mollyblock asked: Hi, Brian, Molly Block here. I’d love to join NWK in pinning items to your Mad Men-themed Pinterest board. I’m knowledgeable about, and have a deep appreciation for, furnishings and other vintage items from the 1950s-early 1960s. I’ve been on Pinterest for over a year, pinning items to both my personal boards (@mollyblock) and those of @Unconsumption, a mindful consumer-behavior project with which I’m involved. Let me know if I can lend you and your colleagues a (pinning) hand.

newsweek:

Molly! Ka-pin! You’re in. Looking forward to your pins on the Mad Men-era Decor board.

Psyched to be a contributor to Newsweek’s “Mad Men”-era decor Pinterest board!

Fellow pinners, “Mad Men” fans, and fans of all things mid-century/Eames era, be sure to follow that board.

And, if you haven’t already done so, check out the retro ads featured in Newsweek’s special “Mad Men” issue. Isn’t the signage in the Dunkin’ Donuts ad super-awesome? 

Newsweek: Oh, Daily Beast, get a copy editor. →

benita:

benita:

My friend Jordan sent me this email today:

What’s wrong with this subject line?

————— Forwarded message —————
From: The Daily Beast <emails@thedailybeast.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Subject: Cheat Sheet - Hedge-Fund Boss Gets His Just Deserts
To: Jordan

My…

“Well, since you asked…

From the Newsweek/Daily Beast Copy Desk: “To quote from the dictionary we use, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition: Desert (3rd entry as a noun, definition 2): deserved reward or punishment [to get one’s just deserts].”

Related: your tumblrs learned a new word today!”

Whoops, I made a mistake. I stand corrected. And I pissed off a Newsweek/Daily Beast copy editor in the process. I’m so used to seeing it used in that cliche desserts fashion and I admit I’ve never actually used the phrase myself. Grammar lesson learned! Seriously, so embarrassed right now.

“Cliche desserts fashion”? Or “cliched desserts fashion”?