Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Not sure if you’ll actually be reading this on Thanksgiving, since I don’t even know if I’ll be able to finish it by then, but let’s assume it’s been posted and everything is good. Okay? I’m sure we all have something to be thankful for, and as this week has proven, there’s a hell of a lot of things that people are pretty pissed about too. I don’t want to go off on a rant here…so I won’t. I think I said enough about it on Twitter this week, so let’s just get into Survivor mode and crack open this turkey (see what I did there?).

But first, let’s get right to the biggest news I’ve had for you all season. As I’ve been mentioning/tweeting for the past couple weeks, I was fortunate enough to get the one and only Coach to answer a few of your show questions. As fans, we’re probably all a little bit curious about certain things that never get addressed on the show, in exit interviews, … Continue reading →

Hey guys! We’re already at episode 9 and I still have no idea who’s going to the finale. There’s usually a front runner by now, but something tells me this is not going to be one of those seasons that plays by the book. And considering all the criticism it’s getting – which I don’t totally agree with – I’ve decided to just keep an open mind on how the rest of the season will play out. As long as Jeremy wins because he’s the only one who deserves it…

But first, I want to go back and review the odds I gave at the beginning of the season, just to see how accurate I was. I know this may be a bit self-indulgent on my part – a theme in tonight’s episode – but I need a shot in the arm right now. They’re listed in descending order from favorite to least favorite:

Missy 9/2 Jon 5/1 Jaclyn 8/1 Alec 8/1 Kelley 8/1 Jeremy 10/1 Wes 10/1 Baylor 10/1 Josh 101 Reed 11/1 Val … Continue reading →

Looks like there’s a battle of the sexes tonight, as all preview videos indicate the cavemen are going to start ordering the cavewomen around. Not sure considering the current state of the nation if that plan will go down smoothly, but with Survivor being a single Petri dish in a broader experiment, maybe that kind of thing will fly.

The preview video I saw showed Missy telling Baylor to just “shut up and take it,” which is either:

A: bad parenting B: questionable advice from someone who’s been thrice divorced C: good reality show advice

I think the verdict is still out one this one, but let’s see where things stand in 56 minutes of show time…

But before we get started, I wanted to run something by you. In the interest of trying to do SOMETHING DIFFERENT than every other blogger out there, I was thinking about pulling together some questions to ask a former player. I’ve gotten enough interest/looks/tweets from a few ex-players so I hope to be able to get responses from … Continue reading →