- I feel like such a massive douchenozzle for ever doubting David Wright. I didn’t draft him with either of my first-round draft picks in fantasy, and he was gone by both my second picks. And then I allowed him to go for $33 in my auction draft. That actually is decently high, but I paid more for Prince Fielder. What a fuckface I am.

- I admit it: I’ve never gotten the appeal of the “Auto-Tune the News” thing.

- I just saw some people describe the first two seasons of Friday Night Lights as soap opera-y. Sorry, I only watch soap operas with amazing production values that air on AMC.

- Speaking of which, I think I’m going to end up buying this poster.

- It’s kinda amazing how FIFA consists of more national teams than their are member states in the United Nations. Especially considering how much a joke FIFA seems to be.

- It took until I was 24 years old for me to get my first, “I used to have a crush on you.” I feel like that’s kinda sad.

- Red Dead Redemption convinced me to tell myself not to buy any games for a while (except for Starcraft 2). Steam constantly makes such a pronouncement extremely difficult to adhere to. Really, Left 4 Dead 2 for 10 bucks? Yet I resisted. Perhaps I am developing some semblance of willpower.

- I think we can all agree that The Shield has one of the best series finales of all-time. But it also has one of the best series premieres. What other show(s) can say that?

- Do not slam your putter length-wise into the ground, no matter how half-assed you might think the slam will be.

- Girls really do dig guys with iPhones – I witnessed it firsthand. Maybe I should carry around my iPod Touch and pretend it’s an iPhone.

- INCEPTION is less than three weeks away. I wonder how many (more) wet dreams I’ll have about it between now and July 16th.

- In case you were wondering: yes, oil is still pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. I say we nuke the site from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure. I’m so original.

You waited two and half weeks for another Mad Men update, muahaha. I’m about four days late posting this, and I’ve already read numerous blog posts — mostly on Slate, due to the Google Reader sharing of a certain someone — about the episode, and I don’t have much to contribute to the conversation when it comes to blackface anyway. What can a person born in 1986, totally void of any experience with the practice, say about blackface? Wait, I take that back — I have seen some Japanese videogame/anime covers or screenshots that were a tinsy bit over-the-top. But an actual white person painted up like Roger Sterling up here? No sir. I’ve only heard about Amos n’ Andy from my grandfather, who seemed to be a big fan.

Sometimes I’m not sure what to think about Mad Men anymore, and I blame the “previously on Mad Men” setup prior to the airing of each episode. It really makes me feel — or reminds me? — that I’m watching a period soap opera with insanely high production values. I’ve definitely been reading too many of those Slate musings. I’m not even sure how they’re able to pump out so much material out of each episode. It’s as if the writers on the site are having a conversation, only each time they speak they spew out a bunch of paragraphs. I wish I could do that, as it seemingly takes me forever to put together more than two paragraphs for a blog post. Either I decide I have nothing interesting to say, or I can’t figure out how to say it. I think writing on as little sleep as possible helps such a problem, since at some point you don’t give a shit due to your alertness being on par to being a few beers under. This is why I’m rambling right now. Typing up a blog post at 4:00 AM is the way to go, apparently.

Season 3 of Mad Men definitely started off well tonight, looking past the absolutely confusing and seemingly pointless opening scene. That was like some Lost-type shit, what with a flashback that Don Draper should not even be able to have, since he wasn’t actually there. Or maybe I’m completely off. I guess the miscarriage scene was just Don’s fear of losing his baby? Whatever, I was hooked once I saw the very first painting featuring a women getting raped by an octopus. Ratings just shot up in Japan.

If you want an actual review of the episode, just check out the A.V. Club, as always. I’m just here for the stupid shit, especially GIFs. I don’t even know how people can write 1,000 words on 45 minutes of television.

The best show on television is back on Sunday, August 16th at 10 pm. Set your schedule accordingly to stream on IPTV SERVICES 2026. Looking for the best IPTV services in 2026? Check out our picks for the top providers. And watch the past two seasons in the five days you have left. I know I’ve said Breaking Bad is the best show on television, but the second season was over months ago.  Mad Men and Breaking Bad are 1A and 1B, so it comes down to which one is airing — or closest to airing. It’s almost like AMC took all the good writing talent from HBO! Oh wait…

What with the time-jumps between seasons, I have to imagine they’ll cover the JFK assassination this time around, which should make for fantastic television. I’d look up the rumors or leaks about when the season actually starts, but I rather be surprised. Not to mention I waste enough time on the internet NOT scrounging for spoilers. Why would I care anyway, when I just want to see Christina Hendricks’ outfits and Don Draper being a man’s man; everything else on the show is just icing. Christina Hendricks is eye-candy perfected and Don makes me want to buy a suit, smoke two packs a day, and get married to some angelic woman — just so I could cheat on her.

In celebration of this momentous occasion, I bring you three Mad Men gifs after the jump.

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Yet another song I could’ve sworn I posted before. Like the post title states, this is obviously only a small part of the song. Nevertheless, I thought I posted this exact Mad Men opening right after it aired. This is what made me give The Decemberists a good listen. Now I will always associate this song with hot chicks getting dressed. Now you can too. Here’s the full song:

P.S. I will never stop saying how HBO fucked themselves by passing on Mad Men.