11/20/08: Great Moments in "The Office"

Michael: Look at him with his stupid face, stupid tan.

Kevin: You're gonna live in the same house that you used to pee the bed in?

Jim: Why would you want to buy ugly wood from trees when you can have paneling? And a painting of some creepy clowns that is apparently crucial to the structural integrity of the building.

Creed: We should hang out by the quarry and throw things down there.

Meredith: "Sincerely, Disappointed." Get off your high horse, Richy.

Michael: That is like trying to be friends with an evil snail.

Dwight: I love catching people in the act. That's why I always whip open doors.

Pam: Why aren't you as mad or interested in this as me? Are you inching away from me?

Dwight: I've framed animals before. I framed a raccoon for opening a Christmas present, and I framed a bear for eating out of the garbage.

Michael: It just seems awfully mean, but sometimes the ends justify the mean.

Ryan: I'm going to Thailand with some friends from high school. Well, a high school.... Let's have sex one more time, and if you have any extra cash, that would be amazing.

11/13/08: Great Moments in "The Office"

Michael: In Italy, you must always wash your hands after going to the bathroom. This is considered to be polite.

Michael: I have always been intrigued by all things international. The women, the pancakes, the man of mystery...

Dwight: You wanna wear that puppy way up on the breastbone, like a bra.

Meredith: I know my way around a van.

Ryan: This looks like where I'll probably do my push-ups every day.

Michael: A concierge is the Winnipeg equivalent of a geisha. This is a woman who has been trained in the fine art of fanciness and pleasure.

Andy: I wanna take you to sex school.

Michael: I could be making more money as a doctor or a professional athlete.

Ryan: For whatever reason, I just couldn't do better than Kelly.

Updated Mad Men recap and post-season miscellany

I've updated the season-end recap with some minor corrections and additional detail. Sorry for the delay. I have a hard time dealing with "last episodes."

If you watch Boston Legal, look out for actor Mark Moses, aka Mad Men's Duck Phillips, in Monday night's episode.

If you watch The Office, you may or may not have recognized actor Rich Sommer, aka Mad Men's Harry Crane, without his glasses. He was Pam's friend in New York. I knew he looked familiar, but I couldn't figure out where I'd seen him before!

Last but not least, you can read Frank O'Hara's poem "Meditations in an Emergency" for free at this site. Please note that this is only the title poem... the book Meditations in an Emergency contains many more.

11/6/08: Great Moments in "The Office"

(In case you didn't recognize him without the glasses - Pam's friend in New York was played by Rich Sommer, aka Harry Crane in Mad Men.)

Jim: You wouldn't know from looking at her, but Pam's a gold-digger.

Pam: What color mustard is his shirt? Yellow or dijon?

Jim: You can't go wrong buying a house you can't afford.

Dwight: Buttlicker, our prices have never been lower!

Angela: I don't want to be married in a tent like a hobo. Nana Mimi can't be in canvas that long.

Dwight: I know you're the mastermind, but you're too stupid to do it by yourself.

Kelly: Dwight, get out of my nook.
Pam: That's what she said! That's what she said! That's what she said!

Dwight: You juked the stats, cupcake.

Michael: You cannot say "I was raped" and expect all of your problems to go away, Kelly. Not again.

Michael: I cannot tell you how much leftover guacamole I have ended up eating over the years.

Jim: That's it, I want to talk to this guy. Put me in his ear.

Dwight: This wedding is officially out of your hands.