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“Celibacy is the first thing I'd throw out as Pope, and also all theat religion stuff would have to go. I'd keep the jewelry though, and that big gold-and-white gown he always wears.

But apparently being Catholic is a requirement ro be Pope. How unconstitutional! You know that Catholic "Anti-Defamation" League is always moaning about "discrimination" whenever anyone points out what a load of bull religion is, or takes them to task for their church's numerous crimes against thought and humanity, yet then they won't make a non-Catholic Pope. Sounds like discrimination to me! What a double-standard! Typical!!”

“I wouldn't be surprised if Coach was a villain in the next season (he Can NOT be a"Hero!!!), but if your betting he's on it because he was in that promo, bear in mind, so was Richard Hatch, and there was a whole too-do contretempts, because Hatch'ss parole officers wouldn't let him go out of the country to do the show, so he will not be on the show.

It was all shot and in the can before the Samoan season even began airing, so they had no idea yet how Russell would go over, though it was clear from it's earliest promos that they knew they had a hot villain.

Shambles is too stupid to be a good villain, and she's no hero to me. Maybe if we ever have an all-gay version, closet cases vs out-and-proud, Shambles and Richard Hatch could have at each other. Or an all-dumb-bells season.

Merry, happy, and cheers!”

“Yes, I understand how the word-recognition softwre works; I was just enjoying the irony. six months ago I wrote a column castigating Ayn Rand and THE FOUNTAINHEAD. Ads for disciples of Ayn Rand to celebrate her revolting work popped up attached to the column.

I won't be entirely gone. I'll be doing a year-end dead-celebrity wrap-up, hopefully not including me. (Side note to celebrities reading this: If you want to be included in my year-end dead-celebrity wrap-up, the "deadline" is December 30th. You MUST die and have your death reported by then or you won't make the cut. Time is running out for your time to run out. Don't be left out. Be sure and die early and often.) That column will probably run on either the first or the 4th of January, depending on how my New Year's Eve goes. The better the eve, the later the column.

I'll also be reviewing the Golden Globes, The SAG Awards, and so forth, so there may be a couple columns before SURVIVOR starts up again. The trick will be trying to wrap my head around SURVIVOR when the final season of LOST is airing. Who cares about who will win the next SURVIVOR when the fate of Jacob, Ben Linus, and all the handful left of survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 is finally to be decided and revealed?

But I have been informed that The Smoke Monster is afraid of Shambles!

Cheers.”

“I have seen it played well. One player once used it brilliantly to pull off a blindside. He deliberately goaded players into voting him out, hit them with the idol, and his real target went home on one or two votes. Sorry I don't remember who, but when these seasons are over, the players fade from my mind quickly. I'm always amazed by people who can rattle off player's names and plays from 8 or 9 seasons back. "Don't you remember when Bill from Vanuatu took that walk with Karen, to plot against Sylvester? You don't? Where were you?"

Ah, bon voyage.”

“Was it Leigh French that you may be thinking of?”

“I don't see how the merge can't happen in the next two weeks. If they'd gone ahead with their promised double evictions this week, it would have had to happen at this week's Tribal. Jeff Probst, in his blog this week, said they called off the double evictions to buck up people's spirits after Black Russell's collapse. (He's fine now, by the way, though still balding), but couldn't they have done the same thing by giving everyone pizza, and voting out Shambles?

If they hold off the merge much longer, they'll have a challenge were Zsa Zsa shows up, and it's ONLY Psycho Russell. "Galu, you have to sit out eight players."

You're going "out of the country." Someplace nice, like London, Rio, or EuroDisney, or someplace primitive and uncivilized, like South Carolina?

Bon Voyage.”

“oh. I forgot. They do use that excuse when caught redhanded.”

“What happened in your neck of the woods sure sounds familiar. :-P”

“robiform, could you elaborate a little on the slow response to Andrew in Florida? Andrew ended up hitting Louisiana as well as Florida, so my attention was more on the situation here in LA rather than FL. Thanks.”

“Ha! My 92-year-old dad can't even turn on a computer, and won't try. Last summer, I did get him to read the news on my iPhone on a road trip, but he mostly checked baseball scores.”

“I can't wait to hear Yasmin not not-lecture Jeff Probst on the not-right way to not-run the not-Tribal Council. (The woman seems to converse, by which I mean lecture, strictly in double-negatives.)

Shambles could goof up and vote herself out.

Cheers.”