I love this post on Metafilter about the WGA strike.
HI-larious!
All the, "Great! I hope it kills tv which sucks and never has anything good!" posts make me @@~forever.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Nov 02, 2007 8:01:24 am PDT #83 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ailleann - Nov 02, 2007 8:06:03 am PDT #84 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Here's a very abbreviated list of what shows will be affected.
I find it interesting... I know that reality programs are "unscripted", but isn't there someone writing some kind of copy for them? Voiceovers, or something? I'll eat my hat if Ryan Seacrest does all his little intro snippets on the fly. Are those writers not unionized?
Dana - Nov 02, 2007 8:07:20 am PDT #85 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
One of the articles I read, Aillean, said that reality shows use a lot of non-guild writers.
Tom Scola - Nov 02, 2007 8:08:02 am PDT #86 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
That's one of the issues they're striking over, Aillenne. They're claiming that the producers are ignoring the rules.
bon bon - Nov 02, 2007 8:08:29 am PDT #87 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Are those writers not unionized?
The writers of ANTM went on strike for this reason, can't recall the resolution. They were led by djb, TWoP recapper-turned-writer.
Dana - Nov 02, 2007 8:11:07 am PDT #88 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I have decided that restaurants which offer burritos should also put a nap on the menu.
"I'd like a chicken burrito, a coke, and a 15-minute nap after I'm finished eating."
Scrappy - Nov 02, 2007 8:12:58 am PDT #89 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Suzi, if they are doing coke a telltale giveaway would be a sudden increase in paranoia and a bad temper. However, speaking from an HR perspective, an employer has to respect an employee's personal privacy. A company can only act on an employee's job performance and not on why. If they are nodding off at their desk, we can act on that fact, but if they do their work, it wouldn't matter if a friend came in and told us they did a zillion dollars worth of heroin a day. Make sure that you or anyone who has to work with this person documents bad behavior, so you have a list of dates and events. Ask HR what they need to know and they might have suggestions for you.
tommyrot - Nov 02, 2007 8:13:28 am PDT #90 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bah. I can't think of anything in walking distance I want to eat. But driving to downtown Evanston seems like such a bother.
I suspect increasing hunger will force a solution....
Trudy Booth - Nov 02, 2007 8:14:21 am PDT #91 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
If they are nodding off at their desk, we can act on that fact, but if they do their work, it wouldn't matter if a friend came in and told us they did a zillion dollars worth of heroin a day.
Though at that point you might check his ass for embezling...
flea - Nov 02, 2007 8:15:29 am PDT #92 of 10001
information libertarian
Oh the other hand, I had a sudden increase in paranoia and a bad temper throughout my second pregnancy (while not on cocaine), so. Luckily I refrained from killing anyone, although it was touch and go with evil IT man there for a minute once.