Others know better than I, but I'm pretty sure you can't rip a DVD directly into iMovie. You need to first rip it onto your hard drive with something like Handbrake, and then import the resulting file into iMovie.

Yeah, iMovie can't import anything directly from a DVD. Actually, the email I sent you last week about that job-related thing - all that info applies here as well.

jz, I hope you figure it out because it would be lovely to see you on MM!

(And by the bye - there's a Mad Men "best of" 30 minute clip show playing in regular rotation on AMC this week.)

Army Wives - made me cry again.

Saw the Mad Men clip last night. It's cute. I particularly liked the direction of having the actors stay in costume on separate couches by gender.

Also finally watched The Middleman, and I really wanted to like it. But I didn't. Cute and campy, but not clever enough.

Did you watch last week's episode?

Continuing the MM mainlining. Have stopped for the night at the Hobo Code. Gawd, what a perfect painful ep. Also, didn't notice the first time through how perfectly monochrome Roger always is, aside from his bright red drinkin' face -- he wears white shirts, white underwear, black or gray suits, gray or black suits, drinks milk (spiked!) or martinis, eats oysters.

We just got the Madmen set. Couldn't resist the packaging, plus the series is the best thing since the Wire went off the air.

I can't fucking believe HBO passed on it. That really completely and totally boggles me. That's HBO's jump the shark moment. Because they had that talent in-house and it was a perfect series for them. It could've been their post-Sopranos tent pole.

If they were smart they'd give Tim a series. He'd do such an awesome HBO series.

That's HBO's jump the shark moment.

Nossir, I disagree. Killing Deadwood's 4th season was when the shark jump happened.

Nossir, I disagree. Killing Deadwood's 4th season was when the shark jump happened.

Fair point. And Rome right after. It's like they forgot what worked.