Striiiiiiiike

-There seems to be a lot of media attention on what public perception is going to be about the WGA strike. Do ordinary people understand what's happening? Won't they just think it's a bunch of spoiled people throwing a fit for scraps of money when they get paid tons already to not do brain surgery, but write tv shows? Well sure, but here's a short tutorial on the issue. Plus, I don't think anyone would think of, say, teachers, as spoiled brats if community college principals or something started webcasting classes and charged money for online courses without paying the teachers a share of the new revenue. Your salary could be 30k or 300k, working for less money than you earned still tastes the same in your mouth. This gets at a much bigger issue of most people thinking writing well, or at least consistently, is easy. It isn't.

-If the strike has you unhappy with your run of the mill rerun, check out something I bet you haven't seen: here's a clip from the short-lived Bravo show ASSSSCAT, a veriable all-star team of comedians on a show before its time. Think of it more as a deep track from a band you love rather than a rerun; plus, this show probably would still be able to go on if it was still on the air. No one writes improv, yo.

-Reality TV isn't all un-talent shows and whore-offs: The N is coming out with a reality show about high school kids who compete in community-based challenges. Who knows how good it will be, only time will tell, but at least someone out there is trying, right?

-Lastly, I don't actually think this is that great, but how can you turn down an article titled Wiener Takes All: A Dogumentary.