This is a clip from the final episode. It too features a kiss.  Give it a watch

  For six seasons, we had shared the pain and awkwardness of adolescence with Kevin, Paul and Winnie.

   As Kevin says in the final episode; " Every important event in his life somehow involved Winnie." A sentiment shared by most young men in America at the time.

  Danica McKellar was a major success. Her role as Winnie Cooper has been enshrined in the hearts of millions, and has become one of the most loved characters in television history. At eighteen years old, Danica had accomplished what most actresses wait a lifetime for. But here's where the story gets really cool.

   After the show ended, Danica was strongly encouraged to follow up the role of Winnie, to "cash-in" on her success. But Danica chose to put her acting career on hold for awhile while she went to college. She enrolled in UCLA, expecting to study Film-Making. At UCLA, she decided to try a math class to challenge her brain.

She not only passed that class, she was actually a math whiz. She switched her major to Mathematics. As an undergraduate, she proved and co-authored a mathematic theorem called the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem. That feat is rarely accomplished by an undergraduate, it was a significant achievement, and resulted in her being the only underclassman to speak at Rutger's University's Statistical Mechanics Conference that year. A member of the prestigous Alpha Delta Pi sorority, she graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1998, all ready an accomplished and well-respected mathmetician.  NOW THAT"S COOL !!! Danica proved that you can be cool and smart and pretty all at the same time.

Danica's Commencement address at UCLA. Check it out..

 But here's where the adventure becomes really cool. Danica always felt strongly that girls weren't being encouraged to study math or science. That somehow, girls, especially those in middle schools in America were being discouraged from pursuing degrees and careers in those areas, that they were being told that it wasn't cool. She decided to do something about it. She wrote a book.

Danica wrote a book entitled; "Math doesn't Suck, or How to Survive Middle School Math without losing your mind, or breaking a nail."

   Danica said that she wrote the book "to show girls that math is accessible and relevant, and even a little glamorous" and to counteract "damaging social messages telling young girls that math and science aren't for them"

  With many favorable reviews, and some time on the New York Times Best-Seller list, Danica made appearances all over the country promoting the idea that it IS cool to be smart, that you can be smart and pretty and cool and sexy all at once. By opening up not only about her own reservations about math, but being able to help young girls to reach their full potential in becoming successful young women, Danica has proven to be an inspiration to many girls around the world.

Now, what's cooler than that?

    Danica wrote a follow-up entitled "Kiss My Math" to make pre-algebra more fun and exciting to middle school students. She showed how to not only master the pre-algebra concepts, but how to have fun doing it. All while still being cool. She has shattered the delusion that smart girls can't be into fashion, and make-up, and cool stuff like that. She has proven that cute and smart is way better than cute and dumb.

She has also published a great website where kids can write in and ask questions, and solve problems they can't figure out. Danica herself answers the questions for them. You can visit Danica's site HERE. Now, how cool is that?

  So the next time some one tells us that smart girls can't be pretty, or cool, we have an answer. We have proof.

It's been announced that Danica and her husband, Mike are expecting their first child. That's not unusual. That happens to married people a lot. The surprising part is Danica announced it on Facebook. She has started a Facebook page and has even got twittered. Go by and welcome her to the digital age.

I'm sure she'd love to hear from you.

On September 7th 2010, Danica gave birth to a son, Draco, (Draco means Dragon). Surely another Mad Scientist in the works here. Danica is still one of our favorite geeks.

“We are humbled, overjoyed and so grateful for this miraculous gift,” Danica and Mike told People in a statement. “It’s like we’ve only now just learned the true meaning of love.”