prefer the food at the strip club."

1. "When I agreed to attend I was high on crack."

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David Letterman

Stuff you didn't want to know

If you yelled for eight years, seven months and six days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

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Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

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The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

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Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

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Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

Define this

Monad

Definition No. 1 - A type of advertising known to be suggestive.

Definition No. 2 - A single unit or entity.

Cryptogram

"WMZ KJSSZXZGBZ OZWAZZG VZGJEC TGK CWERJKJWD JC; VZGJEC MTC JWC IJFJWC." - TIOZXW ZJGCWZJG

Hint: z = e

Answers

Aegis - Protection, support, guidance, or sponsorship of a particular person or organization.

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"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." - Charles M. Schulz

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