Overeating

Once in a while, or at least one time since we were born we have a particular meal in which we over indulge ourselves. Like the primal beast lurking within us we attack the food and eat so much we get sick to our stomachs. To make matters worse we have a habit of doing this several times even if our bodies complain about it. Yes, I've done this myself so count me in with everybody else. A friend of mine had so much Chinese food two nights ago that she vomited the day after. She has done this on at least four occasions. Eat, overeat, vomit. As human beings we still have too much to learn...and too much to eat.

The Writer's Strike

The writer's strike continues to drag on. Let me say one thing. I am a writer and fully support the strike but on the other hand I don't like all of the demands writers want to impose upon the studios. I don't understand why a completely different strategy could be used. Rather than the studios give some type of royalties from Internet and digital formats to the writers why not just give an acceptable pay raise and also make a holding pot. OK now all of you want to know, "What is a holding pot? What is that idiot Robert talking about?" OK, let's take for example that a writer works six months of a television series and has either directly or indirectly written 22 episodes. Let's say that a writer is paid $6,000 a month for those 6 months. For the remaining six months the writer isn't paid. Time for reruns remember? OK the studios make a pot or an ''account' whereby a continuing payment is made rather than a royalty payment for the six months between stop and start of a series. This payment should be about 40 percent of their gross. If the writer pays additional funds into the pot from their monthly salary the studios contribute double that amount. Is this a great idea? Maybe not. Maybe it sucks. However, sometimes people on strike don't look well enough into alternatives and that is what I am saying. There must be an acceptable alternative that will appease all parties involved.