Basket of Kisses

Quick update to let everyone know that Episode Music has been largely updated now, as well (incl. Season 2, which was behind). For those of you who have commented previously on those pages, your comments are deleted as they get incorporated into the section.  Lest anyone think their comments were disregarded.  

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Welcome to new visitors, and welcome back to seasonal visitors, and hey there to those of you who are here year-round. There’s a lot of stuff on this blog, let me show you around. Our main focus is Mad Men. It’s even got its own navigation tab. You might also love reading about the other [...]

This is a video essay written by me, with Kevin Lee (primarily my writing and his videography, but a true collaboration). Roberta is the voice artist (and as such, contributed to the writing as well). I’m very proud of this. Due to the power outages, I haven’t seen the essay yet, but please enjoy, share, [...]

As we begin to wrap up JHBW, it seemed fitting to show Jon in his true light. His true, glowing-from-the-inside-like-some-other-worldly-being light.

Well first of all, it’s how Deb and I (thanks to the generosity of seagirl), had a TWO HOUR LUNCH WITH JON HAM. He offers himself as a charity date for the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Annual Celebrity Charity Auction. Two days ago he sang “Hey Jude” with “Betty White” (just kidding about the quotes around [...]

We love us some Jon Hamm Birthday Week!!! This year we celebrate the different aspects of Jon. Today we pay homage to Jon as an actor’s actor. I’ma gonna give us some visuals. You guys talk about your favorite Jon Hamm dramatic moments– as Don Draper, Dick Whitman, or anyone else you’ve seen him portray. [...]

Happy, happy birthday to Mr. Hamm!!! We’ll be celebrating all week!

Hello, Brain Trust. The Walking Dead post will be up later today or tomorrow. Apologies for the delay. See you then!

Hello Brain Trust. Arthur here. I’m just putting this up to let you know that this week’s Walking Dead post won’t be up until Tuesday this week. Just wanted to make sure you didn’t worry that I’d been eaten when you didn’t see the post up right away on Monday. See you then!

Friends, Happy Thanksgiving. This is an appeal for two special families who lost everything during Sandy. We invite you to donate through our paypal– we can accept any amount over $10, and will pass everything directly to these wonderful people. Please read on for more about who they are and what they are dealing with. [...]