I'm sure you've heard the terrible, terrible news by now. Yes, that's right. TV writers are on strike. That means no new shows. No new jokes on the late night talk shows. And worst of all, if the strike continues, more reality shows. Nooooooooo!

The TV writers are on strike because they don't think they are being paid fairly. (I mean, really though, who does?) What with the Internet broadcasting shows and people posting shows, the poor writers feel they are not getting their fair share of the pay.

I feel for them. I do. And, although I do not write for TV, I sort of feel like a scab for posting a blog right now. Maybe I should go on strike as well. (And no, it's not just because I want a three-day weekend. OK, maybe it is.) Writers should be fairly paid for what they do.

Now, we're all reasonable people here. There must be a way to solve this strike so everyone winds up happy. And I'm sure they'll come to a happy compromise sometime in the near future. But until then, where does this strike leave us, the viewing public? After all, we can't survive on reruns and reality shows alone. What will we do without original programming?

Well, I guess we could always read a book ...