Monthly Archives: December 2007

Quiet times

Is it just me, or is everybody stopping to post over Christmas time? I am seeing a significant downturn in RSS reading material… That is cool, I am highly busy in the festive season as everybody else, and I don`t know how much I will be able to post, but I will definitely keep reading. [...]

Talkshows return - without writers

The fabulous “Daily Show“ and “The Colbert Report“ are set to return to the TV screens on 7 January 2008 - but without their writers! This should be interesting: these talkshows live on the topical jokes writers script every day. Though both hosts are WGA members (the WGA disapproves, by the way) and clever, funny guys themselves, it should [...]

I`ll have the eggsalad, please.

I have been reading a range of actor`s blogs lately, and I find them highly interesting. Mostly, because the ones I read are usually about anything but acting. Ok, I have to admit that Alec Baldwin writes a lot about all things Hollywood (click here to find out what I am ordering eggsalad for) and one of my favourite [...]

WGA strike: the effects so far.

The writer’s strike is still in full blast, and I thought it was time for an update. I will not bore you with re-hashing what others have written already, but point you at some ressources.  Read them first, and then read my opinion on this subject further down in this post.  Here a nice summary of the [...]

Free internet in Vienna

The last few days in Vienna were very busy. So busy that I didn’t even manage to get a post in there. But I did keep up with my feeds and emails, thanks to numerous free WiFi spots in cafes around the city. My friend Andi sent me this link before I left, which proved to be [...]