What do people know about you online? What do they know about your personal life, your sexual preferences, the little things that make you go weak in the knees?How do others understand how you perceive yourself? How comfortable you are with your own sexuality? With your relationship life choices? With the people you live with and/or date?

Comedian Amy Poehler is one busy lady these days.  She just gave birth to a baby boy, is developing a sitcom for NBC to debut this spring, is still raking in kudos for her impressions of Hillary Clinton on her former show, "Saturday Night Live," and now she's working on becoming an internet star.  Amy and two of her friends, Meredith Walker and Amy Miles, have teamed up to produce eight webisodes called "Smart Girls at the Party."

Did you know that spicy meals could help you lose weight? It's true. If you're like me and love spicy foods, this is great news. It seems preparing your meals with garlic, pepper and other zero-calorie spices may prevent overeating. Benefits of Spicy Foods...

Dear American Electorate, There are less than 700 days until the next election.

Although I was still full from dinner two nights prior, I settled down for my usual breakfast-over-the-New-York-Times on Saturday morning. More Men Take the Lead Role in Caring for Elderly Parents, the paper announced under the fold on the front page. I sat up straight. "What, now one out of every ten men takes care of a parent in need instead of half a percent or whatever?" I cynically mumbled to myself. "Hallelujah! Let's give 'em an award." I read the article. My assumptions could not have been more off base.

The private, nonprofit and nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research made it official today: the United States has been in a recession since last December.

"Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf." - Toni Morrison. Those are the words that greet you when you visit

When Peter picked me up at the airport, he had a small bouquet of flowers in his hand and a goofy smile on his face. I'd been gone for a week, tending to BlogHer Boston, BlogHer DC, and visiting the site of BlogHer '09 in Chicago.  It was late on a Wednesday night, I was tired, and the LAST thing I expected was for him to suddenly drop to one knee, right there on the roof deck of San Francisco International Airport.  But he did, and he asked me to marry him, and I said yes (of course I said yes), and I couldn't be happier.  About getting married.The wedding? Um...

At a conference the other day, I asked two women how they felt about the U.S. auto industry bailout. It was like watching the presidential debates. One said, "Yeah, we've gotta have it!" The other said: "Bailout? Why do they need a bailout?"

Disclaimer: Yup, I'm involved. Man, I love the social media, don't you? I love it when you see people like Beth Kanter go all crazy and make change. I love Menu for Hope, a food bloggers initiative that raises money for good causes every year. And now, I love Passports with Purpose, the travelbloggers initiative that's doing the same.

To reuse is better than to recycle, which is why I decided to deep clean my existing carpet over buying new eco-friendly carpet -- though I put off that decision, aka actually cleaning the carpet, for longer than I'd like to admit.... But over the long weekend, I finally got to it!

"It was not a light bulb moment," says President-elect Barack Obama of his choice to add Senator Hillary Clinton to his National Security Team as Secretary of State. Clinton said leaving the Senate would be difficult for her, but said she believes that the best way for her to continue to serve the country is by joining Obama's administration. Excuse me a minute while I attempt to block out memories of Clinton in the primaries and pick my jaw up off the floor...