I’ve been trying to write about the writer’s strike for a while now but I hadn’t found the right angle. I’m not a member of the WGA, but I hope to be someday and I’m proud of the writers for taking this stand, which I know hasn’t been easy, but which I hope will ensure that writing remains a viable career, or even a job at all. I figured that, as someone who has written an entire book about movies, it would make sense to satirize the movie industry using a movie, but I wasn’t sure which one.

Excellent summation of the show. I did want to mention that I’ve heard several people say that Gerry claimed he hadn’t been with anyone since his wife. I don’t actually recall him saying that, I think he may have just said that he hadn’t been in love since his wife? And then maybe people assumed the rest? He seemed willing to kiss women the first night he met them, so definitely not a shrinking violet from the start.

Susan, as a fellow senior, I totally understand your frustration. Sometimes, when I'm watching "Law and Order," I get really ticked off at the outcome, especially when the defendant gets on my nerves. When I turn off the TV later on, I might still be upset about the way it went, but I ultimately get over it. That's because I know it's fiction. Watching and hearing about all the crap (sorry, but I can't help it) that over and over and over again proves that Lady Justice could CARE LESS about anything, especially when someone tips one side of the scale a little.

This might be a weird admission, but I always thought Caroline Polachek was super tall. This probably has something to do with the persona she cultivates in her music videos — poised, graceful, and elegantly intimidating. But when I saw her perform live last weekend, the opposite seemed true — The set for her tour is massive and imposing: a huge, makeshift mountain that looms over the popstar as her soaring voice sets sail.

Well! We are doing this again! Today’s edition of Don't Threaten Me With a Good Lifetime covers CRADLE SWAPPING, a tale of swapped cradles and upper-middle-class people taking advantage of poor people. (Quick content warning: opiate abuse gets talked about here. I’m gonna tell you up front though: all the babies are gonna be okay.) CRADLE SWAPPING opens with a shot of a ramshackle house in a windswept hellscape, but actually inside the house, it is fine.