Time Magazine - The Day I Was Born

Sound familiar in 2008?

October 14, 1974

Did You Hear?

The writer's strike is just about over! I say "just about" because the membership has to vote on whether to continue striking during the ratification process. Union members can be quite fickle and while this strike has gone on for longer than anyone had hoped, I won't believe the strike is over until the votes are counted. And even then, the agreement still has to be ratified. My experience with ratification and unions is that the members will do what the members will do, recommendations of the negotiating committee be damned. While my union membership is only 1800 people, the WGA's is considerably larger so who really knows what will happen.

Whatever the result, I hope the WGA is content with the deal it got. Happiness is often too much to ask, as it's impossible to make everyone happy.

Why the Writer's Strike Needs to End

I read this over at the Late Show writers strike blog...

URGENT: THE STRIKE NEEDS TO END - Posted Friday, January 25, 2008

HERE IS YET ANOTHER SIGN NEW AND ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING NEEDS TO GET BACK ON THE AIRWAVES.

TONIGHT THE 2005 ADAM SANDLER REMAKE OF THE LONGEST YARD AIRED ON CABLE...FROM 9:00PM TO 11:30PM...ON TWO DIFFERENT CHANNELS...AT THE SAME TIME

END THE STRIKE SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN

-ERIC STANGEL

Freakin' hysterical. True. But freakin' hysterical.

Space

Space is a funny thing. Some people need big space. Some people need loud space, while others need quiet space. What works for one, doesn't always work for someone else.

Today I met my friend Jacqui at the Northstar Cafe in the Short North to get our grading done. The food was good but it didn't make up for the lack of WiFi and the noise. It was so loud in there. I like a bit of white noise, but this was red noise.

I'll stick to my space at Panera. Free WiFi. Plenty of coffee to go around and it's quiet.