Well, I've been picketing my toes off. Today was fun; I participated in the Pencils2MediaMoguls campaign at NBC studios in Burbank.

Over 542,000 pencils so far! Looks like the fans mean business.

The sign says "To: The Moguls. From: The Fans.  We support quality television. We support the Writers. Make a fair deal now."

It was great to see the fans enjoying the company of their favorite writers, and the writers basking in the attention that stars usually get. But it wasn't all fun and games. We had pencils to deliver.

First, Ronald D. Moore (creator of Battlestar Galactica)addressed the crowd.

Then, Moore helped Joss Whedon (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer), Carol Barbee (Jericho), Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) and fans load the pencils for delivery to Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC.

Once the pencils were loaded, off we went. (Thanks to the Burbank police for holding the traffic.) A couple hundred of us crossed the street to the NBC gate.

Perhaps Mr. Zucker was in a meeting.

I don't suppose we expected to be allowed into the halls of NBC. I do hope we made our point, which was that the fans support the writers! And when we say we want the AMPTP to get back to the negotiating table, that includes TV fans.

Back in the park, it was time to load the pencils onto the truck for their trip down Alameda Avenue to their next stop, the Walt Disney Studios.

We had about a hundred boxes to load. A very bright person (probably a writer) had the idea to form a "bucket brigade." Fans, writers and actors pitched in. I got a good upper-body workout. Each box weighed 50 pounds.

See the girl in the white jacket with the dark blue stripe? The one receiving a box from Joss Whedon? That was MY spot in line. MY spot. Until I gave it to her because...um...you know, she might have come all the way from West Hills to see her idol. Or something. I was NOT tired.

The fans had a blast, and I think the writers did, too. I was a bit starstruck, myself.

The writers are all stars. One person who impresses me (and mind you, most of these writers do) is screenwriter Michael Tabb, seen in the right of this photo with a cast on his leg. I first learned about Michael in this video.

Despite his cast, Michael's out there on the picket lines every day. He's not famous. He's not a wealthy Oscar-winner. He's just a man trying to make a living and feed his family. To me he's a hero.