Comments (24)

• Much deserved personal time I’m sure… thanks for keeping everyone updated in these tough times. You are an invaluable resource to me. Albeit, with every post the holiday budget gets ever closer to nil. Let’s hope the tide turns.

  For what it’s worth, AMPTP you are as subtle as an elephant.

  Comment by Kevin — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 11:03am PST  Reply to this post

• Okay, who’s the bastard that unchained Nikki from her desk? Fess up. Don’tcha know we need her more in the AM than a double shot of espresso?

  pb

  Comment by pb — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 11:31am PST  Reply to this post

• Not only do we understand, but I’m sure many of us would happily send you food and wine to aid in your relaxation. Thanks again for your relentless commitment.

  Comment by Nick — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 11:33am PST  Reply to this post

• Glad you took some time off. You’ve been missed.

  Comment by Becca — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 12:39pm PST  Reply to this post

• Nikki,

  Your reporting is fantastic; take all the personal time you need!

  Comment by Erin — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 12:56pm PST  Reply to this post

• Take all the time you need. Sadly, we all have time on our hands.

  Comment by anotherWGAmember — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 1:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• i need to my dhd fix..!!!

  Comment by CAA — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 2:37pm PST  Reply to this post

• Can’t wait!!

  Comment by striking writer — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 2:39pm PST  Reply to this post

• “In what may be the AMPTP’s biggest misstep in the WGA strike’s PR war, the organization did not buy the URL for http://www.amptp.com.”

  Comment by altoon — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 3:30pm PST  Reply to this post

• I think it’s great that these people are out on the line, but are they really more important than any writer out there walking around in circles for hours? No. They’re not. They’re just like the rest of us, putting in our time to show our solidarity. I respect them and all of us who go out in the snow, rain, heat or just ‘because we don’t feel like it, today’. Because it’s pretty evident from my own observation and from talking to people on the line that we all aren’t putting in our four shifts a week.
  I wonder (and I’m asking, because I don’t know the answer) is David Kelly out there four days a week? How about Chuck Lorre? If they aren’t, why not? There should be no ‘privilege’ when it comes to walking that line. Someday, not to far down the line (hopefully) when we go back to work, we can go back to the well worn system of boss and underlings, but during this strike we are all equal. At least that’s the way it should be.

  Comment by Jonathan Stark — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 3:30pm PST  Reply to this post

• Okay – here is my suggestion – let’s send Nikki in to knock some sense into these people. She’d kick some ass. Go Nikki Go Nikki!!!!

  Comment by skot — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 3:31pm PST  Reply to this post

• Nice.

  http://www.amptp.com/

  Comment by Fussy Protocol Droid — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 3:33pm PST  Reply to this post

• Fine. You cushioned the blow of the AMPTP walkout by telling us several days in advance that it was going to happen. You earned a couple margs and a massage. Enjoy the personal time, get back to posting soon.

  Comment by Dagazzi — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 4:10pm PST  Reply to this post

• Everyone needs a personal day Nikki. Hope you enjoyed yours. BTW, try to get a feel for what the advertisers are thinking. Thanks in advance.

  Comment by Jessy S. — Monday December 10, 2007 @ 8:31pm PST  Reply to this post

• Wow, really? You can’t even get the names right: “I am a voter and a supporter of unions and I am calling to say that as of this moment Chris Fabiani and Mark Lahane…”

  It’s Mark Fabiani and Chris Lahane. Yikes.

  Comment by writerboredbythestrike — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 7:34am PST  Reply to this post

• Thanks for all your hard work, Nikki. DHD has become my daily newspaper–is that a good thing? I don’t know about anyone else, but things are starting to sink in, what was initially some welcome time off, has become something much less fun–right about when I made my first savings withdrawal. Keep on truckin’ and thanks again.

  Comment by Way Below The Line — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 8:04am PST  Reply to this post

• I made the call, and sent an email. Thanks for the heads up!

  Comment by recovering writer — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 8:06am PST  Reply to this post

• Enjoy your personal time, Nikki. You’ve done more to help the cause (the strike) that the writers who are walking around in circles for the cameras. Information equals power. And you’ve got the info in spades.

  Comment by Kanga — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 8:20am PST  Reply to this post

• reminds me of the FREE COLBERT shirt i saw at
  http://www.cafepress.com/diculous15

  Comment by truthy — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 8:30am PST  Reply to this post

• there needs to be some sort of public outing of those not logging picket line duty. i’m not talking ppl who fail to put in 4 shifts per week, i’m talking writers who NEVER show up. perhaps we should compile some sort of “john list” as they do for men busted for picking up hookers and post it on DHD…anyone ready to begin naming names?

  Comment by Jerry Smith — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 8:56am PST  Reply to this post

• //”there needs to be some sort of public outing of those not logging picket line duty. i’m not talking ppl who fail to put in 4 shifts per week, i’m talking writers who NEVER show up. perhaps we should compile some sort of “john list” as they do for men busted for picking up hookers and post it on DHD…anyone ready to begin naming names?

  Comment by Jerry Smith — December 11, 2007 @ 8:56 am”//

  I’ll kick things off:

  Kevin Smith

  Comment by pumpkin — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 11:29am PST  Reply to this post

• My roommate and I were driving around Burbank yesterday (nothing to do since the town shut down) and saw the picketers in front of Warner Brothers. I said to my roommate, “you know, I bet now that they are in a prolonged strike, I bet you all those agencies who were dropping off donuts and food aren’t doing that any more.”

  So we decided to spend 30 bucks at Donut Prince and buy 4 dozen donuts. We dropped them off at the Disney lines and the Warner Brothers lines.

  I hope everyone enjoyed them.

  Comment by chris — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 11:48am PST  Reply to this post

• Wow. Now we’re naming names. Thank God we’re the Good Guys.

  Comment by Horrified — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 1:39pm PST  Reply to this post

• Thanks for dropping the donuts off the other day to Disney! Sometimes we feel like the forgotten gate. Also thanks to the Jimmy Kimmel staff who dropped off the hotdogs today!

  Comment by Glenn — Tuesday December 11, 2007 @ 3:28pm PST  Reply to this post