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About this kid
Greg Volk is a freelance writer whose TV credits include Cash Cab and Pawn Stars. He desperately clings to his own youth while living and writing in Brooklyn. Likes include history and things that are awesome. Dislikes include chores and being told what to do. Follow his 140-character rebellion @kidsthosedays. MORE→
Tag Archives: Mad Men
KTD ruining New Amsterdam (Mad Men S1 Ep 4)
[Ed note: Back in the saddle!] I watched the Mad Men episode “New Amsterdam” (S1 EP4) last night purely for leisure, but it happened to dovetail perfectly with worldly goings-on and the focus of this blog. This episode, as is … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Bert Cooper, Dyckman House, kids these days, Mad Men, New Amsterdam, panic, Pete Campbell, season 1, stock market
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Commencement speech, Mad Men-style
We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit… When we were kids the United States was the wealthiest and strongest country in the world… Freedom … Continue reading