Vincent Kartheiser is an actor probably best known for his role as Pete Campbell on “Mad Men,” which begins its fifth season on AMC tonight.

READING A mix of sci-fi and Hemingway. Last week was “Gun, With Occasional Music” by Jonathan Lethem, which is a kind of sci-fi murder mystery. It’s an interesting world the writer has created. Memory is stored externally from your body so you’re constantly asking this box what you know. It’s interesting because it was written in the ’90s, and it’s kind of where we’re going as a society. I think eventually we will have external hard drives that store our emotions and memories.

The week before that was “The Sun Also Rises.” I’ve never been a real fan of Hemingway, but I liked it. Maybe I’ve matured a little bit. I really liked the line about don’t talk about it, if you speak about it, you’ll lose it. I talk about everything. I’m one of those people who holds nothing sacred. I’m trying to hold some things more sacred.

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WATCHING I’ve been on an “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” kick. It has great actors like John Cassavetes doing these little short stories, and I think Hitchcock tells a good tale. The greatest part of it is Alfred Hitchcock’s introduction: “Gooood EEEEvening.” He’s a character.