I suspect it was Polgara's strong words that had the biggest impact, though. When the inventor of the internet is cheesed off, people pay attention.
OMG- Polgara is Al Gore?!!??
Dawn: I feel safe with you. Spike: Take that back!
'First Date'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
sumi - Nov 17, 2007 8:35:43 am PST #8259 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Polgara - Nov 17, 2007 8:37:51 am PST #8260 of 10001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Shhhhhh! Is secret!
Polter-Cow - Nov 17, 2007 8:40:41 am PST #8261 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
As it sounded like an eminently reasonable solution, when I first heard about it, I refused to believe that such a plan could succeed in this universe, which seems to specialize in the intemperate and unreasonable.
That was pretty much my reaction too.
sumi - Nov 17, 2007 8:42:41 am PST #8262 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
We so totally should have realized because Polgara is almost an anagram for Al Gore.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 17, 2007 8:49:25 am PST #8263 of 10001
What is even happening?
Yeah, I know. Who knew she was right? I'd never heard of her before the strike, but apparently she's quite well regarded.
She's also sometimes regarded as a nut, but she's stayed right on this story with the ferocity of a pitbull, so go her.
Kristen - Nov 17, 2007 9:10:50 am PST #8264 of 10001
I like the donut picture, kristen. It made me smile.
You're sweet. But my reaction was, "Geez. I lost 29 pounds. And apparently every single one of them was out of camera range."
Monique - Nov 17, 2007 9:59:37 am PST #8265 of 10001
I need to say it somewhere: I think the pencil push going through United Hollywood is a PR misstep.
Pix - Nov 17, 2007 11:12:38 am PST #8266 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
This series of mini-interviews with the strikers cracks me up.
Oh, and in real Minearverse news, guess what I'm buying today? Knitting needles and yarn! I'm finally starting to knit again!
JZ - Nov 17, 2007 11:30:42 am PST #8267 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
From Kristin's awesome link I found and am now in love with A 5-Year-Old Explains The Writers' Strike.
Pix - Nov 17, 2007 11:33:38 am PST #8268 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
JZ, that is now my favorite WGA video ever. Especially the ending!
ETA: I really am way too excited about this knitting thing. Check out this really cool knitting shop! It's less than a mile from my house!