…with the outcome of the finale of the seventh season of Amazing Race. Even though they didn’t actually “race around the world” and the teams had timetables going into the final legs (ugh, that sickens me, a purist). And I really couldn’t be happier for Uchenna and Joyce, coming in first and making that big vein pop out in the side of Rob’s head. And I really couldn’t be happier for Rob and Amber coming in second, although I could make an exception if they’d come in third instead. And I really couldn’t be any more “meh” for Ron and…
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Dammit, I want a piece of the totem pole from the finale of TAR3, where Gerard had to spin animal faces to work out the correct order that animals had been special guest stars that season (that was a season with humorous donkeys, camels, and so forth): Amazing Race Charity Auction on eBay The 2 hour finale is tonight. There’ve been spoilers circulating forever that indicate that one of my least favorite teams evah win it all; if this happens it won’t cause the psychic wounds that Flo’s win did, but I’ll be all pissed off and resentful going into…
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Former Farscape star Claudia Black told SCI FI Wire that her character in the upcoming ninth season of Stargate SG-1 will bedevil Michael Shanks’ Daniel Jackson for the season’s first six episodes. Oh, good. David and I really, really enjoyed their interaction in last season’s “Prometheus Unbound” and we’re looking forward to Claudia’s new ones. Can’t wait to see Vala alternately beat up and jump all over Dr. Daniel Jackson. He needs a little shaking up, we think. Best quote of that episode, by the way, has become a family joke. “[significant pause]…ow?”
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I’m so confused. I have so many questions, and answers are unlikely (until at least next week, when the finale of TAR7 airs). Why did Meredith and Gretchen always pick the harder physical task? Why is TAR7 going backwards? They usually go west to east Why England? That’s too easy this late in the game. Why the hell do Rob and Amber always win prizes? Has Ron figured out his only chance at freedom is “Flee. Now.”? The mini-recap is up at TWOP: In a significant change from previous seasons, the Race course turns back to the West and heads…
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It’s good news for lefties because local talk radio is now dominated by conservative voices. WLS-AM 890 has gradually sloughed off or muted its liberal hosts, while WIND-AM 560 is now a full-time outlet for syndicated right-wing programming. It will be refreshing to hear steady chatter from Bush administration critics for a change, instead of the defenders and apologists who now dominate the dial. Even though my listening tastes run toward balanced debate and an illuminating clash of ideas and philosophies, I’ll take our side’s agitprop over theirs any day. But it’s bad news for lefties because AM 850–now oldies…
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“You are no match for my powerful happy armpit hair death ray, which I can utilize for only 8,000 yen!” cries your savior, who rides to your rescue on a white coat and sporting a porno mustache. The happy armpit hairs quickly become sad, shaking in fear at what the stranger might pull out of his pocket. My sister Timmy is not going to understand why this is funny. My sister Tudy is not going to understand why this is funny. My oldest niece Holly will probably get a kick out of it. Let’s love armpit happy! For my Brillo…
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The Good Wife Strikes BackBy: Elizabeth BuchanOkay, uncle uncle already. Or auntie, auntie, same deal. I give up on this book. I bought it based on the cute, charming cover art and assumed that it would turn out to be a cute, charming tale of a lady of a certain age who Finds Herself just in time. It had some sort of British/Tuscan storyline hinted at in the jacket, and that seemed like a good start. Currently there are a number of books and movies in circulation featuring charm, villas, good food, good wine, ladies who live large and well,…
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Lynn and Alex, the Happy Boys For some reason, late in the season of Amazing Race I run out of steam as far as putting up posts and listing all the teams and how they did. This is the third season that has aired since I started blogging, and every time it’s the same. It’s not that I lose the love for my show, it’s that trying to keep track of all the teams in the confusing first 3 weeks or so is part of the charm. There’s a lot more wild-card onscreen drama and comedy, and it’s a lot…
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Yesterday was quite a day – we started out in the morning, relatively early, to grab a nice breakfast and drive all the way up to Kettle Moraine State Forest (South) for a short hike in the woods. It was a nicer day for it than we expected but we only took a couple of photos. It was the longest drive we’ve taken in the new car (Ford Escape Hybrid) and we geeked out in a couple of ways; namely we set up a competition between the portable navigation system (Fred, who’s pretty smart and…
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I’m working on a project for Holy Moly; I got rooked into finding all the readings for the upcoming Day of Pentecost in a bunch of different languages. Including Thai… not sure why since I don’t know of anyone there who speaks the language, but maybe someone is inviting a friend. I was playing around trying to pronounce the reading in Maori, kind of in the style of the All Blacks doing the haka, when David sent me this picture. Beautiful. I needed a good laugh. I’ve been at this for a while and I needed a break.