I've started thinking of time in terms of BS and AS - Before the Writers' Guild of America strike and after. Some things were better BS -- between the must-see shows that are missing and the proposals for shows no one needs EVER (two new versions of Circus of the Stars?!) -- but somethings are better AS. Dh now prefers as his background noise a crackling fire, so we may just be able to work in the same room. Still, those crackling fires won't keep us entertained this summer. I hope the AMPTP works it out with the WGA, whose demands seem pretty darned reasonable.