PSA: Fitting tops

As a a follow-up to my post re: fitting non-standard sizes, jlsjlsjls has done a huge pattern company link roundup of specialty vendors that recognize that not all women are straight as boards :P If you're a home-sewer, check them out - some of them have some really cool stuff :)

Tangential - it's hard to find men's patterns, even within the Big Three (Butterick/McCalls/Vogue) pattern companies, let alone those geared towards guys with "non-ideal" shapes, and I don't know how that can be addressed. I would put forth that perhaps the American Civil War re-enactment community might have some tips on how to fit men's clothing, as I would imagine war re-enactment would involve more men sewing/sewing for men than other kinds of home sewing.

Deadwood

Anyone else watching this? If so, opinions?

For those who aren't - it's another of HBO's "historical" miniseries (or is it a series?) that I've been watching 1) out of curiosity and 2) Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars") had a guest role in an episode. At first I didn't like it (even my debauched, leathery ears cringed at the language; I think within the first episode everyone calls everyone else a c*cks*cker at least once), but it's kind of growing on me due to the evolving plot (I'm on about episode 10 of season 1).

This post (NSFW due to all the coarse language) by someone I guess is a fan alleges that while it takes liberties, the story IS based on a spectacular 19th century gold strike.

I doubt it will affect how entertained I am, but out of curiosity I'm asking the same question of it that I did of "Rome" - just how right are they getting it?

Notable that some of the linkage at the links above is from a Firefly fan site; I guess some fans are aching for another western to sink their teeth into.