People have been asking me how I feel about the WGA strike, probably because I work in "media" of some kind, and therefore should have an inside opinion. I don't, really, but I can tell you how it's affecting my life. I'm reading more.

I have been reading a lot due to the writer's strike - if only because The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are reruns. So it's actually been a good thing for me. I have turned off the tv in my room (it really shouldn't be there anyway!) and started focusing on a book before turning in for the night.

Being behind the rest of the world, I have just started The Kite Runner. I want to read it before watching the movie, which is coming out December 16. (http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/)

I should have more discipline to turn off Stewart and Colbert and dig my nose further into a book without the writer's strike effectively doing it for me. But I'm sure I won't once their friendly faces reappear on my tv screen from 11pm-midnight EST.

I'm not saying the writer's strike is a good thing - I support the writers in their quest for a fair contract. But there is something to be said for turning off the tv and opening up a good book.