Seems a little drastic, especially considering that he didn't appeal the arbitration decision.

From that article you linked:

"We both thought Duncan and Rick would get first position credit, which they deserved. But this wasn't right," [Heslov] said.

Clooney said he refrained from appealing because he didn't want to appear to be feuding with the guild during the run-up to the strike.

Heslov pointed out that going fi-core was Clooney's "form of protest," which he wanted to keep from being made public.

"We're both big union guys," said the producer. "Between us, we belong to 12 unions. I think they made the wrong decision, and he was within his rights to respond by going financial core."

A rep for the WGA declined to comment on the matter.

Clooney said he refrained from appealing because he didn't want to appear to be feuding with the guild during the run-up to the strike.

Yeah, I get why he didn't appeal, but appealing would have given the WGA a shot at evaluating the fairness of the original decision. As noble as it may have been for him not to appeal at the time, turning around and condemning the entire organization without giving them a chance to evaluate the "bad" determination not only has the exact opposite effect, but it undoes the nobility of the original gesture. Usually I'm pretty happy with stuff I read about Clooney, but this just seems petty.

I taught someone to knit at lunch. She's all happy and excited and is going to try to teach her 6 year old daughter tonight. Now I need to finish my long standing WIP and get going on a new project. hmm.

Speaking of knitting, my friend is making this

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for our friends' baby due in May. In a deep purple. It is unbelievably cute!!!

OMG, I want to make these. [link] I will save this pattern for using up scraps.

I have a baby sweater that is almost done - I just need to sew up the sides and block it. I'm so excited because this is the most complicated thing I've ever knitted and it looks totaly sweaterish.

holy crap, those nautili (sp?) are adorable!

I can imagine the baby tank on a baby. Just not mine. But baby clothes are more gratifying to knit because they go so quickly.

I showed the first disc of Wonderfalls to a friend tonight. God, what a great show.

On the DVDs, "Pink Flamingos" is episode 2 instead of episode 4. What's the correct order? It felt weird to watch it in that order. Darrin's leg healed pretty quickly, I guess (but now that I think about it, I don't think he was wearing a cast in "Crime Dog" either).

Also, has anyone heard from Lilty Cash?

Ooh, I just found her on Facebook.

I've only watched them in DVD order but I have thought they didn't play quite right in the middle.

wait... were only four episodes broadcast?

Maybe it's in the Wonderfalls thread, but isn't there an official order per Tim? I'm too lazy to look but I do seem to remember that.