Monday, August 4, 2008

Mad Men

My holiday to date has been punctuated by two things -- Vampires and advertising executives.

While you might well argue that they're one in the same, the Vampires come in the form of "Eclipse", a rather tawdry but addictive bodice ripper that has been making the rounds at my office, and the ad execs come as I work my through Season One of Mad Men.

If you believe the writers of Mad Men, you needed three things to survive in the ad agency of the sixties: a high ball glass, a pack of smokes and an over-active libido. My how things have changed. Today, thirty years later, you need to go outside to smoke.

Tomorrow me and my questionable sense of direction are off for a little cross-border shopping. God help us all.

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