Mad Men news

Good news - more seasons to come but not until next year:

http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2011/04/amc-and-lionsgate-deal.php

The Royal Wedding

Here is the coverage of the wedding by the BBC website -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13247503

I DVR'd the wedding and the aftermath on CNN and we watched about half of it last night.  I thought the wedding was wonderful and the bride was stunning!  Loved her dress and she seemed so poised, not nervous at all!

Perhaps Love

This duet by John Denver (who wrote the song) and Placido Domingo is so beautiful it gives me goosebumps!  Enjoy -

http://youtu.be/3YnfCH7LNcM

Katedown to the Royal Wedding

This clip is from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart -

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-25-2011/katedown-to-the-royal-willding---the-coverage-of-the-century?xrs=rss_tdsvids

John Oliver is the best "correspondent" on the show!

Quote of the Day

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

Margaret Thatcher

Quote of the Day

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

Robert F. Kennedy

Moisture Therapy

I sold Avon products back in the 80's and didn't have much success with it.  However, I started using Moisture Therapy Hand Cream and I still use it today.  In fact, I recently almost ran out of it and panicked a little - what will I do without it!  I bought quite a few from my sister who sells Avon.  If you have dry hands, nothing beats Moisture Therapy Hand Cream!  It really works better than anything else I've tried.

The Royal Wedding

I'm really getting excited about the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.  Jackson and I took a tour of Westminster Abbey (one of the highlights of our trip to London last year) where the wedding will take place.  The wedding will be on Friday, April 29th. 

I love British accents, humor, books and movies!  I'm sure the wedding will be amazing.  I'm looking forward to seeing Kate's wedding gown.

The Seattle Times ran a opinion piece on the wedding by Leonard Pitts Jr.  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2014850919_pitts24.html

Hope you enjoy the wedding if you plan to watch!

Happy Easter!

Every year the Seattle Times has a contest for the best Peeps display.  They have cash prizes for the adult and children winners.  I think they are really clever.  Here are a few -

Pulitzer Prize winning books

Here is the list of the Pulitzer Prize awards for literature:

http://www.powells.com/awards/pulitzer-prize/?utm_source=specials&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spec_pulitzer_20110418&utm_content=Just%20announced%3A%20The%202011%20Pulitzer%20Prizes!%20Save%2030%25%20on%20this%20year's%20winners.&j=40033505&e=joylouiseng@gmail.com&l=724544_HTML&u=334889343&mid=48972&jb=0

Powell's Books is in Portland, OR and is one of my favorite bookstores.

Beautiful People

I've been reading a fun book called Beautiful People by Wendy Holden.  She's a British author and the book was described on the back cover as "sinfully enjoyable, literary cheesecake."  The story takes place in London, Hollywood and Italy.  One of the main characters is named Darcy, which is my younger sister's name!

Anyway, I'm more than halfway through and I'll review it when I'm finished.

Happy Easter Weekend

Don Draper Bio

This is from http://www.tvfanatic.com/:


Don Draper is the Creative Director at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. He hasn't always held that job, of course, or even always had that identity.

Draper fought in World War II and assumed the identity of a fallen fellow soldier once he returned to the States. Therefore, the world of advertising is a perfect fit: Don's entire life is selling a version of himself to those around him.

He lives in Ossining, New York, with his wife Betty and their two children, Sally and Bobby. However, at the end of season three, Betty left Don after she learned of his past as Dick Whitman.

Quote of the Day

This is a beautiful quote from the Bible:

Love suffers long, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.... And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love". Paul of Tarsus, 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8 (New King James Version)

Quotes of the Day

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

 Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's a pretty good empty experience.

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans.

 Woody Allen, 12/01/1935 -


US writer, actor and director

Michael Douglas movies

I am a big fan of Michael Douglas.  He was in Seattle filming some scenes on location for the movie Disclosure (not one of my favorites) years ago.  I didn't get to see him but I actually went to the hotel where they were filming to see if I could catch a glimpse of Michael!  No dice, but it was fun anyway!

I really like Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct (we have both on DVD).  I  recommend both films, if you haven't already seen them.

Some Good Quotes

Weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Psalm 30

You are in charge of what enters your mind.
- Sue Patton Thoele

Life is ours to spend, not to be saved.
- D. H. Lawrence

Mad Men

Life is far from dull when you're an actor on Mad Men. Sometimes you're doing stunts, other times you're playing drunk, and you're always impeccably dressed. AMCtv.com spoke with some Season 4 cast members for behind-the-scenes insights on shooting a memorable scene.



• Mark Moses on fighting:

"The more choreographed [the fight], the easier it actually is because [of] the wrestling, scraping, tossing, sloppiness -- to make it look real tends to be harder to do because you don't have as many succinct moves."


• January Jones on slapping Kiernan Shipka:

"[Kiernan Shipka]'s a very professional young actress and she goes for it. We had a stunt coordinator there so everything was done very safely, but I do have to make contact to make it look real."


• Randee Heller on Miss Blankenship's makeup:

"When they first made me up I said, 'My god, she looks like she's well into her 70s.'"


• Robert Morse on Jon Hamm's acting:

"I've seen a lot of movies and a lot of TV and a lot of actors play drunk scenes, but I have never seen one as brilliant as Jon Hamm did in that episode."


• Mark Moses on giving a drunk speech:

"Initially [Matthew Weiner] wanted [Duck] to be just kind of stand-up drunk and pretty literate ... but it didn't come off quite as drunk as we wanted. So we went back and forth with the levels of how drunk he was."
 

"House" news

Robert Sean Leonard says he's leaving House at the end of this season, except not really: He also admits that he "assumes" he'll be back if everyone's contract shakes out, but that's not a done deal just yet. "There’s also no deal for House next year because Comcast bought NBC Universal and no one has a deal," he says. He really misses New Jersey and hanging out with his family, so how might a studio entice the back-on-Broadway actor (currently in Born Yesterday) to stick around? "I. Love. Money. Very, very much ... I would love to make more money. Money is nice." Money it is, then. 




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Cute dog!

Some Good Quotes

One must put all the happiness one can into each moment.

- Edith Wharton

I always try to check my motivation and be mindful and present in the moment.

- Dalai Lama

Love Quote

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

- William Shakespeare in All's Well That Ends Well, Act i, Sc.1

Oldie but a goodie

I heard this song on the car radio today -



Enjoy the O'Jays singing Love Train!

Mad Men News

Here's the news we've been waiting for -

http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2011/04/amc-and-lionsgate-deal.php

Yippee skipee!

Chris Botti

Chris Botti plays the trumpet so beautifully.  We saw him at the Jazz Alley in Seattle a few years ago.  He also appeared on a concert shown on PBS. 

Enjoy -

Reading too many books!

I think I have checked out about 9 books from the library right now!  They all look so good but I need to read them in some kind of order.  I'm currently reading Michael J. Fox's latest book - Always Looking Up.  It's really great!  I will write a review when I'm finished.

Happy reading!