"I Got Scumbagged!"

"And after tonight I'm done making mistakes."

So said Danielle towards the end of stay in the Big Brother house. Continuing to make mistakes however, she was aptly disposed of by her Legion of Doom allies who had not invited to buy property in Chilltown.

By mid-August Big Brother had become way too frustrating for me to watch. Instead I would cache a number of episodes on the Tivo and then watch 3 or 4 in a single sitting. These "All-Stars," a term which I use very loosely, played the game like newbies, and were played by the Chilltown boys in a way that was embarrassing to watch (Janelle especially should be ashamed of herself). The good doctor Will, who probably should have won again, instead lead cohort Boogie to the end, where he unfittingly trounced Erika in the final duel. And yes, Rosie didn't like the outcome either:



Getting back to the current crop of reality shows it's great to have both Survivor and The Amazing Race back on form.

In it's 13th season Survivor may have over-hyped it's 2-episode racial division as a "social experience like never before," but tonight's episode kept me guessing with the ousting of *spoiler* pro volleyball-playing super-hottie JP really coming out of the blue with both gaysian Brad and square-jawed Adam banding with the chicks to vote him off. And yes, I already have my new campfire mug!

The 10th season of The Amazing Race hopefully eradicates the awful memories of the previous two seasons from our minds. Back with many of the classic stereotypes (the feuding couple, girly gays, hot blond chicks, studley models, underdog mommies, and estranged parent-child combos) that make the Race truly a joy to behold. I'm back on the edge of my seat during every episode and close to tears when Phil utters those fateful words "You're the last team to arrive. You have been eliminated from the race."

Darth Who?

N0, I'm not getting myself confused with the good Doctor, Who's new season just began last week on Sci-Fridays (with newcomer David Tennant suffering from regeneration sickness during the phenomenal The Christmas Invasion episode).

Following in the footsteps of Sidious, Maul, Tyranus, and most notoriously Vader, along with the countless other Sith Lords who've littered the novels, comics and computer games of the Expanded Universe, comes the newest Dark Lord.

And this time we get to name him!

During the 9-book Legacy of the Force series, the latest in the line of Random House's Expanded Universe novels, Jacen Solo (Han and Leia's eldest son) succumbs to the dark side of the force after an extended tutelage with Vergere (who?) during his captivity by the Yuuzhan Vong (what?).

Click on over to DarthWho.com, register and submit your entry. The winning name will be revealed in Karen Traviss' novel Sacrifice when it's published in 2007. Stay tuned!

Jay Cutler: Mr. Olympia 2006!!!

That's right boys and girls there's a new Mr. O in the house!

Jay Cutler finally took his rightful place at the top, after four second place finishes since 2001 (he didn't compete in 2002), dethroning 8-time Olympian winner Ronnie Coleman in the process.

"Say good-by to the day of the freaks! We have witnessed more than one man lossing his title... we witnessed the beginning of the end for the mass monsters."

So said a fan on one of the sites, echoing many a response that the Olympian judges were finally rewarding the more astheticly pleasing physiques over the sheer unaldulteread mass monsters (like Ronnie). Still at 280+ pounds Jay ain't no shrimp! But with Victor Martinez, Dexter Jackson and Melvin Anthony filling out the top 5 spots, it certainly looked like symetrey and conditioning won out over sheer mass this year.

Unfortuantly that meant my boy Branch Warren fell to 12th (he ranked 8th in 2005). Clearly having added a whole lot more mass this year, he just wasn't as cut as we've seen him in recent shows (like the 2005 Charlotte and Europa Pros, he took first in both). Branch is a freak of the future. He's got the mass and he can attain the conditioning that one day soon will take him to the top!

And at only 31 Branch has many more years in the sport!