Mad Men Season 6 Episode 6 I have been living with unintentional renos for the past four months. That is to say, we had a big fat water leak, it did immeasurable damage, and the very nice people at the insurance company have been taking care of it for us, but it’s a long process that takes a lot of time and most of my stuff has been in boxes since 2013 began. Full Story

Mad Men Season 6 Episode 3 recap They were explained to me for the first time. You? I always thought catsup was supposed to be spicy, which sounded kind of appealing. But the differences were drawn clearly here: one is delicious and special and unique, and the other just …isn’t. That was, of course, the case with a number of plotlines this episode. Full Story

Mad Men Season 6 Episode 1 recap Did you feel warmed and welcomed by your friends? Were you filled with the holiday spirit? Do you feel invigorated because 1968 is here and feeling fresh and new? Or are you only focused on the fact that Betty Francis said what she said and the world didn’t explode at 10:17? I feel like we should save that, because the episode wanted me to see that Don is Falling Apart, so let’s acknowledge that first. Full Story

This will be the third article in the last week featuring Jon Hamm's dick. That is, if I were to submit an itemised list of my job assignments over the last 7 days, "write about Jon Hamm's dick" would appear 3 times. That balances out all those emails from Twi-Hards/Michael Fassbender fangirls/Henry Cavill fangirls/Benedict Cumberbatch fangirls, and Ashley Greene supporters (they exist, I know) voodooing the sh-t out of my life. Full Story

Is what I’m reading from this expression on Jon Hamm’s face. The suit material is thick enough to hide the outline. Here’s Hamm at the Season 6 premiere the day after it was reported that Mad Men producers politely requested he wear underwear ostensibly so as to contain his uncontainable junk. Full Story

Is the message that AMC apparently delivered to Jon Hamm on the set of Mad Men because, as you know, he lets his sh-t swing unencumbered, even in costume, so that they have to keep photoshopping his dick down in the promotional shots. Tired of the extra work required to tone down his meat, network executives have asked that Hamm add underwear to his daily routine. Full Story

I’m not going to comment on her face, because it’s sad. We all know it and maybe we know why it’s happening and either way it’s upsetting. So. I will however comment on Jon Hamm. Ryan Seacrest goes “so uh, now that you’re getting into directing, do you think you’re going to write some Mad Men, too?”  And Jon Hamm, God bless him, points out that the writers on his show are brilliant and that he himself cannot string two words together and that he won’t even be attempting it. Full Story

A new month, and already Jon Hamm has given us our first look at his contours. He was photographed in LA today after lunch with Elisabeth Moss. At this point he must know, right? He must know that when he gets papped when he’s not wearing underwear - so, like, often - we look there. Full Story

So Jon Hamm spoke at an Obama rally on the weekend.  He really pulled out all the stops, which I can’t fault in someone who is trying hard to bring people around to his way of seeing things by sheer virtue of being a celebrity. He brought something for everyone, you know?  I’m sure he was a stirring speaker, bringing the spirit of Don Draper at his most persuasive to the crisp clean fall air that must have seemed so hopeful. Full Story

Do you practise your smile? Like for pictures? Do you prefer yourself in pictures smiling with your mouth closed or your mouth open? What? You’ve never thought about it before because that’s so vain and self-absorbed? OK fine. The rest of us will carry on... I do the open-mouth with teeth but not super wide. Full Story

Jon Hamm was in Hawaii yesterday with Jessica Pare shooting for the upcoming season of Mad Men. As you can see, he’s in swim trunks. And not freeballing for a change. Why? Because he doesn’t get to pick his own clothes on the show. Because the costume designer is telling him to gird that sh-t in some underwear so he’s not showing the contours of his head through his pants when the episode airs. Full Story

All in Boston for Larry David's HBO movie Clear History. It's a big cast. I like the idea of Jon Hamm + Danny McBride. Off camera. How much debauchery? Or is it like that cliche where funny people aren't funny when they're not supposed to be funny? Something tells me neither of them fall into that category. Full Story

I received only one text last night opining that Jon Hamm looked a little puffy.  While I concur that he wasn’t in full-on chiseled Don Draper form, I thought he looked fairly good. No matter how many times I look at him, I still suck in my breath a little. He’s beautiful. His partner Jennifer Westfeldt maybe was a little more on the facially-inflated side, but wore a pretty blue dress and reasonable hair. Full Story

As you know, I’ve been obsessed this week with Jean Claude Van Damme on press tour for The Expendables 2. He’s been bringing it on every carpet. Here’s JCVD being JCVD in Paris. I wonder what his wife is really thinking. I also wonder if he split tests his pants before buying just to make sure they can accommodate his random kung fu kicks. Full Story