I know you”ll think less of me now, but I am mildly wildly obsessed with reality TV.
(I know what you’re thinking - "JenO, we didn’t think that much of you to begin with.")
I can’t help it. I am already sucked into the new season of "American Idol." Did anyone else notice Simon smile when that one [...]

I have to say, "American Idol" auditions never, ever disappoint.
Ever.
I think my favorite train wreck of the night was the sparkly woman from my old stomping grounds, Allentown, Pa. Her reaction to getting the boot was crazy, man. First of all, the judges didn’t tell her she was horrible, just not right for the [...]

No. I refuse to accept this. I refuse to accept that the celebrities I idolized in junior high school are old enough to fatally self-destruct.
First River Phoenix, then Jonathan Brandis, now Brad Renfro. Boys, it does not get easier to handle your tragic deaths each time one of you kicks.
I’ll admit it - I hadn’t [...]

I don’t get it. Why is this attractive?

A bizarre chain of events led me, on Friday night, to watch "Howard the Duck" with my ex-boyfriend.
 
What really is there to be said about "Howard the Duck" that hasn’t already been said? Some say it is the worst movie ever, synonymous with box-office bomb. Some are not so kind.
I am surprised that [...]

After buying a Wii for my oldest younger brother last year for Christmas and discovering how much fun it was, my parents decided to buy one this year for the whole family. As a bonus, they picked up DDR Hottest Party and a DDR pad for yours truly. I was completely surprised, having long since [...]

Speech writers, volunteers and interns, tooI’d like to have a quick word with youI don’t care which candidate you think is neatBut I don’t want to run over your campaigning feet.
Maybe New Hampshire seems podunk to youAnd I know that we waver between red state and blue.But when I head to the polls on primary dayI [...]

Those of you who are avid readers of The Week in Preview may have noticed that this week’s column was a bit shorter than usual. (I wish I could make some sort of crack here about my mom being the only one who reads it, but even she doesn’t read it every week). Due to [...]

… is the number of 5-year-olds I could take in a fight, according to this test.
I am dying to find out whether that’s a good number or just average. I have good reach and a flexible moral compass when it comes to fighting dirty. (Hey, they started it.) 
But it does make me wish I [...]

I’ve never been much of a fan of posed portrait shots, like school pictures. In a preschool portrait, my school used a fake library backdrop and we all had to step up to a big prop book and smile. I am missing my two front teeth in the shot, and the resulting grin looks a [...]