Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Carson Daly is asking family and friends to send in material (he's assuming, I guess, that he must at least be related to or know someone funny)--and, to be honest, especially during the holiday season, is there anything sweeter than a son asking his mom to be a scab? Who knew that the one with morals and convictions in his most famous relationship would be Tara Reid?
Monday, November 26, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
SAMUEL ISA
IVORY COAST IRISH SPRING (NEAR PASADENA)
BANK OF AFRICA (BoA) (Downey Branch)
BURKINA FASO
WEST AFRICA
Dear respectful friend
I trust and hope with prayer that you are in good health as that is the important.
I am Sameul Isa and I write to you with tears in eyes and great honor as it is my privilege to respect you. I am the auditing manager of Bank of Africa (BofA). During auditing of bank I come across money of a deceased person who is dead and writer of situational comedies on television, who died tripping on ottoman (http://www.tvland.com/dickvandyke). His estate is enrichened by large residual check of 13 million lira (U.S.$7 dollar). His estate also receive additional more money of 8 million lira (U.S. $4.26 dollar) for DVD sale, and O lira for show on internet because all know that is for purpose of promotional only.
In due course of time I should immediately enlist your grateful help to put claims, since all of next of kin are deceased or at least not returning calls. I have set up an account in Downey in hopes of speeding up claim that is guaranteed by law to be yours as soon as you send grateful check and a baseball cap, preferably of popular show and not too gay like, say, “Ugly Betty.” In return, as bank laws insist, upon receivable of certified check for $15,000 and cap (“Cold Case” would be great, by the way), I will transfer money from residual account to you for us to divide according to law, with ten percent put aside for really cool set of Bose headphones.
This transaction is morever risk free, at least for me, and to prove so with great delight and privilege, out of a sign of respect, I am honored to demand you please forward to me original Social Security card (no copies, please!). Drivers license would be nice too. Please do so to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged. Upon receiving your check and cap, I will honor you with visit to country and home or at the very least go to Pinkberry. Irregardless, trust that I will not fail to bring notice of this transaction immediately so you should not entertain thought of fear. I await with delirium your response below.
Thank you. I hope you are blessed and not too bright. Good luck with the strike.
Yours faithfully,
Samuel Isa
IVORY COAST IRISH SPRING (NEAR PASADENA)
BANK OF AFRICA (BoA) (Downey Branch)
BURKINA FASO
WEST AFRICA
Dear respectful friend
I trust and hope with prayer that you are in good health as that is the important.
I am Sameul Isa and I write to you with tears in eyes and great honor as it is my privilege to respect you. I am the auditing manager of Bank of Africa (BofA). During auditing of bank I come across money of a deceased person who is dead and writer of situational comedies on television, who died tripping on ottoman (http://www.tvland.com/dickvandyke). His estate is enrichened by large residual check of 13 million lira (U.S.$7 dollar). His estate also receive additional more money of 8 million lira (U.S. $4.26 dollar) for DVD sale, and O lira for show on internet because all know that is for purpose of promotional only.
In due course of time I should immediately enlist your grateful help to put claims, since all of next of kin are deceased or at least not returning calls. I have set up an account in Downey in hopes of speeding up claim that is guaranteed by law to be yours as soon as you send grateful check and a baseball cap, preferably of popular show and not too gay like, say, “Ugly Betty.” In return, as bank laws insist, upon receivable of certified check for $15,000 and cap (“Cold Case” would be great, by the way), I will transfer money from residual account to you for us to divide according to law, with ten percent put aside for really cool set of Bose headphones.
This transaction is morever risk free, at least for me, and to prove so with great delight and privilege, out of a sign of respect, I am honored to demand you please forward to me original Social Security card (no copies, please!). Drivers license would be nice too. Please do so to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged. Upon receiving your check and cap, I will honor you with visit to country and home or at the very least go to Pinkberry. Irregardless, trust that I will not fail to bring notice of this transaction immediately so you should not entertain thought of fear. I await with delirium your response below.
Thank you. I hope you are blessed and not too bright. Good luck with the strike.
Yours faithfully,
Samuel Isa
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
First sign of hostility toward the rank and file: Near Warner Bros. gate four, a banged up late `90s Honda Civic slows and the man inside (Les Moonves? Barry Myer? Rupert Murdoch?) gives us the finger. Including the guy in the Ralph's parking lot Sunday (not strike-related), that makes twice in less than a week.
Monday, November 12, 2007
The group representing the producers and studios, the AMPTP, places newspaper ads stating, "Since the early 1900s, back before the television was even invented, TV has been a money losing proposition for studios and producers. In fact, in the more than 70 years that its been a commercial entity, the only ones to make a dime off of television have been the writers." (I'm paraphrasing.)
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Friday, November 9, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. I got to the L.A. Convention Center before 7:00, the first time I had been downtown since I couldn't get out of jury duty two years ago. The parking lot was clean, well-lit and full of BMWs, Mercedes and various SUVs, unlike the parking area for jury duty. I stood in the back and watched as hundreds of fellow writers came up the escalators and stairs. For the most part, we are not an attractive group of people.
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