I think that Don did a decent job taking care of her…he took her to the zoo, spent time with her…the man has to work, it's not really a surprise that he can't take her everywhere or spend all day with her. Nowadays she'd have been sent to child care in the building.

what up, la! I've been around, just posting less. Though I don't know why; I actually sit in front of a computer more now than ever before.

I actually like Beaucoup Fish better than Hundred Days Off - it has King of Snake, Push Upstairs, Bruce Lee, and Moaner.

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I saw these guys a few months ago at Hard NYC. They have such a ridiculously silly live show that it's impossible not to love it. It's extremely crude (videos of girls urinating, etc.), and it taught me a new euphemism - "slime bunny." I feel a little suckered (not knowing anything about them when I saw them, I…

He had a similarly loud plaid shirt on when picking up his boxes, and we've seen his casual outfits when he went on the picnic in season 1 or 2, and when he went to his kids' school outing last season. He's basically an ultra-casual dresser on weekends.

Also, from the conversation between Don and Joan, it appears that a good deal of the creative staff is working freelance - not salaried employees.

I think Don is going about it the right way. There is no way he can keep working his way up in the ad world without having to drink socially, and it's a myth that abstinence is the only way to deal with alcoholism. What's called "controlled drinking" is equally effective (or, in the case of most alcoholics,…

While I appreciate Joan's tactics, Peggy at this point is working her way up to executive status (where I expect her to be by show's end). Not exerting your power in order to seem cool and one of the boys is not the way for her to go about it. You don't see Don or Lane (or Pete, for that matter) hanging around the…

From what I gleaned from their dinner meeting, it sounds like Henry Francis is either going to be quickly moving up in the political world, or he's going to be convinced to back the wrong candidate, and that will be that for his career.

I don't think that's why she was fired, but really, she was the most talented of the new people last year.

Six Feet Under is a great example. Really started dying in the 4th season, picked it up times a thousand in the last.

Bourdain also adds extra commentary of each episode on his blog, where he'll expound upon how he felt. The best one was the Romania episode, which he clearly hated even during filming.

Is Blasto secretly Mantis from the Avengers?

You hit the nail on the head with My Bloody Valentine.

I saw him twice in his solo tour, and agreed - it was a great live show, even if the album was weak. Zwan was also really great live. Heck, I saw the 20th anniversary shows, and as annoying and whiny as Corgan was, they were pretty damn good. They ripped the head off of some Mellon Collie songs, and Gossamer was…

I am of the opinion that she actually got better from Little Earthquakes through Boys for Pele. Choirgirl was also pretty good. Venus and Scarlet's Walk were OK, Strange Little Girls awful, and everything after Scarlet's Walk awful.

Palahniuk, definitely, after survivor, though you could make a case for diary being good in a totally non-Chuck style, and I happened to like Rant. But I haven't even read his new one yet, cuz the porn one and pygmy were SO "meh," and I out and out hated Haunted.

Best trip-hop album? No. Best solo hip-hop album? Yes. Best trip-hop album can be any of the three massive attack albums from blue lines to mezzanine (my favorite is mezzanine), or portishead's dummy.

Machina II was actually pretty good, and should have been the actual released and promoted album.

Chicago banned foie gras, but they recently overturned the ban, like 1 or 2 years ago, I think. No one followed it.