Last month on Craigslist.com, someone who described herself as a "spectacularly beautiful" 25-year-old placed a personal ad seeking a husband who made at least $500,000 a year, because "$250,000 won't get me to Central Park West."

As her post hit the blogs, it received a scathing response from a man who said he fit her description and told her that her proposition was a bad business deal. "In economic terms, you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning asset," he wrote, because "your looks will fade and my money will likely continue into perpetuity."

Last week, this exchange spilled over into the e-mail world, where the it turned into a popular item to send to friends as a joke. The difference between this and other outrageous share-mail messages, however, was that instead of remaining anonymous, its ostensible author signed his name and the company where he worked, which happened to be the investment banking division of JPMorgan Chase.

If the strike happens tonight at midnight, the fates of shows like Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Daily Show with John Stewart and The Colbert Report are up in the air. Since all of these shows tackle current happenings in news and pop culture, the host's monologues are often written the day of taping. The heavy lifting, of course, is not done by the hosts, but by a team of writers who craft not only opening monologues, but any sketches or video pieces that may air. Conan's masturbating bear didn't just show up at 30 Rock one day with a satchel full of diapers, but sprang forth from the fertile mind of a staff writer.