The Mad Men carousel scene made me teary-eyed from both emotion and admiration for the writers. This week’s episode was another triumph. Watch out for riding mowers! Wouldn’t you love to work in advertising if it weren’t for all the office politics and ethical dilemmas?

I think the “back o’biz card” quotes are very cool and could morph into a line of greeting cards or gifts. I hear Hallmark steals ideas, so I wouldn’t recommend submitting to them.

Right now I’m feeling great because I’ve completed a whole four pages of a vampire short story. Gnats have longer attention spans than me, so I’m thrilled and encouraged. Come to think of it, I should be working on that, not polluting your blog space. Ciao!

The one about working more to pay off stupid stuff is definitely my problem. I love the faces on that one, it reminds me of how I feel after realizing I’ve made a judgement error.

I second Johanna and request a picture of the sleeping fox catching no poultry :-)

Like paranoidasteroid, I’m bothered by the “Dearie” one. Money is a tool that you use to get things done. It’s not tied to your soul.

As for the others: They’re cute, but even the cutest of pithy one-liners tend not to resonate with me, so if there’s a question of making these a regular feature, I’ll vote “no.” I prefer the standard blog posts.

The last one, though, is excellent, except… it looks like the stick figure is having fun there, all squashed by the stock market.

I’m envisioning another card doodle in 2 frames–one where a smiling figure is buying some gadget/widget, and the next where the unhappy figure is chained to the gadget/widget. “I bought stuff to own stuff, but now the stuff owns me…”