"Give me a child until he is seven, and I will show you the man." - Jesuit motto -- Jordan and I have spent the...

It’s always been Kathleen Kelly. She taught me how to dress, how to be kind yet firm, how to be funny. Because of her, I read Pride ...

When Jordan and I were first dating and in the middle of our initial get-to-know-each-other process, I confessed to him ...

You already know I love Leslie Knope . But did you also know that Leslie and the gang have some of the best ideas for celebrating? S...

 {photo by Cecil Stoughton, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, August 1963} When I was a little girl, I went through these phases, phases i...

While I was home yesterday scanning Netflix for anything other than an episode of 30 Rock , I came across The River Wild , a film that I...

Guys, some days I just wish I worked for Leslie Knope. A few weeks ago, we got a free trial for Netflix (I know, I know… We’re so 2005), ...

  The most annoying characters on television, a list inspired by my brother:  1. Dean from Gilmore Girls 2. Noel from Felicity 3. Anyon...

{photo via Katie's Pinterest ... Anyone know the original source?} The secret's out.  I mean, I already loved John Krasinski from ...

Not that I'm one to judge -- I'm hardly fashion forward -- but I thought these five ladies' dresses from last night's G...

{the nerdiest children ever} When my brother and I were younger, we played together all the time. I don’t know if it was a lack of televi...

{from here } Sometimes, I keep certain things to myself because I think they're cool, and I want to relish in their cool-ness all by my...

  {the fsu men's basketball team, circa 1972... the year they went to the championship, with the padre as their manager} There are so...

{barack's  bracket } Each year, I call my father to go over our bracket picks. (I have high hopes of beating Jordan this year ; enough ...

Last night, Jordan and I settled down to watch one of our favorite movies, Stranger Than Fiction . If you haven't seen it, you must...

Dear Santa, In case you're just dying to know what's on my list this year, here's a glimpse:  Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behin...

So, we're having a party tonight in honor of the most functional couple on television... Would it be silly to cry? At a TV wedding? Mayb...

A few letters of my own : Dear Mr. Polanski, Please just go to prison already. I'm tired of you and your Hollywood supporters. Dear John...

Thank you, writers of The Office , for not pulling a Ross and Rachel.  I think I speak for the rest of the nation when I say  Thanks for not...

Sometimes, I pretend that I'm one of those people who only gets into really hip, cool-people movies. Hey, sometimes, I'm not even pr...