There’s something strangely comforting about watching certain movies over and over again, even if they’re not particularly good or even one of your favorites. Even if it would shame you if everyone you know knew that you couldn’t turn away from “Notting Hill” or “Love Actually” or any romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and pre-collagen Meg Ryan. Because I can’t.

Sunday afternoon, I stayed home from Jeff’s soccer game to curl up on the couch with Dorie’s Arborio Rice Pudding and watch “You’ve Got Mail.” It was just so cold outside and soooooo warm inside.

The rice pudding was this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie group recipe. I changed it up a little. Even though I halved the rest of the recipe, I used the original amount of rice to thicken the pudding, and I added a handful of raisins and a little cinnamon. And I’ve never eaten cold rice pudding, so I ignored Dorie’s six hours of refrigeration and ate mine warm. It was everything rice pudding should be: thick and creamy, just like Mom’s.

For the recipe, visit Isabelle of Les gourmandises d’Isa.

OK, so, fess up and share my shame. What movies lull you in and make you watch them over and over again? A romantic comedy, perhaps? Some corny action movie or really bad sci-fi/horror movie or something starring Patrick Swayze? As Kyra Sedgwick says every week on “The Closer” in her superbly bad faux Southern accent: CawnFAYusss!