Posts tagged “Mad Men”

  • One thing this country has always enjoyed is a good drink. Whether it was rum on the Atlantic, bourbon at the races or that Bloody Mary at Sunday Brunch, alcohol is the American Drink.
  • DexterBoom! Dexter returns at the end of September. (Don’t watch the trailer if you didn’t see season 4 yet!)
  • Don’t Eff With Fudgie the Whale, Lindsay!
  • I cannot wait to see Bad Universe (featuring BadAstronomy).
  • Mister Gunther makes horoscopes fun!
  • Betty Goes Reno: A visit to the glamorous divorce ranches of the Mad Men era.
  • He hasn’t taken a single snap in a real game yet, but Tim Tebow is already leading the league in jersey sales. (Nike has some cool Tebow sneakers, too.)
  • Do you think you can identify who voices each character on The Simpsons?
  • I didn’t know that there are ATMs in Antarctica.
  • Being President of the United States is probably the loneliest job in the world.
2024-06-07: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

The Day the Earth Stood StillI have no idea what possessed me to go see The Day the Earth Stood Still on Saturday night. The ads didn’t really impress me, but I saw that it featured Coach Taylor, Dom Draper, and Archie Leach, so how bad could it be?

Let me put it this way: The absolute best part of the movie was something that happened five minutes after the credits rolled. I was in the men’s restroom and inexplicably heard Alvin & The Chipmunks doing a cover of Journey‘s “Don’t Stop Believin'” on the theater’s stereo system. I think that says it all.

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Hemingway

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