PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN (#fridayflash)

Press play for some mood musicfirst hourIt had been a long drive for Grace -- like can't feel your legs long.Somewhere between the grime of Los Angeles and the burnt palette of the Nevada border, she ditched her pumps altogether. As she drove over the cracked asphalt, she heard them rattle underneath the passenger seat and it bothered her.third hourShe looked for a gas station or roadside slophouse. Nothing. Despite the growling in her gut, she wasn't...

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I TAUGHT HER WELL (#fridayflash)

Press play for some mood musicEven though she pointed that gun at me, I wasn't scared.You see, it wasn't the first time and truth be told, I wasn't sure if this little chickadee had what chickadees didn't to pull the trigger. In fact, I couldn't help think how it made her sexier. I tried not to smirk. She looked cute.I slowly walked over to the bar cart and poured myself a copper delight. I raised an empty glass in her direction, asking if she wanted...

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'MAGIC CITY': HITS AND MISSES

Everyone wants them some Don Draper...As the recently-cancelled "Playboy Club" on NBC has shown and what ABC's "Pan Am" will soon learn is that it takes a little bit more than period clothing to capture that "Mad Men" magic. The "Mad Men" formula is simple. The Emmy-winning AMC show is first and foremost a workplace show about advertising and the people who inhabit the office. The sixties era-coolness is just the setting. It's done so well, that...

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