So I talked to Diane, I'll fill you in on everything she said.

Okay, I'm so sorry.

I was plying and I lost track of time.

What is plying?

That's a spinning thing is where you take your singles and you twist them together on the spinning wheel and it's very absorbing Liz.

I was deep in my spinning.

Deep.

Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood.

The podcast about how to be happier, healthier, sane or more creative, more successful and more productive in a back-biting, superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.

I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and with me is my high school friend and writing partner Sarah.

That's me, Sarah Fane.

On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood,

how we balance a career in friendship and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.

Today we're going to talk about the happier in Hollywood newsletter that never was but hopefully soon will be.

Then full-fledged television writer Brooke Sitgrave's turner is joining us.

Brooke used to be our much-adored assistant, then she was a staff writer on the fix and so many people have been asking how she's doing.

We thought she should just tell you herself.

And this week's Hollywood hack is something we think everyone should have.

But first we got a couple of updates.

First Sarah, I am still looking around my space with new eyes.

That was a suggestion you had recently.

And I want to report that I threw out a desk lamp that I've had for years and always hated.

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