...caucuses. Carcasses. Whateva. I was just looking for a catchy subdek.
A few quick thoughts as I am working (ahem, procrastinating!) while watching the 11 o'clock news, News 4 New York, we're for New York! (yes, there's actually a jingle that I sang as I typed this....)
*is Mayor Bloomberg going to run for president? Methinks yes! Esp from the way he's talking on the news tonight.
*how much do the Knicks stink?
*is Conan O'Brien a "scab" for crossing the WGA (Writer's Guild) since he used to be a member when he wrote for SNL et al? YOU BET! See, here's the dealio: they're part of a guild, a really tight union. You're supposed to report people if they write for specific companies during the strike - that kind of union. Well, Jay and Conan were told to go back on the air or else their staffs (sidebar: why isn't it stavs for plural kinda how roof is roofs it still sounds weird 'cuz it should really be rooves if I ran the world, that is...) will lose their jobs. Interesting little pickle they're in.
So they're not allowed to do monologues. See how important the world is with writers? The Golden Globes may be cancelled w/o writers. So anywho -- I've heard the actors in SAG may not go on Jay/Conan b/c then they would also be crossing the picket line. (Letterman, on the other hand, well he's a smarty pants. He owns Worldwide Pants, the production company of his show and some other dude. So they settled with the writers for their own agreement).
They get paid as contract work and in NYC after 6 (or is it 7?) weeks on strike they get unemployment. Ok, gotta get back to biz'ness...
High ho, high ho, it's off to work I go...(insert whistling here)...
