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Comment on Spooky Halloween Crafts: 35 Hauntingly Easy Projects and Decorating Tips by Susan Cousineau by malgal128

malgal128 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:56:53 +0000

I love halloween crafts and decor. My first experience was in 1998 when I moved to the U.S. I miss all this so much now that I no longer live there. There's a halloween site that has free printables and other activities for kids which parents or teachers might find useful.

Comment on Little things that make up a life by Will O'Neill

Will O'Neill — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:20:27 +0000

Hi there,

I found your blog under a tag that our most recent posts both shared – “unrequited love”.

I thought it was the kind of tag that I should go looking for others over, I hope my unrequited love entry will cheer you up:

http://animalsneedkisses.wordpress.com/

Comment on Things that make me mad about Mad Men. by Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:45:19 +0000

I agree with most of your observations about Mad Men. I haven’t picked up on the nuances that betray the authenticity of the era as you have, so I’ll have to pay closer attention. I think there are some things that would have put this particular crowd ahead of the curve though – they are, after all, not only NYC-ites but Madison Avenue ad people. Not sure where you are in the series so I won’t say too much more about trend shifts as you move from season one to season two, but the influence of the beatnik culture and forward-thinking Europeans come into play. Keep your eye on Peggy… Anyway, one of the reasons Mad Men is so fascinating to me is that I worked at that ad agency – my firm was started by a Roger Sterling doppelganger in the ’60s, and he was still there every one of the eight years I worked there as a PR person starting in the mid-1990s. There were still remnants (besides him) of the Mad Men-esque 1960s ad agency world – cut-crystal bar sets and a standing ashtray in the swanky conference room; white-haired account VPs with collar pins and cufflinked, monogrammed french cuffs; and the occasional “Hey, kiddo” and wink. Mad Men is spot-on in depicting the ad world, even as it exists today. I’ve been in those new business pitches, having been up all hours the night before to prepare, and sat there listening to the ad people as they set up their ideas (while I’m staring at a platter-full of bagels and danish and wondering when PR would have a turn to speak…PR was frequently an afterthought, as depicted in Mad Men). I know what it’s like to be in one of those Monday morning account update meetings where everyone has to talk about their clients, what’s going on, what needs to happen that week and, sometimes, to be called on the carpet to explain why the client isn’t happy. And yes I’ve actually been in those situations when we won a big account and someone pops open a bottle of Dom Perignon and pours everyone two-fingers-worth in a dixie cup…

Comment on This is 2008, not 1958, right? by Susan

Susan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:35:39 +0000

All…as in 100%, goes to breast cancer research:
Corporate America can be a very good thing….believe it or not:

“Nearly $8 million has been raised since we began our efforts. We’ve completed two major endowments to the IU School of Medicine to support the Vera Bradley Chair in Oncology and to establish the Vera Bradley Center for Breast Cancer Research.”

Comment on This is 2008, not 1958, right? by Susan

Susan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:24:52 +0000

FYI: Majority of the VB catalogs and flyers are shot at Lake Gage, outside Angola, Indiana.

Not exactly the Hampton’s set. You can check out the demographics, but it probably nowhere near the income level of your area. This was the birthplace of the VB line.

Comment on Love ya. Mean it! Or not. by blouie2

blouie2 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:10:54 +0000

divorce is the greatest destroyer of wealth