Hey, spunkybuddies! Not only is it Friday, but it’s the Friday before a three-day weekend. Yes, Labor Day is upon us, and we’ve decided that all of you earned that day off. You guys, you’re the real heroes! Yes, we love our readers. And if you’d like to return the […]
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Mad Men Roundtable: Waldorf Stories
MYNDI This episode was so much more insightful on second viewing. There’s always so much going on in a typical Mad Men hour, so much simmering just under the impeccably groomed surface that you can’t always appreciate it all right away. A perfect example of that has to be Peggy […]
LOST Revisited: The Post-Mortem, Part 1
It’s been a while since I’ve written about Lost. I kind of thought that I’d knock out a wrap-up a week after the finale and all would be well. Instead, I’ve been mulling. And arguing. Because, seriously, a lot of the discourse has just been totally boneheaded. So now I’m […]
TV’s Moments of Joy: Who Mailed our Mayor?
It is Friday, and we had a week full of joy. It was a pretty big week, so we’re going to get right to all the things that made us happy. It’s time for TV’s Moments of Joy! Mad Men – We had a lot to say in our Round […]
Mad Men Round Table — “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword”
“Why does everybody need to talk about everything?” – Don Draper MYNDI The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a book about Japanese culture, and with the $3 million Honda Motorcycle account miserable at Grey, it’s become required reading at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Pete’s scored the meeting, and Bert Cooper […]
TV’s Moments of Joy: Free Elka!
Here we are, at the end of another week. Time to sit back and reflect on another week of pop culture and TV viewing. This weekend is the big Lost prop auction. And this is where we wish that we had applied ourselves in school and lived up to that […]