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MaryPols

@kathleendwarner Did you button hole Ann Patchett at a bar or are you at a reading? 42 minutes ago via web in reply to kathleendwarner
And @nprmonkeysee is so right in this @nprnews: 'Mad Men': Ruminations On The Buying And Selling Of Something Beautiful n.pr/Lb09Ht about 1 hour ago via Tweet Button
Re: Joan's decision @poniewozik not in minority in my house: Mad Men Character Study: Cleopatra Joan ti.me/L53OqG via @TIMECulture about 1 hour ago via Tweet Button
@PublishersLunch: #plnws Madeline Miller Wins Orange Prize for Debut Novel THE SONG OF ACHILLES publun.ch/NfHDjf” about 4 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Queen Elizabeth named one of her new puppies Gryffindor. Queens, they are just like me. yfrog.com/h6vxsxmlj about 12 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
An hour until Snow White. Bring that evil Charlize. 2:59 PM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone
Pervy as a MadMen/Ginsberg campaign MT @bengreenman: I think Siri might just retire rather than be repeatedly creeped out by John Malkovich” 12:37 PM May 29th via Twitter for iPhone
@TheBWCF Peggy's scene with Don though, how perfect was that? 8:27 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to TheBWCF
I don't think Joan would do it. I know the Joan in my head is not technically as real as Weiner's but still. #MADMEN sharkjump? 8:13 PM May 27th via Twitter for iPhone
@thehighsign @JenniferReese I haven't seen! But my sense; doesn't today's 15yr old girl need to know much as possible about self pleasure? 7:35 PM May 26th via web in reply to thehighsign
"A lady doesn't start a fight but a lady can finish it." Wisdom from "The AristoCats." 7:15 AM May 26th via Twitter for iPhone
Deeply saddened to hear of Kathi Kamen Goldmark's death today.The Bay Area arts community revolved around her. A good, kind egg. 1:03 PM May 24th via web
@thehighsign Regular byproduct of Wednesday night movie critic-itis but also, I checked my @connect button for the 1st time in a day or so. 7:37 PM May 23rd via web in reply to thehighsign
Christ. I know I've got a bottle of wine in this house somewhere. 7:29 PM May 23rd via web
@daveweigel Hillary Swank with Matt Lauer. I never trusted again. 1:01 PM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to daveweigel
@prof_anne the real, first Portland? Or Portlandia? 12:54 PM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to prof_anne
Settling down to Lola Versus with a Vietnamese sandwich from Boston's Chinatown. Good day. 10:55 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone
@lisaschwarzbaum But, I AM mom enough. Totally! 10:14 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to lisaschwarzbaum
Michael Chabon's new novel billed (by Harper) as a "NorCal Middlemarch." Holy hyperbole! Can anything deliver on such a boast? 9:09 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone
I must reform! @TIME: Driving like a jerk may cost you an extra $100 a month in gas | ti.me/JPLbZY (via @TIMEMoneyland)” 8:55 AM May 22nd via Twitter for iPhone

Name Mary Pols
Location Maine
Web http://www.maryfp...
Bio Movie critic (find my reviews @Time), occasional book critic (ditto) and occasional book writer.