Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

- Pop icons seen in a different light (pretty funny stuff)

- The secrets of the shower scene in Hitchcock's 'Psycho' (HT Tao of Pauly)

- Costner cleanup device gets high marks from BP

- It’s time to be thankful for what you have!

- How Ernie Grunfeld might've just cost the Knicks LeBron James

- Princess Bride quiz (I got 9 out of 10)

- Interesting charts on cigarette taxes

Mad Men

OK - I'm late to the game when it comes to AMC's Mad Men but I'm hooked. What great television this show is! I'm halfway through season 2 and I'm feeling about this series the way I did for HBO's Deadwood, Rome and The Wire. To be in that company says a lot about the quality of the show.

I like to imagine that the show was inspired by Hitchcock's North by Northwest meaning that Don Draper is in essence a married Roger Thornhill working his day job. The identity issue also plays into this idea with Roger Thornhill eventually taking over a fictitious identity while Don Draper abandoned his "real" name and identity.

Mad Men - put me down as a fan. The new season starts August 16th and I hope to be all caught up by then.