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January 16, 2008 Asides, Strike

I woke up with a cold, so I won’t be at Paramount this morning.

Strike, day 72

January 15, 2008 Strike

Back at my home gate at Paramount this morning, discussion ranged from the DGA deal (which is supposedly done) to Samantha Goodman’s observation that she has a lot more respect for somebody who shivs a guy, rather than using a gun. Angry Cadillac Woman looked angry, but came nowhere near my legs. Alexa brought homemade […]

Strike, day 71

January 14, 2008 Strike

This is how disoriented I was this morning at 4:15 a.m.: I nearly left the house without glasses or contacts, simply assuming that my foggy vision was due to sleepiness rather than mildly astygmatic myopia. Fortunately, I remembered that I wear glasses before I got behind the wheel, and was able to enjoy the easiest […]

Recapping this week

January 11, 2008 Strike

Before the new year, this site was becoming largely a daily recap of the picket line — the strike was making this blog bloggier. With that in mind, I decided this week to bundle my strike and picket news in one end-of-week super-post. This was a mistake, for several reasons. For starters, I underestimated the […]

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