I haven't seen the movie, and now I won't, but the reference to the generic panini "the kind made, inevitably, with chicken, crummy cheese and a few overwhelming hunks of roasted pepper" is so brilliant it just has to be remarked upon. #amelia

Last night's episode put Don's many infidelities into some context for me. Maybe the various women are repeats of the central choice of his life — to adopt the persona of someone else to escape a life he hated. It's notable that the women he has the affairs with all are very different from not only Betty but from…

@judgingnora: Actually, though, there was a preference for children to go to the mother at the time. I think the lawyer was saying this to dissuade her from seeking a divorce. It's part and parcel of the way Betty gets no respect from any of the "professional" men she goes to. In the late 1800's there was a move…

@chinaplate: Thank you. I find every time items are posted on this site about one aspect or another about France and it's stance against overt public expressions of religion, there is a lot of knee-jerk "how dare they" stuff that ignores exactly the facts that you point out about this nation. I understand this…

@Working-for-the-weekend: The irony, of course, is that global warming doesn't mean it's hotter all the time — but instead that we'll get crazier and more destructive weather events. Like....snow in October. #globalwarming

@Working-for-the-weekend: The irony, of course, is that global warming doesn't mean it's hotter all the time — but instead that we'll get crazier and more destructive weather events. Like....snow in October. #globalwarming

Dear David Cross:

I just finished reading an article about a law firm partner who sent out a memo to all associates insisting that they check their blackberries every hour. It brought me back to the days when I was an associate and never felt like I could leave the office behind — an obsessively checked voicemail and emails more than…

@mattharvest: No, but they are responsible for egging them on. #theruinstonyaveronica

@annebreal: Yes, and you can see on so many of these shows the way violence obviously is escalating and no one — not the producers or the other cast mates — does anything. Because it makes better television. The fight last season between CT (the Boston hooligan) was particularly appalling because no one seemed able…

@Chamalla,barren crone: It is indeed a great show. The haters had their say (and say and say and say) and now need to just let the rest of us enjoy it. #glee

@pmarble: So, I went to Getty images to see if there were other pictures — it's definitely a long haired chihuahua. #dogplay

@KitCatCadillac: Okay, let's sleuth some more....isn't s/he too small to be a King Charles? #dogplay

@Tippi Hedren: Lots of people watch SYTYCD. I don't personally know people who watch House, but that does not make me foolish enough to think it's an unpopular show or use my ignorance of the show to cast aspersions on the motives of people on it who may speak out on one topic or another.

@KitCatCadillac: ha! I think we all just want it to be our favorite breed. #dogplay

@yvanehtnioj: I was gonna say: Really? They couldn't get a real tree? #beergardens

@odinsraven: huh? #michelleobamahulahoop

Dachshund or chihuahua? I'm leaning towards mini longhaired dachshund. Oh, I'm also just loving everything about this picture. #dogplay

@thelandlady: spot on. #gracecoddington

@mb: Yes, and I read it as a veiled reference to these young girls taking drugs to stay thin — which is probably not something she can say outright. #gracecoddington