Best Scene in Season 2......

What scene from Season 2 stayed with you long after it wall all over?

Q for the Boomers...

Ok in reality I don't think there's an actual tangible answer but I'll ask anyway since it's the offseason and discussion is always fun.

I was born in '72 so this isn't exactly my time nor generation but I'm more interested in looking backward than looking forward, especially in the face of sloppy jeans and nasty flip flops. But I digress. Ok...

In the first season, when Don heads over to Midge's joint, and has to go to the poetry reading/ performance art deal, joey hippy douchebag says, what do you do, and Don says generationally-sarcastically... " I blow up bridges"

Now in the second season, when they're ditching Mohawk for American airlines, when they come in on a Saturday, in the meeting Don says, "creative, in my office" and they go in and Don is laying down what he wants he says, "i want to see us blowing up bridges behind us"

So I guess that's my question. What's the deal with blowing up bridges as a social point or expression? Is it a Matthew Weiner thing that he just has that expression in his head and therefore inks it to paper, or is it a saying of your generation?

My guess it's just a writer's thing but I thought I'd go to the source anyway. You tell me.

MAD MAN-O-PAUSE

Now that a deal has been struck with Matt Weiner, AMC will need to figure out a way to pay for season 3. Of course, this will mean focusing their advertising toward the target audience of 25-54, DINK's (dual income, no kids) since they may be the only Americans with any discretionary income left.

Fear not, the rest of you! You are not forgotten! We are happy to present MAD MEN-O-PAUSE, a forum purposely designed to address the interests of this very important (and vocal) audience segment. With celebrity columns and articles of interest, you'll get the information you need, when you need it. Subjects to be covered:

The Organ Recital -Tell us what ails you: bunions, age spots, crow's feet, low libido, arthritis, lack of lubrication. Nothing is out of bounds and no detail is too personal. Bring your list of ailments and share it with your fellow Maddicts.

Sexy Octogenarians - No, this isn't a cult for Nadya Suleman. Take our reader's survey and list the ancient sexy celebs with whom you would like to play kissy face. Alive or Dead, it don't matter. Who cares if Tyrone Power is taking a dirt nap and Robert Wagner was sexy a HALF CENTURY ago? Come to Mama.

Dr. Wayne's World - Betty Draper's personal shrink and newest addition to our Mad Men-O-Pause forum. Get advice from our resident psycho-therapist on topics ranging from Zoloft vs. Xanax; The Power of Suggestion: Your husband isn't cheating on you, you're just imagining another woman's lipstick on his collar; and Hysteria: A male induced phenomena. Be forewarned, Dr. Wayne views the doctor/patient privilege as more of a guideline rather than the law. Party Time, Excellent!

Dr. Greg Harris - Once Dr. Wayne has fixed your mind, let Dr. Greg take care of your body. With his understanding of and sensitivity to a woman's needs, Dr. Greg will patiently answer any of your health related questions. He will make sure your mind and body are in perfect balance. Just ask his fiance, Joan Holloway.

Edith Schilling's Weight Loss Column, sponsored by UTZ Baked Potato Chips - "Be sure to try the Lean Cuisine chicken parmesan and the Weight Watcher triple fudge brownie. They are both to die for." Next week's guest contributor will be Ginny Sacramoni so stay tuned!

Bobbie Barrett's Cougar Corner - get helpful hints from Mad Men's own promiscuous petulant puma. Let Bobbie help you get back in circulation with these great pickup lines:

1. Do you prefer chicken nuggets or mac & cheese?

2. Oh pool boy, would you help me with my two piece?

3. Young man, would you come over to my house and plug in my Wii?

4. Daahling, would you like a chilled Capri Sun juice pack?

The Maddict Dating Network - get advice from your fellow Maddicts and find the man of your dreams. So what if their last date was during the Ford administration. Take it from me, whatever they suggest, do the opposite and I guarantee you'll be walkin' in tall cotton in no time!

For a limited time only, the first ten contributors to the Mad Men-O-Pause forum will receive a complimentary subscription to Boy's Life. This month's issue includes a short story by Pete Campbell, "Arctic Assault!", a true story about polar bear who does a lot more than just talk. For you cougars out there, how better to stalk your prey than to read what they read and think the way they think.

Note: The above content does not reflect the opinions of Management, AMC, Lionsgate, Matt Weiner, the cast & crew of Mad Men or it's affiliates. All content is the sole property of Polar Bear Productions (PBP) and may not be reproduced , rebroadcast or retransmitted without the expressed written consent of PBP.

A Literary Quiz To Help Pass the Time 'Til Season 3

Can you match these first lines with titles of their famous literary sources? I will post the answers at a later date. One, by the way, has a link to Mad Men. Have fun!

1. "Call me Ishmael."

2. "It was a bright, cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

3. "To anyone who has ever been owned by a cat, it will come as no surprise that there are all sorts of things about your cat you will never, as long as you live, forget."

4. "Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little gray house made of logs."

5. "Am I to become profligate as if I were a blonde?"

6. "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink."

7. "The gales tore at him, and he felt its bite deep within, and he knew that if they did not make landfall in three days, they would all be dead."

8. "Claudia knew she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away."

9. "What dire offense from an am'rous cause springs, what mightly contests rise from trivial things."

10. "The mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home."

11. "It was not a dark and stormy night."

12. "I was an only child -- and so I became an only man."

13. "The courtship and remarriage of an old widower is always made more difficult when middle-aged children are involved -- especially when there are unmarried daughters."

14. "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug."

15. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

16. "Who is John Galt?"

17. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth."

18. "At supper that night, as many times before, his father said, 'Well, s'pose we go to the picture show.'"

19. "Life is difficult."

20. "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow."

21. "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."

22. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

23. "When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen."

24. "High upon the long hill they called the Saddle Back, behind the ranch and the county road, the boy sat his horse, facing east, his eyes dazzled by the rising sun."

25. "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."

26. "In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster."

Double Breasted

Recently on a different topic several of our best contributors all had harsh things to say about double breasted suits being out of style. As I remember those comments, which I could not find minutes ago, the comments were all written by ladies with keen eyes. One opined that she would not wear a double breasted jacket.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. When I was growing up in NYC prior to WWII, hardly any men working in professional careers wore single breasted suits. Even more casual blazers were double breasted. I was quite slender then and felt all the extra cloth was un-necessary. The only jacket I owned that was single breased was my tiny tail-coat!

To conserve cloth, during WWII the fashion became single breasted suits. I am not sure that was ever an actual law, but by the time the war was over all the men my age and somewhat older much preferred single breasted jackets. In a formal setting, such as an office and especially in court men who expected to be taken seriously always wore three-piece suits with a matching vest. Even in the heat of Southern California that was the norm. I visited many NYC ad agencies during the early 1960's and hardly was out of place in my tailored three piece single breasted suits. Of course in those days I was still slender and athletic.

Over the years I aged and moved up in rank. With my increased maturity it was as if the dry cleaners kept shrinking my jackets.

By the late 1990's I took the advice of my long-time tailor who not so gently suggested that since I was no long slender or young, I would look better without a vest, which does add bulk. Suddenly I back to using braces to hold my trousers in place, far higher than when I still wore belts. All my suits were cut double breasted.

These days I notice the younger better looking and slender men prefer single breasted suits. I also spend more time in law offices and courts than years ago. Associate attorneys and junior prosecutors tend to wear single breasted suits without vests. Male partners and senior prosecutors almost always wear double breasted suits, even the slender ones. Female partners and prosecutors tend to wear single breasted jackets.

When selecting a suit it must be appropriate for the occasion and your body type. Despite fashion form and perfect fit is vital.

Back to the Future: Recast Madmen

This probably means I'm a geek, but I like to think of how current or recent movies would be recast with actual actors and actresses from the past (basically remakes in reverse). For example, "You've Got Mail" could have starred Glenn Ford (Tom Hanks), Doris Day (Meg Ryan), Gig Young (Greg Kinnear) and Rita Moreno (Parker Posey). There are rules: the actors you cast have to have been alive and working at the same time and the point is to make the reverse casting work. (You wouldn't cast Jerry Lewis, ca. 1960 as Don Draper). And don't cheat by looking up the casts of old movies and then sticking them in the Mad Men roles. So, Maddicts, how would you recast "Mad Men" from the past? I have my ideas, but I don't want to give them away. PS This is my first topic, so be kind.

February Movie Mad-ness Discussion

Here we go again, Maddicts!
As promised, I am posting the thread for our fourth Movie Mad-ness discussion! (How time flies when we're having fun!)

This month our discussion will be about the movies "The Best of Everything" and "Executive Suite," and the movie star discussed will be the actress Rita Hayworth.

This is the place to share your thoughts about these movies and explain why (in your opinion) our favorite series, Mad Men, reminds us of them. Were you alive at the time the movies were released? Where were you at the time you first saw them? What was your reaction to the stories? Feel free to share related tidbits about the real-life events of our featured actress. They are always a welcome addition to our discussion!

I look forward to another lively discussion and will post my comments right along with you. (...just a reminder, I am not an AMC moderator, just a fan like yourself!)

Are "Psych" cast members Mad Men fans?

Okay, maybe this is a reach...Is James Roday (aka: Shawn Spencer) from the USA Network series Psych, a Mad Men fan? I was watching Psych's most recent episode - Season 3, Episode 16 and the character Shawn Spencer has an unusal introduction for his side kick, Gus. Shawn introduces Gus as: "This is my partner, Sterling Cooper". Could we have another Maddict out there?

Season 2 Encore?

Did I read right? I just saw that there will be a Season 2 encore starting Sunday;March 8@ 12am (11C). Great news. What happened to Season 1? Not that I'm complaining. Hellllllooooo Mad Men.

Finally Season 2 Again!!!!!!!!

Season 2 Encore, Sunday Mar 8 @ 12AM | 11C

Season 3

What the "F"!!!! Here I'm ready to check out season 3 only to find out that they are replaying all of season 2!! Are they F'in kidding me!?!?!

On the street where you lived

The pilot episode of MM ends with the song about on the street where you lived. So all you boomer "Maddicts" who might have played with Sally Draper , tell me about the street you grew up on in the 60's. Was it like the Drapers? Who lived on your street and what were some of your favorite chidhood memories?

"Juanita Carson" Expecting

.....Okay, first of all, I didn't remember Juanita Carson (Betty's college friend in the hotel lobby in For Those Who Think Young) as a blonde.

Second of all, did you know that "Juanita" is not only a very working actress, but she is the wife of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom?

And they are expecting!

Check this out.....

U.S. TV star JENNIFER SIEBEL NEWSOM is expecting her first child with her husband, San Francisco Mayor GAVIN NEWSOM.

The actress, who has appeared in a string of hit shows including Life, Mad Men and Numb3rs, announced the news on Wednesday night (18Feb09).

A spokesman for the couple, who married in July last year (08), says, "The Mayor and the First Lady are thrilled to be embarking on this adventure together, and they appreciate your good wishes."

02/19/2009 12:13:52 PM

Congratulations to the Newsoms!

Melinda Mcgraw

She was in a CSI episode that aired 2/19. She played the wife of a wrongly accused man. Her husband had had an affair and she was ultimately discoved to be guilty of the crime. Anyone else see her ?

MM Costume Design Award

Tuesday evening February 17 at the Beverly Wilshire our beloved Katherine Jane Bryant won the "Period/Fantasy TV Series" award from the Costume Designers Guild. That was quite an event. Good people and good food.

Freelance writers

Some are born writers, and some really need to go back to school and stay awake in English class so they can grasp the fine and not so fine points of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and how to construct a sentence that makes sense. Sijukan, is this a joke?

The Day The Earth Stood Still

How do people rate the NEWER version of the day the earth stood still vs. the ORIGINAL. And how did the movie do at the box office.

Freelance writers can earn more money from home

Freelance writing and their experience

I am a freelance writer, I have more than 2 years experience in freelance work. I have more than 10 years work experience in various companies and various sections. But now a day overall economy is very low, so two years back I decided to start with freelance work.

I am doing work for my existing clients as well as new clients and I am trying to keep them very happy with me so that only I can maintain my relationship. I am getting clients and projects from freelance website like www.net4manpower.com. I am one of the power members in this site. I won more than 55 projects from this site. When I started my freelance career that time I don't know about any websites and I confused about how to get the projects? How to contact the job providers? That time my friend Mr.Johnsmith Thakal help me , he only tell about this website and tell me don't want to pay any amount for registration and bid, Just free service and also secure payment.

First I am not have 100% hope in this site, after that I thought let we try, so I will join free with this site and bid the projects, slowly I won the projects and clients. Now many clients from www.net4manpower.com are my life long customers and still now I will not worry about the payment. They are providing me 100% payment security. But when I see this site first, I am not getting hope or confidence this site, because there design is simple and not good look. But there service is very good.

Every freelancer should be satisfying your clients then only you can get more work from us.

Freelance project biding

I'm join with project outsourcing website and submitted my profile and portfolio first, because many freelancers doing this mistake that is they are joined with freelance sites but they will not provide their overall details. But in this kind of freelance website all the clients must see the portfolio and profile first after that only they will select you. Normally I 'm quoting affordable cost for n4mp clients, but I will not provide very cheap rate, according to my work I will offer good price. I am investing 90$ per month subscription and earn more than 500$ per month, so it is very helpful for me.

Many people they are interested in home based works but they are very lazy to submit the bid. But in my experience I am not waiting for more time for projects reply. I will get immediate response from net4manpower clients and also other freelance site.

Create online portfolio

Freelancers should be creating a virtual portfolio that is client list and samples, it is very useful to market your service to client nationally and internationally. Many free services providers are there in online to create the portfolio, so you can use this for your market.

You don't have to look hard to find freelance writing jobs; you just have to "look smart!" Make this your year to achieve your writing goals and become a published creator!!!!
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Colin Hanks on Broadway....

...he is currently co-starring with Jane Fonda in a new play, still in previews, called "33 Variations"...the play is interesting, but needs some work...especially Jane...CH is good and very appealing...Has anyone else seen this yet?...would love to hear other opinions, even though it's not directly about MM...

Bring Back Some of the Archetypal Women

I'm hoping they recycle some of the women of Seasons 1 & 2 (Francine Hanson, Helen Bishop, Mary Beth Carson, Midge Daniels, Rachel Menken Katz, Bobbie Barrett, Sheila White) and introduce new ones, of course. All those women were varying archetypes of the era (the suburban housewife, divorcee, trophy wife, bohemian free spirit, businesswoman, the predatory femme fatale climber, social cause progressive, etc.), and I hope we're shown more of their evoluation/progress through the sixties.

Peyton List

The Friday 13 episode of Monk had Peyton List as a guest star. Of course all Maddicts know her better as "Jane Siegel" who became the other woman in Roger Sterling's life and bed.

On Monk Peyton played the magician's assistant to Steve Valentine, who actually is a well-respected magician. Roger Sterling will be thrilled to know the slang term for old-style magician's assistants is "box jumper" referring to the way those gals enter and leave the physical illusions. Roger probably has his own ideas about the term.
Peyton did a marvelous job.

In previous topics we have mentioned that Rosemary DeWitt is a series regular on The United States of Tara, shown on ShoTime. She plays the judgmental sister of Tara and does so very well.

Art Directors Guild Awards

Dan Bishop, talented production designer for Mad Men, received the ADG award last night for "The Jet Set" as best TV single camera series art direction.
We can safely assume Sal is as thrilled as all of us Maddicts.

Mad Men Season 3

I am trying to get anyone to post when Mad Men season 3 will begin airing. There is nothing mentioned on this site at all with new dates. Also, There are not enough episodes. Please add more episodes?

MADDICTS in L.A. Meet Me at the Polo Lounge on Oscar Day!!

I have a special table at the Polo Lounge to watch the Oscars next Sunday. Meet me there!!!!!!!!

Hamm on Rock (or is it Rye?)

Jon Hamm's storyline stint on 30 Rock has been very entertaining so far. Enjoy the on-screen chemistry of Fey-Hamm; their timing is great. Had never watched the series until JH's appearance, but it's quite good, and Alec Baldwin is a scream. He certainly deserves any awards he's received for his role.

BTW, in case anyone hasn't noticed, Maggie Siff has a bit character part on Life on Mars as Sam Tyler's new love interest, Maria Belanger, who is the daughter of Harvey Keitel's character (Lt. Gene Hunt). Her character is quite the manipulative femme fatale. Go Maggie!

Valentine Gifts

I wonder what Valentine giftsany of our MM characters got as a Valentine gifts? I know there are wonderfully creative brains out there that can find totally romantic gifts.

MAD MEN VALENTINES... 2 more! Don & Pete!

Hey everyone... Happy Valentines day!
Here are two more of my Mad Men valentines.
http://websterbook.blogspot.com/2009/02/pete-trudy-of-course-i-love-you.html
http://websterbook.blogspot.com/2009/02/don-i-love-you-daddy.html
Find the other ones here:
http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/talk/2009/01/a-don-draper-va.php

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IN HONOR OF VALENTINE'S DAY---CARDS YOU WILL NEVER SEE AT HALLMARK

Just a little entertainment, nothing to do with Mad Men but still funny...(these are old...got an e-mail that had circulated through the entire internet with these in it way back in 2000! Most of you have probably already read/heard them...if not...Enjoy!
CARDS YOU WILL NEVER SEE AT HALLMARK

"Congratulations on your Wedding Day! Too bad no one likes your wife."

"I've always wanted to have someone to hold, someone to love. After haveing met you, I've changed my mind."

"I must admit, you brought religion into my life. I never believed in Hell 'til I met you."

"Looking back over the years that we've been together, I can't help but wonder: 'What the f**k was I thinking?"

"Someday I hope to get married, but not to you."

"Sorry things didn't work out, but I can't handle guys with boobs that are bigger than mine."

"We have been together for a very long time, what say we call it quits."

"I'm so miserable without you,it's almost like you're here."

"Happy Valentine's Day Uncle Dad!!" (available only in Arkansas, Kentucky, & Tennessee)---I swear that's what it said...no "Oklahoma"--so there, Polar.

Plus a few that are not "Love" related:

"How could two people as beautiful as you have such an ugly baby?

"If I get only one thing for Christmas, I hope it's your sister."

"As you grow older, Mom, I think of all the gifts you've given me. Like the need for therapy..."

"Congratulations on your promotion. Before you go, would you like to take this knife out of my back? You'll probably need it again."

Congratulations on your new bundle of joy. Did you ever find out who the father ws?"

And last but not least:

"Happy Birthday! You look great for your age....Almost Lifelike!"

and:

"Happy Birthday, Uncle Dad!!" (available only in Arkansas, Kentucky & Tennessee)--(I swear that's what it says---really, Polar Bear!)

Oklahoma Maddicts

I hope you are all safe and sound after the tornadoes that blew threw your state? SCfan, I know you are an Oklahoma girl, so please let us know how you and yours are doing. I saw some pictures on line posted by a friend of a friend of some pretty badly torn up neighborhoods. I have always heard Oklahoma referred to as "Tornado Alley," and it looks like it is certainly living up to that name. I have never liked wind - I can take thunder and lightning, but when the wind starts howling, I get jumpy as a longtailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, (an old expression, but an apt one).

Anna Draper on the Mentalist!

Did anyone catch her last night on the Mentalist? She played the jilted ex-love interest of a casanova-in-his-own-mind kind of guy. She was wonderful! And so beautiful! It was nice to see her looking stylish and desirable. Anybody catch it?

More obscure: Before they were Mad Men

So I'm sitting here converting the very few vhs i want to save to dvd, and I'm on the pause to edit out the commercials. Low and behold, here comes an Excedrin commercial with a one Peggy Olson aka Elisabeth Moss telling me the virtues of migrane relief. Totally out of nowhere. How cool is that? Something that was in a box and out of nowhere before you get rid of it , unrelated, you catch a commercial from before Mad Men. So random. I love stuff like that.

Re: Mad Men Smoking

Silverminx, I can't get into your thread to post a comment, so I will do so here. I agree with your comments on smoking. Watching my mother try to quit smoking was so sad. Best thing I ever did for myself was to not start smoking. Never tried cigarettes, and I can remember many times years ago when I was pressured to start smoking so I would look older and more sophisticated. So glad I did not do it. As to Mad Men, I can picture all the employees in a staff meeting with Bert Cooper and being told he will no longer tolerate or allow smoking in any meetings he attends or meetings with clients. It would probably give Roger another heart attack. But if it happens, I think Bert would be the one to do it. If he worries about his socks, he will surely start worrying about his lungs.

MADMEN IS SMOKING!

And not in a good way.........the rooms and bars were so full of smoke we could hardly see each other. I wish I was kidding but. I'm not. I know all about it - been there done that. Yup, that's the way we used to smoke back then. (Yikes! and she's still alive?) I think MadMen writers will have to deal with the 'smoking issue' in the next season. This was the time when we started be aware that smoking was not cool and sophisticated but just plain stupid. Fortunately, we did listen to the warnings, and gave it up, but it was the hardest thing we ever did, both physically and emotionally. I think Betty would have it hardest time.........could start to put on weight perhaps..............?

WGA Awards

Last Night, February 7, the entire writing staff of Mad Men won the Writers Guild of America award for dramatic TV series. Some NBC series about a TV series won for comedy series, and also for an episode. For movies "Milk" and "Slumdog" won.

WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?

So nice to hear from cad men, and Dry Manhattan, SCfan is around, Drink & Smoke, Zerelda, and a few others. Where is 60's child? Wryter 1? And a lot of you!?
I SAY COME BACK! I check the site for days and no one writes much anymore. I ask certain questions and answer some questions and they are left for days without anyone commenting. I miss everyone. Come Back!!

Bizarre Mad Men dream

I dreamed last night about how Don and Betty Draper met. If you continue to read, don't say I didn't warn you!

Betty Draper was put into a concentration camp as a child. She was German but went in so young that she learned to speak English. Don Draper was one of the guards and he snuck her out by dressing her in a bright blue tight sweater and plaid skirt (he drew the lines on it with a marker to make it look plaid) and a chiffon scarft.

Prior to becoming a guard at the camp, he had been a used car salesman in southern California and met the lovely Anna Draper. He fell in love with Betty at the camp and before sneaking her out went to Anna to tell her about meeting her and asked her to give him a divorce so he could marry her. He snuck Betty out and they got married. They migrated across the US and by the time they got to NY she had already had baby Sally and was expecting baby Bobby. They had been very happy and lived a fairly middle-class life style but once they hit NY he suddenly became obsessed with money and insisted on living an upper class lifestyle and that's when their marriage began to crumble and he had affairs.

What amazes me is how much "reality" I tried to mix into my dream. Of course, "reality" is a TV show...

Any Freud wanabes out there care to take a stab at this dream?

FUNNY JOKES

To hell with the "guy walks into a bar" stuff we already did (which was very funny,btw)...how about just some jokes to pass the cold winter... they don't have to be sparkling clean...but let's not get totally blue, either. Here's mine (stolen from a TV show on PBS the other night about comedy in America)

A man had an accident and broke both legs and both arms---all four were in casts. He decided to go to the whore house to get some and when the madam answered the door she said "What the hell do you want?" He answered, "What do you think I want?" She said, "What in hell do you think you're going to be able to do?"

"I rang the doorbell, didn't I?"

jon hamm is on 30 Rock

NOW

Online Dating-Tiny Info

Online dating or Internet dating is a dating system which allows individuals, couples and groups to make contact and communicate with each other over the Internet, usually with the objective of developing a personal romantic or sexual relationship. Online dating services usually provide unmoderated matchmaking over the Internet, through the use of personal computers or cell phones.

Online dating services generally require a prospective member to provide personal information, before they can search the service provider's database for other individuals using criteria they set, such as age range, gender and location. Most sites allow members to upload photos of themselves and browse the photos of others. Sites may offer additional services, such as webcasts, online chat, telephone chat(VOIP), and message boards. Some sites provide free registration, but may offer services which require a monthly fee. Other sites depend on advertising for their revenue.

Many sites are broad-based, with members coming from a variety of backgrounds looking for different types of relationships. Other sites are more specific, based on the type of members, interests, location, or relationship desired.

Dating-New Experience

Dating is any social activity undertaken by, typically, two people with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as their partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse. The word refers to the act of meeting and engaging in some mutually agreed upon social activity. Traditional dating activities include entertainment or a meal.
In many cultural traditions, a date may be arranged by a third party, who may be a family member, acquaintance, or professional matchmaker. Recently internet dating has become popular.

-Tom

Adult Dating

Janie Bryant's new 60s-inspired line; and "Are you a Betty, or a Joan?"

.....(Or a Jackie or a Marilyn?)

I'm really excited to see the debut of Janie Bryant's (reportedly rumored) new fashion line. Word has it Janie is responsible for the Mad Men Revue fashions, which played again in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago. Will her new designs look like any of those costumes?

Check it out here and here, and see what you think.

More than half of my wardrobe, both casual and professional, are sixties-inspired pieces, my favorite era. The pieces, one or two vintage and some modern interpretations, were by no means easy to come by, and always provoke interested commentary.

It's about time this snappy and stylish era had a place in the sun!

I have but one plea for Janie, and that is that, although there were some beautiful pieces made of it, PLEASE do not bring back the double-knit acetate! There is something so "stewardess-y" about it!

So, are you a Betty, or a Joan? And which elements from the 1960s would you like to see incorporated into Janie's new line?

'Mad Men" Writer Marti Noxon Up for Writers Guild TV Award

From UC Santa Cruz's website:

UCSC Alumna Marti Noxon Up for Writers Guild TV Award--Feb 7

UCSC alumna Marti Noxon has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for best dramatic television series of 2008.

Noxon is a member of the writing team for the hit TV show Mad Men, which is in competition for the award with The Wire, Friday Night Lights, Lost, and Dexter.

The annual Writers Guild Awards honor the best film, television, and videogame writers of the past year.

Winners will be announced on February 7 at the 2009 Writers Guild 61st anniversary awards show. It will be held in simultaneous ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.

Noxon is a 1987 graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a degree in theater arts.

Best known as writer and executive producer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Noxon's television credits include Grey's Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters, Point Pleasant, Prison Break, Still Life, and Angel.

Noxon also co-wrote the 1999 film Just a Little Harmless Sex, starring Alison Eastwood, Jonathan Silverman, Rachel Hunter, and Lauren Hutton.

Mad Men has received rave reviews for its authenticity and style since it premiered in 2007, earning numerous awards--including three Golden Globes and six Emmys.

Set in New York City's Madison Avenue during the 1960s, the series tracks the lives of the ruthlessly competitive and ego-driven men and women of a fictional advertising agency--deftly illustrating the changing social attitudes of the country during that period.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Draper!

If Don Draper were alive today, he would be 83 years old. I guess the big question is whether he would make it to 83 or whether his live like there's no tomorrow ways would have caught up with him. But, if Don were alive, what do you think he would be doing? Still charming the ladies? A doting grandfather or great grandfather? Or something else entirely?