I ‘Mad Men’ed myself
What if I were a character on Mad Men?
Mad Men
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “Waldorf Stories”
Okay, so, herewith the sexism of the 1960s…
is Betty Draper misunderstood?; the end of cable TV?; why never to throw away someone else’s action figures; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword”
I was left puzzled by this episode immediately after I watched it. Not a bad kind of puzzled, but the kind of puzzled that had me turning it pleasantly over and over in my head…
Rooney Mara is the American girl with the dragon tattoo; Net neutrality’s swan song; is George Lucas an asshole?; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
you’re not helping: MP Lynne Featherstone on women as physical “role models”
There is no way in hell I could ever look like Christina Hendricks, unless I agreed to go under the knife of some mad-scientist plastic surgeon who would warp my body into something it cannot naturally be…
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “The Rejected”
You can sort of feel the weight of the future bearing down on everyone in this episode…
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “The Good News”
‘Shall we begin 1965?’ Joan asks the top guys at SCDP at an executive meeting at the end of the episode. But what a way to exit 1964!
‘Inception’ attacks ‘X-Men: First Class’; pushing back against 3D; Lisbeth Salander does not eat pray love; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused…
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “Christmas Comes But Once a Year”
Christmastime! It makes me feel a little better sitting in the sticky New York summer. But, boy, it’s not really a fun time for the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce gang, is it?
