It looks like the Hollywood writers strike is going to happen. Members of the Writers Guild of America are reportedly not even close to striking a deal with the studios.

So what does all of this mean, and why the hell are you looking at an old picture of Pam Anderson? Read the rest of the post and find out.

Well, if the writers do strike you're going to be watching a lot of reruns. Late night shows like Leno, Stewart and Letterman will likely go immediately to reruns. (Though I'd argue that you could replace Letterman's writers with a couple of third graders with crayons and generate funnier stuff). All of your favorite sitcoms will last a bit longer because the studios have been cranking up production and stock piling scripts. If the strike lasts long enough they'll turn to producing more crappy reality shows which don't really require writers. And then of course there are the movies. The studios aren't going to shut down. They're just going to finish up anything currently in production with half-ass writers and create a bunch of new stuff with the same half-ass writers. All of which won't be finished and in the theaters for a good year or two. So you have that to look forward to.

As for me and the strike. I negotiated with myself for hours last night, at one point locking myself in a closet to try and force a decision. After yelling for the neighbors to let me out I went back and read some of my old posts. At which point I pretty much gave up the cause and just fired myself outright.

As for the picture of Pamela Anderson, it probably doesn't need explaining to any regular readers, but if you're going to watch reruns they might has well feature wet girls in bikinis.