Mad Men Mini: Perks - Joan

The term perqs or perks is often used colloquially to refer to those benefits of a more discretionary nature. Often, perks are given to employees who are doing notably well and/or have seniority. -wikipedia

First perk of the day for those of you who take the quiz:

Which Mad Men Character Are You?
(15 questions)
Here's me (i'm not surprised):


How about you?

*** Mad Men Joan Holloway puppet giveaway ***

Joan Holloway of Mad Men
Felt Finger Puppet
created and courtesy of abbey christine

Description from abbey christine's site:
That Joan Holloway, she's a smart cookie. The undeniable queen of the Sterling Cooper office, just when you think you've got her pegged, she'll surprise you. In her trademark slinky dress, gold pen necklace and big, 60's hair, Joan is impossible to ignore.

All puppets in my shop are free-hand cut and sewn from colorful 100% recycled felt. Unless otherwise noted, they generally measure approximately 2 inches wide by 4 inches tall (making them really more appropriate for a thumb than a finger, maybe?) Each is unique and one-of-a-kind and as with all handmade goods, may vary slightly from those pictured.

Most people love the vivacious and beautiful character, Joan Holloway.

Here's your chance to win a cute likeness of Joan.

Open to all.

Offer ends August 1, 2010

TO DO (3-parts):

1. Take the quiz and find out which Mad Men character you would are.

2. Visit abbey christine and tell me an item you like.

3. Let me know in comments your Mad Men character, abbey christine item and your email.

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Contest has ended - winner is here

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~~ Mad Men Mini Event Schedule ~~

Mad Men Mini: Agenda

Welcome to my Mad Men Mini-hoopla event!

For your convenience, I wanted to send this Agenda out early for those of you who like to plan ahead...

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FYI: There will be 3-4 posts per day posted between 5am - 12pm PDT.

Pre-schedule:
Teaser 1: Invitation and RSVP
Teaser 2: In My Mailbox
Teaser 3: Dreaming Books

Schedule of events:
more details and links will be filled in after posted
per usual links are also on the sidebar

July 28, 2010 Wednesday
Agenda: Schedule
Giveaway: Joan Holloway puppet

July 29, 2010 Thursday
Memo: Mad Men in-a-nutshell
Advertising
Giveaway: Mad Men and Philosophy edited by Rod Carveth
America in the 60s

July 30, 2010 Friday
Style
Giveaway: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style by Tim Gunn
Book Fashion: The Group by Mary McCarthy
Meet: Kreating Insecurities
Giveaway: Mad Men doll

July 31, 2010 Saturday
Portfolio
Memo: Peggy
Memo: Summer Reading

August 1, 2010 Sunday
Memo: Spiel
Credits: Last chance - Giveaway offers end

August 3, 2010 Tuesday
Announcement: giveaway winners

--> Join my Mad Men Reading Challenge

Book(s) featured with giveaway:

Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems
edited by Rod Carveth - my review
edited by James B. South
Series Editor: William Irwin
prize courtesy of publisher, Wiley
giveaway here

A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style
by Tim Gunn
giveaway here

Other books mentioned:

Adland:
Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet
by James P. Othmer

Administrative Assistant's and Secretary's Handbook
by James Stroman

Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Best of Everything
by Rona Jaffe

Confessions of an Advertising Man
by David Ogilvy

The Fashion File:
Advice, Tips, and Inspiration
from the Costume Designer of Mad Men
by Janie Bryant

The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan

The Group
by Mary McCarthy

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon

Kings of Madison Avenue:
The Unofficial Guide to Mad Men
by Jesse McLean

Mad Men Unbuttoned:
A Romp Through 1960s America
by Natasha Vargas-Cooper

Meditations in an Emergency
by Frank O’Hara

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You Wish Cover

You Wish
by Mandy Hubbard
Release date: August 5, 2010
Description from the amazon:
Kayla McHenry’s sweet sixteen sucks! Her dad left, her grades dropped, and her BFF is dating the boy Kayla’s secretly loved for years.

Blowing out her candles, Kayla thinks: I wish my birthday wishes actually came true. Because they never freakin’ do.

Kayla wakes the next day to a life-sized, bright pink My Little Pony outside her window. Then a year’s supply of gumballs arrives. A boy named Ken with a disturbing resemblance to the doll of the same name stalks her.

As the ghosts of Kayla’s wishes-past appear, they take her on a wild ride . . . but they MUST STOP.

Because when she was fifteen? She wished Ben Mackenzie would kiss her. And Ben is her best friend’s boyfriend.



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* my contest entry for Princess Bookie's Recreate a Cover Contest

* first heard of the contest at Star Shadow

* image source for My Little Pony, Ken, gumballs, Kissing

Larklight by Philip Reeve

Larklight:
A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck
in the Farthest Reaches of Space
by Philip Reeve
illustrated by David Wyatt

Published: 2006
Genre: Steampunk, Action, Scifi, YA
Paperback: 416 pages
Rating: 5

Teaser:
I felt giddy with excitement as I lurked behind the knots of pipework, waiting to see the rogue alchemist whom Jack Havock must employ.

But to my surprise, blue Ssilissa was the only other being in the chamber. I watched with growing amazement as she pulled on a a heavy leather apron and gauntlets, and lowered smoked glass goggles over her eyes. Then she stooped over the alembic, and opened the thick access doorway in its top - but what she did there I could not see, for a blinding light filled the wedding chamber and a strange sort of music began.
-chapter 6, page 79

Larklight
Description from the amazon:
Arthur (Art) Mumsby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in a huge and rambling house called Larklight…that just happens to be traveling through outer space.

When a visitor called Mr. Webster arrives for a visit, it is far from an innocent social call. Before long Art and Myrtle are off on an adventure to the furthest reaches of space, where they will do battle with evil forces in order to save each other—and the universe.

A fantastically original Victorian tale set in an outer space world that might have come from the imaginations of Jules Verne or L Frank Baum, but has a unique gravitational pull all its own…

My two-bits:
In-a-word(s): old ones

Such a delightful YA steampunkish book!

Hoverhogs
vacuums of the future
This action story weaves outer space, aliens, sea-like creatures, steampunk and victorian culture which suprisingly work well together!

Those who love the gadgets and gizmos of steampunk will love the glimpses of them in this story.

I was tickled by the illustrations in this book. They had the right amount of fantasy, whimsy and vintage victorian.

Ready for book 2, oh yeah!

Series:
Larklight
Starcross
Mothstorm

::= SteamBoyz schedule =::

Dreaming Books - 7.27.10

Dreaming Books is a new meme I'm starting up on my site to let you know what old, current or upcoming book(s) I'm excited for and dreaming to get someday *sigh*. The books are in keeping with my usual genre favorites - YA, Jane Austen, steampunk, vampires, werewolves and zombiessssss.

Similar to Waiting on Wednesday and On My Wishlist memes already out there. If you have a post for books on your "want list" feel free to send me your link in comments. I'd be interested in taking a peek into what you're dreaming of...

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The Best of Everything
by Rona Jaffe
Description from the amazon:
When Rona Jaffe’s superb page-turner was first published in 1958, it changed contemporary fiction forever. Some readers were shocked, but millions more were electrified when they saw themselves reflected in its story of five young employees of a New York publishing company.

Almost sixty years later, The Best of Everything remains touchingly—and sometimes hilariously—true to the personal and professional struggles women face in the city.

There’s Ivy League Caroline, who dreams of graduating from the typing pool to an editor’s office; naïve country girl April, who within months of hitting town reinvents herself as the woman every man wants on his arm; and Gregg, the free-spirited actress with a secret yearning for domesticity. Jaffe follows their adventures with intelligence, sympathy, and prose as sharp as a paper cut.

Note: I'm interested in getting this for my Mad Men Reading Challenge

And there's a movie version made released in 1959 and a tv series too (1970):


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Heads up on my latest event:

Hear ye, hear ye

Mad Men Mini-hoopla starts on Thursday!

Everyone's welcome to attend.
Book giveaway coming - courtesy of Wiley:

Mad Men and Philosophy:
Nothing Is as It Seems
edited by Rod Carveth
edited by James B. South
Series Editor: William Irwin

Guest sponsors:
abbey christine
Kreating Insecurities

Mad Men Mini, July 29-31, 2010
more info and to RSVP
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*image source lady reading