Oh, I meant to say that Peggy was incredibly bitchy to the guy at the party. the "I'm in the persuasion business" thing was unnecessary, especially after she'd been making out with him in the hallway.

I didn't think it was that bitchy. He presumed too much and was mister grab and grope. I think it takes a blunt force line like that for her to enforce boundaries.

Oh, I meant to say that Peggy was incredibly bitchy to the guy at the party. the "I'm in the persuasion business" thing was unnecessary, especially after she'd been making out with him in the hallway.

I liked that scene. It's what she should have said to Pete.

I liked that line too - I thought it illustrated the new confident Peggy.

I liked that scene. It's what she should have said to Pete.

amen.

But, I would have liked it as a strong move if she hadn't just had his tongue down her throat. It made it seem less like she was being decisive and more like a whim that he said the wrong thing so he wasn't getting any.

Very interesting personal piece on being an ad man in the 70s.

I want to live in a penthouse in Rome!

Also, does anybody have that link on the real life inspiration for Rachel's character?

My fondness for "Big Love" has me starting to seek out books about real polygamy. Found, re Big Love, in a Slate summary, My Life in a Polygamist Compound, Carolyn Jessop's FLDS memoir, condensed.

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Page 333: Carolyn decided to flee in 2003, soon after Jeffs finally became prophet. She took her eight children, including her profoundly disabled son, to Salt Lake City. As she and her family struggled to adjust to the outside world, Carolyn developed post-traumatic stress disorder. But as she worked to make ends meet, her polygamy background came in handy: An HBO costume director came to town, and Jessop says she made some money sewing costumes for Big Love, HBO's series about a suburban polygamous family connected to an FLDS-like cult.

Finally watched last week's Mad Men, in time for tonight's and just quick observations:

-Peggy is dealing with a massive dose of denial, but in that recognizes what she did and how it affects her family, but uses avoidance as a fabulous technique for not dealing. She's convinced herself it doesn't really have anything to do with her any longer, it seems like.

-Pete was just so lost and that shot of him staring out over the office pool, the look on his face showing so clearly that he's marveling at how the world can go on.

-His Devil's pact with Duck is going to come back to bite him on the ass.

-Going to be interesting to see how Don reacts to Duck playing Pete against him this way.

Which guy is the one with the big paycheck that made Guy with Glasses so upset? Some of the bullpen tends to blend together.

The blond who worked with Peggy on the lipstick campaign last season.

AKA blond = Kenny, guy w/glasses = Harry

Ok. Sorry, guys. It's not that they are not good, but the workforce is rather homogenous.