I'll be writing more in a week or two

The WGA (Writer's Guild of America) has a new blog: United Hollywood. Go over there. read what the strike is actually about, not what the producers are saying, and support the rights of unions and collective bargaining.

From the blog:

Additionally, I've been told that Steve Carell informed NBC he is unable to report to work because he is suffering from “enlarged balls.” Not just enlarged, I'd say, but brass ones. The source on this one adds, "We wish him a happy, slow recovery."