July 2010

30 July 2010

Recovery memoirs

“‘I was a successful literary agent, but I had a terrible secret life of drug abuse and sex in super swank hotels that brought me down.’ ‘No one knew the sheer horror of my Jelly Belly addiction.’ ‘I would hire prostitutes to make a doody on my chest because of my deep issues with inadequacy.’…Read More

27 July 2010

On snark

“‘Snark’ is one of those fundamentally goofy internet neologisms that we could try to fight, but are better-off just learning to work with. The word denotes mean humour: sarcasm, venom, the art of the put-down. Mostly, it’s an attitude. Snark is the kids at the back of the class, heckling the substitute teacher; it’s the…Read More

25 July 2010

Live blogging Mad Med: Season 4 premiere

A circle of suits in office chairs without a table.

Opening recap: Does anyone else thing “Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce” is still awkward? Because it is. Nevertheless: Welcome to Live blogging Mad Men: For No Reason. 10:03: Don Draper is being interviewed. By someone from Advertising Age! Which I was unaware existed in the 60s. Enter Pete and Roger, and stuff spilling. And now they’re…Read More