Holy shit that looks good. The colors alone are amazing.

I'm so sorry. At least you know how obviously out-of-touch your grandmother's perspective is; hopefully that'll help you let it go even a little? Still, though... if someone in my family did that to me there's no way I'd get over it quickly. Why must people be so awful?

I feel silly for only just realizing this, but you're right: her job is to produce an heir. Ugh. If I were in Kate Middleton's position I'd hire a surrogate.

I completely agree with you about the "giving up your right to privacy" justification. Granted, I'm less empathetic when it comes to certain 'careers'—reality TV stars in particular—but for actors, political celebrities, or people who marry or are born into fame, or where fame is a side-effect of a career choice or…

I don't get the Gosling love either. He's a great actor, no question— I just don't find him all that attractive. To each their own, I suppose?

No kidding. I thought the paleo diet just meant staying away from processed foods, not cooked foods. The people I know who follow it seem pretty healthy and sane to me...

I want them to go to battle with the girls from The Craft.

Eek. You'd think looking at the faces of most of the women above would scare anyone away from having something done. Why not just buy a mask? It would cost less and look better!

I know! I've never met anyone whose behaviour has even come close to what I've seen on those clips. Wouldn't this sort of thing land any non-celebrity in an institution?

Seriously. How does a girl in Texas stay that pale? Daily milk baths?

Yes! Here's Jackie for inspiration. My grandmother still speaks with a similar accent... I'd be so sad if it died out.

I think it's less a put-on than a certain ingrained affectation, like how 'vocal fry' is popular today:

Bond a beer drinker? Just no. Beer is the opposite of suave. (Also, Heineken? Nothing against the Dutch, but as an English patriot, shouldn't the man have a little national loyalty?)

Is it wrong that I kind of love those plummy, 1960s Jackie Kennedy / Grace Kelly / Sharon Tate accents? This woman lapses in and out, but I still love listening to her...

I think they were trying to make January Jones large enough to disguise how pregnancy she was, and that if they hadn't had to work the pregnancy into the script, they might have either avoided the plot line or just made her weight gain more subtle. I do agree that it seemed out of character for wine-and-cigarettes…

I agree. I like Megan too: to me she seems like a strong and resilient woman, and I love how she's so much more playful and sparkling and optimistic than some of the other characters. She seems more genuinely maternal than Betty—her scenes with Don's kids in Season 4 were so sweet—and reminds me of a more grounded and…

I agree. (Although isn't Megan—like Peggy—another spin on the name Margaret?)

Sometimes the nice ones are the hardest, if only because there's no anger or bitterness to cut the sorrow. I'm so sorry—even though Woody Allen, booze, and a sweet mutt sounds like a lovely way to spend an evening.

She's not french—she's Canadian. Still, I wonder why Joan wouldn't have more empathy / fondness for someone so otherwise similar to her.

Average life expectancy doens't mean that people would, on average, die at 70 instead of 80! It was only lower in 1960 because more people died at a young age (due to childhood diseases or illnesses that we now can treat), which brings the average down. That statistic has very little to do with aging, and everything…