Survivor Nicaragua-Quitters Never Win and Winners Never Quit!

That is about the smartest thing Benry has said all season. In fact that is probably the first complete sentence I heard him say and something I plan to tell my daughter any time she wants to quit playing her violin-"Quitters never win, and Winners never quit", thank you Benry!

This whole episode centered around NaOnka and probably much to her delight as she is watching from the comfort of her living room surrounded by mirrors because she loves herself soooo much. I'm betting that if NaOnka didn't quit, because Jeff asked her first at tribal, I'm wondering if Purple Kelly would have quit? Purple Kelly is a follower and doesn't have a strong bone in her 98 pounds of weakness.

Let's face it, you have watched Survivor season after season. You see how totally grueling and lacking of the comforts of home, how there's no food, no water, being covered in filth and mud and eating roots and rice and peeing in the ocean. How tropical storms are torrential and non-stop, sleeping on palm fronds (which sounds romantic, maybe in "Blue Lagoon") with just the bathing suit on your back and now once chosen to be a survivor start crying and whining how this is the hardest thing I have ever done! Granted Purple Kelly hasn't been alive that long to experience any pain and suffering and therefore is way too immature to be there. What is she 10?

NaOnka on the other hand, she just plain dumb. She didn't think it through to the end, she put in her 28 days (hey isn't that a scary movie?), can say she was a cast of Survivor and wear it as a badge of accomplishment. More like the hall of embarrassment if you ask me. I mean, I could somewhat understand when they won the reward challenge she wasn't giving up that reward even if she just told Jeff she wasn't going to stay, because hell, she fought 110% and dang napit, she was going on reward because she deserved it. I can understand that and you gotta respect that she didn't cave in to the pressure of everyone wanting her to give up her spot so that the others could have a tarp and more rice. Let see, give other who in desperate need of shelter and food, naw, I want my reward and I want it now! But crimmy, she was leaving, going to sleep in a real bed, get a hot bath and hot food. But someone like her can't see the error of her ways because in her world, she is the center of the universe and all things evolve around her.

So with that smug determination and cocky swagger she took her torch to a disgusted Jeff as he practically told her to get the H out along with a wimpy Purple Kelly who unlike NaOnka left with her tail between her legs.-Single D

Amazing Race-Final Four

What is up with Nick? Is he bi-polar, first he's contrite saying through weepy tears that Vicki has grounded him and made him a better person and the next he's beating her over the head because she can't run to catch the ferry because of her asthma. He's so over the race, whining baby. He won't even help Vicki find the number of the boat to deliver their birds, granted maybe they had been racing for 12 hours without any food, rest, or pee breaks. Ok, maybe I would be cranky too, but hey, it's a friggin million dollars, suck it up!

How does Nat and Kat manage to breeze their way through the challenges without breaking a sweat. Do they ever do anything in lightening speed? It looked like they were looking for the saipan for...ever, even when Jill and Thomas show up after they fail to locate the signs for the pit stop among the hundreds of neons signs in Hong Kong. Definitely not a challenge I would do having been there and all those signs are confusing. Seemed like Nat and Kat were looking for the boat a long time, not to mention taking hours locating the plastic piece of food in that Chinese restaurant. I had to crack up when Claire heaved-omg, it was explosive and heavy with food chunks, plunk, plunk! I'd puked too if I ate 100 pieces of food. Toward the end when Vicki was trying to find the plastic food, the people in the restaurant just wanted to go home, cleaning plates and folding table cloths. get me the h out of here.

I just knew it was going to be a non-elimination round and Vicki and Nick would be spared but delayed 6 hours for not delivering their birds. I'm so hoping either Nat and Kat or Claire and Brooke win, but they will have to out run Jill and Thomas, they are strong racers and a formidable team.-Single D

Amazing Race-Double U-Turn

Chad and Steph are the first ones to leave for their next destination Dhaka, Bangladesh. They arrive at the airport and book their flight while the rest of the teams trickle in. While they are getting their grub on at the airport, Jill and Thomas find a faster way to Bangladesh with an arrival get this a whopping 7 hours ahead of everyone else. I'm just wondering why Nat and Kat decide to take a plane to Dubai and then book from there catching up with everyone else except for Jill and Thomas. Didn't everyone look like they had bad breath from flying 2000 miles?

From the beginning Jill and Thomas claim that they are going to U-turn the doctors, I'm like what? If anything they should be u-turning Claire and Brooke, somehow those girls have dumb luck on their side and always land with on their feet running. The next challenge finds them pressing sugar cane, squeezing the juice from the stalk. Looked sweet and yucky, in fact everything there looked yucky. Listen the only way I would travel in India would have to be 5 star all the way. I would have been worried if I drank anything there, dysentery capital of the world.

When Nick and Vicki made it to the u-turn and Vicki wanted to u-turn Chad and Steph, I was like ya do it, do it! I so didn't want the doctors to be u-turned by Chad and Steph. Luckily for them they made it to the u-turn before them and did unto to them what they would have done to them. At the bicycle challenge they all catch up and Chad is taunting Nat, like you have a PhD and can't figure out how to put a bike together. Nat's like I'm have a md not PhD. I'm just wondering why Nat was taking so long to put the damn bike together, md and all, after all she said she has experience putting together stuff from IKEA and anyone who has put together furniture knows how complicated that is!

India looked hot, stinky, sweaty and smelly. Why is it that all third world countries stink? China is the same way, so stinky that you have to hold your nose lest you puke on yourself. When Brooke was hauling the bricks, poor Claire was about to heave. Who could blame her. Brooke got a little testy with her making Claire exclaim you should have taken someone who runs marathons like you. Unfortunately for Chad and Steph, be careful what you say, it could come back to haunt you, and so by getting the u-turn, they got u-turned right out of the game.-Single D

Survivor Nicaragua-Bye Bye Brenda

Let's just say, Survivor can end right now. Jane is totally awesome!

Let's see, she can catch fish, she's strong, she can make fire, she has gumption, she has spirit and she's managed to outplay the others, so she is the ultimate Survivor in my book. She certainly outlasted all them young 'um on that leaning back splash immunity challenge. She almost let go but Jeff's encouragement kept her going to outlast Chase who I thought was going to win. Thanks Jeff! I didn't want Brenda to win the immunity challenge, but I didn't want her to go home either. Unfortunately by not lobbying or trying to play up to strategy, which she considered beneath her, come on girl, it's a game! She ended up going home. Curious how Sash didn't give her the immunity idol, love all those telling glances at tribal when Jeff asked about playing the immunity idol. I guess NaOnka was right that Sash wasn't going to give it to her, guess he's smarter than I thought.

I'm wondering when they are going to send Dan home? He has not done one thing in this game but limp his way through. I'm thinking they are forgetting that he's even there.

Didn't the volcano surfing look awesome! Put on bucket list!

NaOnka pulling Fabio aside during the reward lunch, now how subtle was that? NaOnka is about as subtle as a bull in a china shop. Apparently she goes wacky next week which isn't surprising, she's one step away from being committed in my book.

I'm hoping the elimination will go in this order:

Benry-he does nothing for me

Fabio-he's dumb and probably will squander the million on hair products

Purple Kelly-can we stop calling her Purple Kelly and who is she anyway?

Holly-her hair is too curly

NaOnka-keep her around for the drama, but eliminate her because she would probably give all her money to her poor relations and end up in the poor house or loony bin

Chase-I bestow second place just for his loyalty and his fondness for women of rice

and the winner......I want Jane of the Jungle to win, it will be a boost to all women over fifty plus make Marty really really Mad!-Single D

Amazing Race-Genie Lamps and Wedding Rings

Ok, it's an early departure, 1:06 in the freaking am, I'd be snoring too like Chad and Stephanie. You knew sooner or later something like that would happen. I'm just like curious how they do it, when they get to sleep, eat and drink water, not to mention, the important things like potty breaks and bathing. Chad and Stephanie caught a break tho and caught up with the others to eventually lead the pack.

Apparently Nat and Kat along with Mallory and Dad must have taken the long route getting to the rappel site because both teams were dragging up the rear. I thought for sure Brooke was going to tell Claire that this road block was right up her alley, but Claire volunteered first. I don't know if I could have rappelled down that steep Grand Canyon of Oman. Yikes! It's a wonder that Nat and Kat have fallen to almost last place, they never do anything fast. Kat was leisurely picking her way through the magic genie lamps. If I found the ring, I would have asked Abdul if I could keep the lamp, nice souvenir. Hey, if Chad would have waited, he could have found a ring for Stephanie in one of those genie lamps and then asked her to marry him. What a tender moment. How great was that to be proposed to in such a romantic place. Something to tell the grand kids that's for sure.

Isn't the people of Oman nice? Put on bucket list. Didn't that market look amazing! Souvenir City!

I was glad Chad and Stephanie came in first, even if it was by default because Thomas and Jill incurred a penalty by paying a cab to show them the way, besides Jill and Thomas get on my last nerve! It was just as it should be, unfortunately no prayers could stave off elimination for Mallory and Dad, but they did good. -Single D

Survivor Nicaragua-Goodbye Marty

There is a reality God after all! There was some tense moments when I thought Brenda and Sash would keep Marty again, what are they thinking! But they must have come to their senses.

Really didn't think the reward challenge was fair, men vs women. Hey breaking through a brick wall, I'll huff and I'll puff, and ramming a stick barrier was not fair for the women. Come on, I'll say it, women just aren't that strong, contrary to Jane's thinking and Jane, your steam gave out half way through. What was Chase thinking by siding with the girls in this one, anyone could see the women didn't have a chance. Marty took it as his opportunity to lobby for his plan of getting rid of Jane.

The immunity challenge of remembering the order of symbols proved that Brenda has a sharp mind. She was like the cat eating the rat when she went up against Marty in the final round. Old people really have to concentrate or they lose it and I'm speaking from experience! I'm thinking that is why Marty couldn't remember the last symbol because there was too much distraction.

If this time around, they didn't vote Marty off, I was ready to hand him the million. Hey anyone you love to hate is the one that should win. Goodbye Marty, FINALLY!-Single D

Amazing Race-Goodbye Team Asia

Rule of the game:

READ THE CLUE CAREFULLY!

That is the cardinal rule to this game and to get eliminated because you didn't follow the clue is dumb, dumb, dumb! Take that walk of shame. Never mind you survived paddling in a dish on the water, never mind you built a Norwegian tent, never mind you mastered the game of Russian bowling, but to get eliminated because you didn't read the clue correctly, duh! Man that's gotta smart! How disappointing! Kevin was just too wet behind the ears and didn't have that smarts that come with age to READ the clue in its entirety. Well, it was a good effort, but we knew they weren't going to win, it's amazing enough that dad managed as long as he did. So gung hay fat choy to you.

This episode, the challenges looked simple enough, playing the accordion, how hard could that be, certainly if you managed to listen to a hall of pianos in the last challenge, mastering playing a single accordion can't be that hard, right? Well, finally, Kat and Nat showed some intelligence (aren't their teeth white?) by using the numbering system to play the accordion. Nice squeezing! I had to laugh when Mallory said she couldn't see the key over her big red nose. I probably would have done the spinning, isn't it every child's fantasy to spin plates in a circus. I remember as a child watching the Ed Sullivan Show (am I dating myself?) and he would have plate spinners, I think the guy was a comic cause he would let the plates almost fall off. The spinning plates looked hard and frustrating. Never mind that the clowns were so annoying! Didn't Russia look amazing? Put on bucket list!

The two strongest teams are Nat and Kat and the TV hostess, looks like there might be a good chance of an all girl team winning this season. Oh why didn't Donna and I try out, we mighta had a chance!!-Single D

Survivor Nicaragua-Band of Idiots

Will someone remind Sash that this is a game? Sash you're an idiot. So what if you have to go back on your word to Marty. IT'S A GAME! You and your band of idiots deserve to get voted off by the poor me, I'm defenseless, I don't have an idol, Marty. As Brenda said, wonder if he wins the next three challenges and he probably will. Brenda, whose side are you on anyway since you've voted to keep Marty the last three times? NaOnka, brain dead, so what if Fabio (is that his real name, really?) ate the biggest tortilla, no one was stopping you from making your sassy self another tortilla. Wouldn't that have satisfied your maniacal craving or at least keep you from pulling the stupidest move yet by stealing all the supplies? Alina, totally clueless could have worked that whole fiasco to her advantage, but instead acts like her accomplice. Clueless! What was she thinking. And Jane, god bless her, but she needs to lay low and not get noticed by Marty who is tossing malicious eyes and words her way. So what if she is the poor pitiful let's give her a million dollars sob story, hey, I don't care about that, I just like her gumption! With Marty's raging against Jane during tribal should have been a wake up call to the rest of the tribe, yet they still vote to keep abrasive Mr. Loud Mouth.-Single D

Survivor Nicaragua-What Marty Survives Again?

Ok, I don't get it. Have I been watching the same show that La Flor members keep saying that they want to vote off Marty and then keep him after a tense tribal voting? What is up with that. Two chances they had to vote him off, but a pact with Sash, here I'll give you my immunity idol and you'll keep me, which could have been the dumbest move of the season until what, Sash got a conscience and decides to keep Marty? Or could Brenda be the traitor in all this by voting to keep Marty? Very fishy. Speaking of fishy, it was so funny when Jane goes fishing (as Sash says back at camp, if the elders want to work and bring home food, who am I to move off my butt?) Jane holds up a big catfish and decides to eat it all herself. She's got gumption that's for sure and I'm beginning to think that I want her to win this whole thing. I like her! Unfortunately at this writing I guess I missed the first ten minutes of this episode and missed that whole Fabio peeing in the pool thing. One word, how old are you Fabio? Peeing in the pool, doesn't only five year olds do that? Oh yeah, he has the mentality of a five year old. He is so dumb!

During the reward breakfast, when Alina had an emotional breakdown because she got to eat cheese and eggs, NaOnka tried to act like she too was having an epiphany, just because. Too funny. NaOnka doesn't do fake emotion well. La Flor loses the immunity challenge again and like I said, they should have sent Marty home but instead Jill is sent packing. Back to the ER with you Jill.-Single D

Amazing Race-Nat and Kat First Again

Didn't think Nat and Kat had it in them to win first twice, but they opted for the fast forward and was granted it after they both part took of a traditional Norwegian delicacy, sheep's "yuck", head and poor Kat hasn't eaten meat in ten years. Kat said it right when she said that it's never a good sign when the table is set and there's a small glass of water on it. It was too funny when they kept saying during the eating, taste like cucumbers, taste like lettuce, humm taste like a million dollars, yep that's how you get through sheep grisle! Vicki and Nick once again showed their dumb and dumber side, when they went for the fast forward only to find on the door, fast forward taken. "Uh what does that mean", Vicki says perplexed? Uh, dud, it means it's gone you fools. One thing I have to say, they don't have brains but they sure do have brawn. Vicki never once complained during the bridge repel or the bike challenge. Heck, she beat Nick on the bike, after all his bragging that he is a champion bike rider. Don't want to get in her way, she'll open a can a whoop ass on you. Team Asian is still hanging in there coming in a respectable 4th. Mallory of Dad and Mallory is way too perky and is quickly beating out the TV hostess with the mostest, Brook and Claire. Notice how anything physical, Brook is like, Claire this has your name all over it. Yeah, right, I'd like to see Brook repelling up the damn bridge. Ouch I broke a nail!

Volleyball team Katie and Rachel, whom I didn't even know were in the race until last night were the last ones to step on the mat and were sent packing. This season is wild with the race up for grabs. I knew I shoulda applied for this season, I mighta had a chance!-Single D

Survivor Nicaragua-Double Elimination

I'm not getting it, why is there always people who sign up for these weeks long reality shows and half way through it starting whining about how cold it is, how hard it is, how they miss their families. Boo hoo, you signed up for it. It's not like you didn't know what you were getting yourself into, this is what the 21st season!! Dan, you need to go home. Like you said, you don't need the money, apparently you have oodles of it to spend on cars and homes, then why the heck are you sleeping in the rain, nursing your knees and suffering like a hound dog? Go home! And once again, does the tribe vote him out, nope, hey, let's vote out another strong player, Yve. Sure she's strong, but did seem to me to pose that great a threat. And hey, what was up? Did I miss something? Brenda hatches a plan to get rid of full of his self Marty out, a plan that played out perfectly during tribal, with the votes split, 3-3, but during the second vote, its Kelly B that gets the boot, I'm like, what?! Who was the traitor? It was Brenda! What happened. Did she forget to vote Marty out? What's the deal? I'm sure all the behind the scenes scheming, Marty must have gotten to Brenda, yitch! Well, I'm sure that is going to back fire. One word, stupid! Marty is a threat at challenges, so I think they missed the chance to get rid of him. Well, coconuts fall where they may, Marty is moving up the food chain. Kinda of sad to see Kelly B go and yes, if she would have made it to the end, I would have voted for her and not out of sympathy, but out of amazement, she moves faster on one leg than my sister-in-law with two!-Single D

Amazing Race-The Last Lap In Lapland for Team Glee

From scorching heat of Ghana to the Arctic Circle, whoo hoo, Kiruna, Sweden! Come on, did you pause just for a moment thinking where's the Arctic Circle? Come on, I know you did. The scenery looked absolutely amazing, put on bucket list. For once, team Asian made a smart move and decided to see if there was an earlier flight Out of Africa (isn't that a movie?) and got lucky to be one of three teams (dad and Mallory and Brooke and Claire) to catch the first flight out, especially since they have a speed bump. The roadblock was dog sledding which looked like so much fun even if it was on a dirt road. Nice doggy. Onward to the Ice Hotel which was under wraps because I guess it was summer there. I was holding my breath thinking that the speed bump would surely be the undoing of Team Asian since dad isn't the fastest dad in the race, but when they got to the lodge, all they had to do was sit on a chair of ice for 10 minutes which by the looks of son Kevin is no easy feat. Guess his nuts were getting frozen, nothing like nuts on ice. Dad Micheal was doing the first this butt cheek and then the next butt cheek. The next challenge was either sleds or beds, which dud, which one would you do? I'm guessing sleds, which seemed like you could finish faster right? NOT! I've never seen such a sled, it was like for little people or sledding on your knees, but apparently it didn't have brakes which freaked Stephanie out, really? It's not that scary! Three teams failed to do the sled challenge and ended up building tents, which I must say, looked pretty cozy for all that snow. Jill and Thomas opt to use their express pass because for some strange reason they really fell behind. Klutzy team Glee couldn't get their sled on and as a result ended up stepping on the mat last. Well, at least they could sing about it and in tune I might add! Single D

Survivor Nicaragua-Mix it Up

Ha ha Marty and you thought you were going to be king of the senior citizen tribe! HA! Jeff pulls a fast one, when both tribes come together for the challenge to learn that they are mixing it up. I was glad to see that. Marty is once again at the bottom of the food chain. I thought the tribes were a good mix, if only Jimmy J. would have been able to last this long, I would have liked to see how the younger tribe would have related to him. Tyrone sure isn't making any friends on his new tribe by voting against killing the chicken and then eating the most. Psst, people are watching you and drooling. Did ya notice how he was the only one with an entire leg of chicken in his mouth and licking every bone clean while others were eating meager pieces of meat (hey why does he get the biggest piece, he didn't pluck no chicken?). It's no wonder they voted him off, we would have eaten everyone out of house and camp, never mind that he's big and is a strong player. And oh yeah, let's get rid of him over NaOnka, who all of a sudden goes from Beeyach from hell to a sniveling, whining cry baby because she is a little wet, oh boo hoo! That whole thing about this being the second worst thing that has happened to her, the first being her divorce, really? being wet is the second worst thing ever? Really? Stop whining! They shoulda booted her right out, they had their perfect chance without her going all banshee, but instead they vote out the strong food hogger, Tyrone. Well, it's finally getting interesting. And no one can pull the wool over Brenda's eyes, she sees right through Marty!-Single D

Amazing Race-Where is Ghana

This time around it wasn't the challenges were so hard, but it was getting to them that proved daunting for some of the teams, Mallory and dad and Nat and Kat. Nat and Kat seem like a strong team but they always seem to get sidelined and this time by a taxi driver that doesn't know where he is going. The challenges themselves seem pretty easy, except that 1-finding the decipher code proved many teams undoing and 2-the heat seemed unbearable, especially for team Asia. The old man seemed to be suffering a heart attack in the heat. Honorable number one son Kevin proved that he was honorable in deed standing by his dad and gently urging him to complete the challenge, even if he was having a heart attack. Luckily for them, this was a non-elimination round. I so wanted one of the boxers to KO Brook and her bubbliness (hey I hear 7-up is casting). When they had to locate Ghana on a map, I so knew team tats would have a hard time, heavens sake, they didn't know what Stonehenge was! Team Glee stepped on the mat first, I'm surprised they didn't break out in harmony!-Single D

Survivor-Nicaragua

Yes sure enough without coach, the old tribe is going down in flames, because there isn't a single person on that tribe willing to stick their neck out, except for Jimmy T who is constantly whining gimme a chance. I want to know what the heck he's been doing this whole time? He surely flubbed the blind leading the blind challenge when he couldn't listen to Tyrone's direction and after he's like, I couldn't hear what he was saying. Well, Jimmy T you had your chance to shine and you blew it and I guess your big mouth got you a whole lot of nothing when the tribe to their detriment, decides to keep Dan, who is the weakest person on the tribe. And can I say one thing, this whole elder tribe, what a pitiful lot. A bunch of weak whining crybabies. And the women together they haven't a single thought of their own. Sorry sorry sorry. What a way to represent the older generation. Disgusting. So disgusting, I identify more with the younger tribe, even if NaOnka is a bully and Kelly B is not as strong as we think she is. I'll go with the younger anytime. It's embarrassing, couldn't the producers find a better collection of older people. That is not how I think I am, physically strong, smart, street wise and sage wise. Whatever happened to 50's the new 30's?

Next week should be interesting when Jeff mixes up the tribes, but I'm guessing the older ones will be the first to go. -Single D