Gawker Stitches Together the "Tao of Don"; Critics Cite Mad Men as a Reason to Be Thankful

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Some fun things to read between helpings of Thanksgiving leftovers: Gawker has put together a clip of Don's best lines while a law blog breaks down the rules for divorce in New York State. (See how much you learn from watching Mad Men!)

• The L Magazine visits some of the haunts featured on Mad Men, including Sardi's and PJ Clarke's, with photography evoking an era gone by.

• Gawker stitches together some of Don Draper's s most famous lines in this video of "The Tao of Don." AMCtv.com had its own spin on this back with Season 1.

The New York Post puts together a list of things they are grateful for, and it includes "The complicated leading men of AMC." TV Squad puts together their own list, which includes Mad Men's season finale.

The Kansas City Star hangs out with a local ad agency to compare and contrast them to the gang at Sterling Cooper.

The Star's Aaron Barnhart puts together a Christmas wish-list which includes Mad Men on DVD (or Season 3 via Amazon Video.)

Variety has a story about costume designers, and how they rarely receive recognition once their designs move into the retail sector. One anomaly, Janie Bryant and her Brooks Brothers collaboration, is cited as giving "her fellow designers some hope for the future."

• Here's a recent opinion piece on Betty's "terse," but effective disciplinary style. Says writer Celia Rivenbark, "Parents said what they wanted; children, for the most part, complied, a notion that's almost unthinkable in this age of kid-centric households."

• Abigail Pogrebin in Psychology Today talks about missing Mad Men. (Don't we all!) Says the blogger, "it represents exactly the opposite of the velocity and chaos of my days."

The Business Insider takes a look at New York State's divorce laws given a recent local ruling and Betty's decision to go Reno in the season finale. Looks like the rules haven't changed much since '63: "Divorces are granted only on 'fault' grounds -- such as cruel and inhuman treatment, abandonment, or adultery..."

The Sydney Morning Herald has a profile of series creator Matthew Weiner, in town for Screen Producers Association's annual conference, in case you were wondering.

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