Survivor-Fans vs Favorites-Goodbye Ami

Gee, it seems like it's been a long time since Survivor has been on, preempted by basketball, what no figure skating? We find the tribe returning from their tribal council and Ozzy is getting worried that he is a target. Yeah Oz, wake up. Airai tribe is desperate to eat something other than coconuts and Jason manages to catch a rat. Yikes, that's desperation. They string up the poor rat like a pig for slaughter. Parvati looks at the rat and is turned off by the rat's mile long tail. And who could blame her, that tail was just too gross, it looked like a long piece of rubber. Ew! It isn't enough that they don't have enough to eat, but James wishes he was back at the other beach as this camp is, he says, just terrible, it's just for the criminals. The Airai camp has just a short rough surf beach area and definitely doesn't look like a post card for the blue lagoon. Both tribes get tree mail which states that they need to pick one person from the other tribe to sit out the reward/immunity challenge and who will also have immunity should their tribe lose. Of course we knew they would pick Jungle boy wonder, Ozzy to sit out, but Airai choose Alexis? That might and does come back to bite them. The challenge was about balance and coordination as the survivors ran a gauntlet of beams, rolling drums and rope ladders to retrieve flags. Erik, trying to an Oz-like stunt, would take giant leaps to the platform and one time towards the end when all his energy was spent he missed and hit his chest on the boards, ouch that's gotta hurt! Malakai would have been better off, choosing Jason to go to exile island than Alexis, because Jason won it for the other tribe.

Back on exile island, Ozzy is curious to see if someone found his fake idol and lo and behold, he finds someone did. Should be amusing when Jason if and when he is forced to play it.

The reward for Airai, pizza and beer, for Malakai, a scrambling for Erik to save himself from being voted off. He goes to Cirie (gee she's still there?) and Amanda and tries to tell them that Ami was quick to turn on them, but it was funny how Ami comes back to camp and overhears Erik telling them about her. She tells Amanda and Cirie that she wants to be a part of them, so they make a pack, give each other a big girl hug and Ami feels for once like she belongs. When Ozzy comes back, Eric runs to him like a lost puppy to tell him what the girls are conspiring. When Oz hears that Ami tried to get him out, he convinces Amanda and Cirie to vote out Ami. At tribal council, no amount of tears could save Ami from elimination. In the end, Ozzy's hold over the girls was still steadfast and Ami departed with grace and good wishes. Looks like next week the tribes finally merge which should prove fun and interesting.-Single D

When we join our survivors, Ami and Cirie are out crab hunting. Cirie was so nice to let Ami do all the work and work she did. You would have thought that crab had done something to her and her family the way Ami was whacking away at it. At least the tribe had a good meal that night. Back at camp Airai, James is down on the camp saying it is the place they send the criminals. It does look pretty dismal, no wonder those people have low moral, even Parvati looks like she is getting a mustache.

Ozzy & Alexis are sent packing to Exile island. Alexis didn't seem very sorry to be spending alone time with Oz the great and they had matching shorts. Ozzy finds out that someone found the fake idol and can't wait for them to play it. No pictures of Exile island so you get a picture of Jeff cutie instead.

The rest of the survivors go on to the reward challenge which was an obstacle course with heavy bags being thrown at one as they go across the course. No one could hit anything with those bags and most everyone didn't have much trouble with the course, not very graceful but whatever works. Erik takes a nasty fall and catches a platform in the chest. I saw it on the preview and it looked so painful that everytime he tried to jump to the platform I had to close my eyes so I wouldn't see it again.

Airai wins a pizza and beer party so I guess they can save the rat for another time. Good thing they won, Eliza and Jason need some food, they both look like walking skeletons. He man James opens everyone's beer with his teeth. Doesn't he know that 9 out of 10 dentists do not recommend that?

Erik, trying to save his skin, tells Cirie & Amanda all about Ami's exploits in hopes they will turn on her. Ami returns to hear and pleads her case, "I don't feel I'm part of anything", "no one includes me", I get picked last for kickball, wah, wah, wah! Suck it up you little schemer it's coming back to bite you! She leaves thinking she has a deal with the girls. Ami walks up to Erik with the machete on her shoulder saying I owe you and thank you. If I was Erik, I think I would ask her to step away from the machete and then we'll talk.

At tribal, Ami starts in with the crocodile tears when she thinks Ozzy is talking about her. She pretty much grovels to stay in the game but no one trusts her anymore and out she went. Double D

Ghost Hunters - Cashtown Inn

Cashtown Inn, Cashtown, PA near Gettysburg. There is a lot of history here from the civil war. The basement was used as a makeshift hospital where a lot of amputations took place. Scenes of actual operations are seen here, like watching a movie. That's a new one on me. In the guest rooms, people get their feet tugged, furniture moves and sounds of people running in the hallway are frequent complaints by guests.

Jason and Grant start off in the upstairs suite with Grant sitting in a chair and Jason sitting on the sofa across from him. They hear footsteps coming from the bedroom coming closer to them and Jason says he feels someone sit down next to him on the sofa so much so that the sofa cushion depresses. That gives me chills!

Tango and Chris, in another guest room, run into the TV that turns itself on and off. Turns out the walkie talkies are on the same frequency as the TV and everytime they use the walkie talkie, the TV turns on or off. Ok, one thing debunked.

Tango and Chris head for the basement where Chris begins to feel sick and has to leave. After she recovers, she goes back for a second try and gets sick again. Upon further investigation, the basement has extremely high EMF readings (electromagnetic field) which some people are sensitive. It can cause nausea and paranoia prompting a space like this to be called a "fear cage".

The teams gets to sleep at the inn which lets them keep investigating by setting up cameras in their rooms. Grant is in the room with the moving chair and aims his camera at the chair. He is in bed about 2 minutes when he hears something moving or being moved. He gets up but doesn't turn on the light so he can't see what is moving.

During review, the tape in Grant's room catches a picture frame moving on its own. Tango, doing EVP work, asks "do you miss your family" and gets a "yes" response. The footsteps Jason and Grant hear in the suite show up on audio.

The team says there is paranormal activity as well as a residual haunting. It made a believer out of the owner!

UFO Hunters

May & June 2007 - pictures of an unusual flying craft show up on the internet. Someone named Isaac claiming to have worked for a secret government program called CARET, Commericial Applications Research for Extraterrestrial Technology, says he posted the pictures. He claims the government was trying to come up with a use for the extraterrestrial artifacts they had in their possession. Great, let's build something out of something else that may have crashed and see if it works! Sounds like the government might have a space chop shop somewhere. Anyway, the team talks to an engineer who worked at NASA during the Gemini flights. The astronaughts of the time reported seeing UFOs but never filed reports. Apparently doing so would make them seem less than sane. The engineer spilled a lot of information except for who has the technology and what it is being used for. Just the stuff we want to know! He did make comparisons to the Roswell crash and the sudden advancement in the technology of aircraft. In 1964 the SR71 was unvieled. Some thought the design was linked to the engineers' seeing a UFO. He made sketches and took detailed notes of what he saw and his aircraft looked similar to those sketches. Other aircraft have had questionable origins. The B2 Stealth bomber and F117 Stealth fighters with their lack of radar detection have also raised eyebrows. A lot of people claim the craft that crashed in Roswell was a flying "cresent", not a saucer. Mmmmm. Another crash in Kecksburg, PA in 1965 suggests the military retrieved an intact craft (UFO), told the public it was a meteor and used the craft to create a flying drone using parts from the downed craft. There's that chop shop in action again. This episode was very interesting and raised more questions than it answered. Is the government making aircraft based on captured UFOs? Could be..........Double D

Hell's Kitchen-Premiere

I love Hell's Kitchen, why? Being a restaurant owner once, I love the challenge of the kitchen, I love food and I love, love, love Gordon Ramsey. He's such an adorable Sharpei with a mean bite. 15 aspiring chefs gather in the bus to take them to Hell's Kitchen. Little do they know, Ramsey is also on the bus but in disguise and what a disguise. Long scraggly hair and a big nose. On the bus, Ramsey gets a up close look at the would be chefs. Bobby, a tall handsome black guy names himself as the black Gordon Ramsey. There is one guy, Craig who boards the bus with a 10 gallon chef hat. You mean to tell me he wore that thing on his trip, in public? He is apparently suffering from little man complex and as Ramsey says to him later, are you suffering little boy syndrome down there?

Once at Hell's Kitchen, Gordon removes his disguise much to the chagrin of the contestants. Then it's off to cook their signature dishes. The one crazy dish that stood out was the Cornish game hen in a cooked pumpkin. What is this, Halloween? Why would you want to put a game hen in a pumpkin in the first place? Ramsey's reaction was, I would have been happier with a candle stuck in it. Jen, a garde manger, said she could carve Ramsey's face in a watermelon, yeah but what about cooking? The scallop dish made by Vanessa was the one that Ramsey gave a thumbs up to. Ramsey informs them that the prize of Hell's Kitchen is the executive chef position of Ramsey's new LA eatery, called LondonLA. Once again the teams are split men vs women. Immediately the girls chose Vanessa as team captain and Bobby chooses himself as captain of the guys team. Bobby needs to be taken down a few saute pans. The guys go to bed and the girls stay up to study the menu which pays off the next day when Ramsey ask them what are the five entrees on the menu? On the guys side, sound of crickets, while the girls recite and could probably make the entrees blindfolded, well maybe. Go girls! The first dinner service is as expected, a disaster. Bobby and Vanessa have no leadership skills in the kitchen, while Jason is outside picking his feet and smoking. Finally frustrated, Ramsey chooses Jen and Louross to take over, does Louross pluck his eyebrows? The girls manage to get out appetizers but not before the crowd begins to leave, but are declared the winners. The losing team with Louross as team captain, has to nominate two for the hot seat. Louross nominates Dominic and Bobby to be fired. I think Ramsey's rationale for firing Dominic, the stay at home dad, is because he has no professional experience cooking and ultimately, Dominic knew that. So long Dominic, it's back home to cook for your kids and family. And Bobby, close call, get your act together, because a firing would do you good. -Single D

Big Brother-Until Death Do Us Part-Foiled Again!

This episode has Sheila whispering to James in the sauna. First of all, why is Sheila in the hot sauna with her clothes on (how do I know it was hot, because James was sweating)? And second why is she giving James words of encouragement? She's telling James, you can do it, you're strong, blab, blab, blab. I'm like, Sheila are you crazy? She's like the twenty personalities of Sybil. James feels so much better after that conversation, maybe it was the sauna? He goes to take a nap, when next we see Sheila, talking to everyone else in the house, saying that no good rat, James, needs to leave. Sheila is talking so loud, Natalie says keep it down or James will hear you. She's says she doesn't care. Well, this leads to James hearing everything, of course. He comes out and goes off on Sheila. They have a verbal smack down. I think the most disturbing thing with this whole scene was not the verbal backlash, the screaming, the yelling, but James in his black Victoria Secret panties. Yuck! James goes back in the diary room to cry about how alone he is without Chelsia. Two words-boo hoo! Now if only the house can keep James from winning the Veto, everyone, including myself will be happy.

The veto competition involves guessing how much weight is involved with certain items, popcorn, gumballs, blocks, etc. Object of the game is to outwit the other house guest, by either folding or staying with your answer. At first it seemed James was going to fold every time. The definite blunder of the game was when Sheila and Ryan went up against each other. Ryan is really, really stupid. He should have folded when his only other opponent was Sheila and let her win that round, but no, he goes up against her, so one of them is eliminated. So of course you know where this is leading, yes, I had to throw myself on the floor in fits of frustration! I pounded my feet and fist and screamed No, No, NO, why, why, why?!!! James, the veto king won the veto again! I know my friend Jeff was so happy when that happened, he's a James supporter. Well I guess there has to be one person in America rooting for him!

A dreaded fear creeps over the house, as James is jumping for joy and Joshuah plummets to despair. Gee this sounds like some kind of soap! Sharon is crying in her slop thinking she will be put on the block with Joshuah. She runs in the bathroom with Sheila in tow. Sheila goes in to comfort her. "Sharon, Joshuah will be your best friend forever, he loves you, blah, blah, blah," while Joshuah is already plotting against Sharon. Are we women so dumb, well, I know Sheila is dumb. They say Natalie is the dumb one, but it's Sheila that doesn't have a clue. She has the word "Gullible" tattooed on her forehead. She believes everything people tell her. Even when James used the veto and took himself off the block and gave Sheila, some harsh words, she thought he was giving words of encouragement to her. Hello? Anyone in there?

Joshuah decides to play up the sympathy card and is crying in his pizza. Hey, I thought the house had to eat slop? And the Academy Award goes to Joshuah for Crocodile Tears. Adam, I hope you are not buying into this! Ryan is still trying to protect Joshuah, which makes me scream at the TV, you turd! I hate all the scheming and planning before the eviction. It makes me so nervous. But, at least Natalie has come to her senses and tells Sharon that Joshuah wants her evicted, so the girls form an alliance to get rid of Joshuah. Finally, one plan comes through and Joshuah is evicted. What's up will all the departing speeches? Joshuah gives his holier than thou speech and walks out, take that, beeaches! Hey Joshuah, your mother was cringing at all your bad behavior, so don't give me that holier than thou attitude!

The HOH competition was a numbers challenge, which I thought great, the one person into numbers, Natalie can't play. Thankfully, the odds were against James to win and Adam came through for the other side. Better Adam than James or Sharon, but I'm thinking he might be a loose cannon and who knows anything could happen.-Single D

American Idol-Dolly Parton Songs

I thought I was a big Dolly Parton fan, however, I didn't recognize any of those songs except that "Bodyguard" song by Whitney Houston. I thought Brooke singing Jolene was the perfect choice, but David Cook singing some song about a little sparrow was weird, I just didn't get it. David must have had a makeover, because he looked really good, even Paula said his haircut looked great, then again, it is Paula, she's always swayed by the male species. Jason looked like he should be singing in some subway station for tips. Oh Paula, have another vodka gimlet. Simon's comments on Jason were right on. David Archuleta had the come back song of the evening, don't know what it was, all I know it was amazing. Even Dolly Parton said that he will be a great star which she didn't say about anyone else. She knows talent! I knew Seyesha should not have chosen the most famous Whitney song of all, but she did try to do it her own way. I still think she has an amazing voice and will someday be a great talent along with Carly. Simon was right about who does the dressing for Carly Smithson. She looked awful. The thing about her is that she has those tattoos on her right shoulder arm area which is really distracting from her entire appearance. She constantly wears sleeveless tops which just emphasizes the tattoo. So when she wears something down right plain and awful it is 10 times more plain and awful when dressed up with those tattoos. Sorry, all you tattoo lovers! Maybe she'll get the hint next week, wear sleeves!-Single D

The Bachelor-London Calling All Bimbos

I just can't help it, the women on this show are either bowsers or bimbos. I wish I could say that he is weeding out the bowsers and bimbos, but it's seems that's all there is. This weeks episode featured two single dates and one group date. Holly and Shayne were picked for the single dates and the pack got the group date of playing Rugby. Oh help, the last thing I would want to do is sweat in front of a would be boyfriend. Holly, the children's book writer, ok, she's cute and has a real job, got the movie date with Matt. I'm so stupid, maybe even borderline bimbo mentally, I really thought it was the actual premiere of the "Made of Honor", until they went into the theater and there was no one there except them. What a fabulous date and apparently a perfect evening for Holly and Matt. She's cute but is she Matt material? I'm curious as to why every date ends up in a hot tub. Is the location scout's only criteria a hot tub? Do they tell them to bring your swimsuit because you're getting wet? Holly managed to profess her love to Matt and was given a rose.

The group date was to play Rugby. Why is it that every guy says he digs it when a girl is all tough and sporty? Like I tell my friends at work, the only sport I ever watch must have the participants wearing sequins and have ice skates attached to their feet. Yes, I'm a figure skating junkie. I was so in heaven when all that Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding stuff was going on. So much real life drama, I didn't even have to watch reality TV then! But I digress. What was up with Marshana? Oh I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding. Ok so she bit her lip, what a ploy to cling to Matt! After the game of Rugby, the girls were treated to massage, where Kelly displayed her massaging talents. Is that women drunk or what. She seems like she's always in a state of inebriation. She tried her hardest to get that rose, but Matt gave it to Robyn. What does Matt see in Robyn? She reminds me of some plain Jane Austen character waiting for her Mr. Darcy. There is always one woman that is hated in the house and Robyn is this season's choice. I can't stand her pushiness and weaseling her way into other girl's time. Will someone just slap her! woof, woof!

Shayne gets ready for her date as she wishes out loud that she could get a tan before her big evening. Much to her surprise, Holly tells her that she brought her spray tan. Now, I'm thinking spray tan in a bottle, not! She really meant a tan spray machine! How do you travel with one of those things? That's devotion.

Matt takes Shayne to a winery at Ojai. Hey, I used to live there! It's a sleepy bedroom community in the hills east of Ventura about 60 miles north of LA. It's beautiful there, very quite and serene, gee why did I ever leave there? Matt tells Shayne that he wants to know about her family, to which she says that you probably never heard of my father, Lorenzo Llamas, but he's really well known in the U.S. I'm thinking yeah, about 40 years ago, until, Terri, my BFF in New Jersey corrected me and said that I was thinking about her grandfather, Fernando Llamas, dud!....... I'd like to give a shout out to my BFF Terri, hey girl!

Matt seems hesitant with Shayne until they kiss and all is well with the world. Of course he's going to keep Shayne, as he said, she's your typical LA sex kitten. I'm wondering why did she leave on those boots when they were lounging on the blanket in front of the fireplace (no hot tub here)? So far, I'm rooting for Shayne. Any girl who admits she's high maintenance, loves cars, shoes, handbags, sunglasses, and watches is ok in my book!

The evening of the elimination, Robyn is on the prowl to keep the women away from Matt and Amanda gets nervous and starts hiccuping. Did I tell you my father has had the hiccups for 4 years now? Amanda's hiccups sounds like she swallowed a chipmunk, is Alvin in there?

Matt sends Amy, Kristine and the hot dog vendor, Erin home, humm..... hot dog vendor, I didn't know that was a real job?-Single D

For Holly's one on one date, they go to a movie premiere, I too thought it was a real premiere and thought how cool is this? Then they went into an empty theater and it's like OK I get it now. Well at least they got their hands in cement, what a keepsake! Holly is cute, maybe not so smart as she is dragging her suitcase down the stairs backwards and can't figure out why it isn't rolling. But, hey that seems to be what most of these bachelors want.

Rugby time! The girls catch on pretty quick how to play the game much to Matt's pleasure. Does he want soft and cuddly or hard and dirty? Maybe soft and dirty. I think he just liked watching girls in short shorts tackling each other, another guy thing. After the match, they go back to Matt's house and are treated to massages and, you guessed it, a hot tub. Kelly, who I think looks like a crack head, was trying to get down and dirty while massaging Matt. If he had rolled over he would gotten an eye (as well as a lap) full. Robyn gets a little alone time with Matt and says she doesn't want to do anything stupid but will do whatever it takes to stay in the game and get to know him better. Matt gives a rose to Robyn saying she had the best moves on the Rugby field. Chelsea thought she was the best player and Kelly thought she should have received the rose for her moves in the massage room

I thought Holly was being pretty gracious to spray tan Shayne for her date with Matt. Most girls would have put blue dye or something in the spray thing but not Holly and the two had a bonding moment. Shayne goes on her date with Matt to a winery, how fun! Shayne tells Matt she has never done a wine tasting before. I find that very hard to believe, something tells me she has tasted quite a bit of wine, or something. Shayne admits to Matt that she is falling for him and would live in a shoebox if that's what it would take to be with him. Something tells me that wouldn't last too long.

Amy, Erin and Kristine are sent home. Kristine says she usually sits back and waits for the man to say he is interested in her before she opens up. Hey, this is a competition girl speed dating at it's finest, you can't wait for him darlin' you have jump in with both feet and come out swimming! Just ask Robyn. It does still amaze me, the women who profess their love for a man they have known for about 10 minutes. One of my girlfriends married her husband after knowing him for 6 days but that was 6 days of quality one on one dates, still a little short for me but it's working for them. Double D

Big Brother-Until Death Do Us Part-Smashing Melons

I was so happy when loveable Natalie won the HOH, now all she has to do to seal the deal is put James and Joshuah on the block for eviction. Natalie is big on numbers but she has forgotten which number it is. Last episode it was the number 8, this time she's thinking the number 7. Seventh week (no it's week eight, Nat), seven this and seven that. Which is it Natalie, 8 or 7? When Natalie read the letter from home, I don't care how much the house says that Natalie is dumb or stupid, there wasn't a dry eye in the HOH room. The pictures of Natalie were amusing, "oh here I am when I won a bikini contest, here I am hugging a tree (she's from Oregon), here I am this and here I am that". James was particularly annoying this episode, especially wearing that little red riding bathrobe. The guy has such bad taste in clothing! James tries to make a deal with Natalie not be put up this week. Natalie agrees to the final two. What? Natalie if you make a deal with him, it will be like making a pact with the devil!

The food challenge was a tame psychological guessing of what the housemates would choose, eat slop or food. Everyone over psychoanalyzed the whole thing. Houseguest had to put their token in a watermelon, then smash the watermelon to retrieve the token. Of course each houseguest chose slop except for Adam, good choice because only he and Natalie will be eating real food this week.

James has a melt down and gets up in the middle of the night to play solitary pool and cry in the hammock. Go ahead James have a good cry, where's that big tough righteous self? Not so big and bad in your red riding hood? You just need to leave because I hate your taste in clothes!

I thought for sure maybe Natalie would try to backdoor James as Ryan suggested, but thinking of all the different possible outcomes, that would be risky at best. Thankfully, Natalie put up James and the block virgin, Joshuah up for eviction this week. Hopefully, James, the Veto King, will not win the veto again!-Single D