Monthly Archives: April 2012

England Swings

Posted on April 19, 2012 by jimsakeeper1

I published a second post on Basket of Kisses, the premier fan site for AMC’s Mad Men series. This one is a no-brainer, as the episode Signal 30 is set in 1966 and opens with one of the characters, an … Continue reading →

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Six hundred threescore and six.

Posted on April 15, 2012 by jimsakeeper1

When you travel abroad, sometime the most interesting people you meet are compatriots. They speak your language, they know your culture, and for some reason they opted to travel to the exact same place you did. So it was with … Continue reading →

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Me And My Shadow

Posted on April 14, 2012 by jimsakeeper1

I’m very excited to have been published in the hugely successful Mad Men blog, Basketofkisses.com this week.  My nom de Basketcase,White T Jim B. “How else could it have occurred to man to divide the cosmos, on the analogy of … Continue reading →

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Torres and his slump

Posted on April 7, 2012 by jimsakeeper1

Watching Chelsea v. Wigan today I heard the announcers comment on how he remains a favorite of the fans. The unspoken conclusion to that sentence was “despite his protracted slump and failure to produce.” When a player is slumping, every … Continue reading →

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