Morning musing… typing speed, Marilyn, and nostalgia for days gone by.
Invisible Woman
If Kristin Scott Thomas feels invisible, what about the rest of us?
Bashing the Body Beautiful
Making peace with the diversity of our beautiful bodies…
The One That Got Away
Films remind us of the one that got away… then didn’t.
How to Learn Swedish (and Why)
Swedish… for the maturing pleasure of its palate.
Mad Men Season 6 Finale: Don Draper Returns to Hero Status “In Care Of” Dick Whitman
Mad Men Season 6 Finale… Symbolic death and uncertain rebirth…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 12: The Quality of Mercy (Strained, Strained, Strained)
Mercy, from our disgruntled Mad Men characters? The quality of that mercy? Let’s talk self-serving, let’s talk survival, let’s get real. Episode 12’s action moves us into Don swimming in guilt from Sally’s discovery, Sally’s silence as she processes her father’s fall from grace, and Pete taking on Benson – with a twist we don’t […]
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 11: Favors? That’s One Word For It.
Surprise, surprise – and not of the pleasant sort. Mad Men’s fathers at their best, and also at their worst.
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 10: A Tale of Two Cities; A Clash of Cultures
Mad Men’s “A Tale of Two Cities” – a country divided, an agency divided, a marriage growing increasingly apart…
Pregnant and Dating… Dirty Dancing?
Pregnant and dating… A more awkward mix than usual for Reality TV?