Survivor

Reality show Survivor started another season last night. I think its season 7. The show continues to modify the rules of play which I like. There are now 4 tribes. Although they are split among sex and age lines. It is a little awkward hearing Probst say, "and now for the older women!" I also like the idea of a castaway island where tribemembers get booted to for a couple of days. Proby has hidden a free immunity idol there so one can hunt for it while they are banished. However, the chic who was sent there first couldn't find it. But when she arrived back she made the lamest attempt to act like she had. That will come back to haunt her I promise.
One thing they cut down alot of is the locational cultural history. We had reached saturation. Think of bleeding the sheeps in Kenya. It seems that we have come across a "lost" season of Survivor. Maybe shot 10 years ago where there are no references to indiginious people nor to any products by Frito Lays. I also think the million dollar reward should be upped. Look at Hatch and what he had to do to save a few nickels.

oprah

I started watching Oprah in the mid 80's. Coming home from morning swim practice in the summer I would throw a pizza in the oven for breakfast and sit back and watch the show. It was ritual. Over the years I would make fun of Oprah and her self help advice that spawned whole categories of books. Then she got serious and recommended books. Most were fiction which was a relief to the self-help crap. Then along camr the Frey book. Oprah was obviously touched by it. She even delayed the anouncement of the following book recommedation, "Night", so the Frey book could ride the wave of pub just a little longer. When the bubble burst on its truthiness, Oprah had Frey on the show. This was yesterday. Oprah was like a mother bear protecting her cub (the Oprah show empire whose cred has been stained). It was certainly the best Oprah I have ever seen and I would be hard pressed to find better TV out there. Over 60 minutes Oprah eviserated Frey and his editor. Frey became a boy. Chin down, flop sweat. Oprah destroyed him. Frey still tried to evade the word "lie". As a writer he was still hunting for words and used "altered" instead. Oprah had none of it. Oprah, you want to run for pres, you got my vote.

la casa

Because of my lack of equity and a massive leak in the ceiling of my apartment I once again throw my hat in the ring to buy a home. Looking at a piece of property in Gurnee at $175,000. Hey, I would love to live in a town with some character like Evanston, but its just too expensive. Also this little peice of heaven up in Lake County has a back yard that gets sun light. That mean a garden going in and that means I get to play farmer John.

Google

Yahoo for Google. Google has continued to resist big brother's greasy hands when it comes to search history. Everyone else has caved and given them access. Google has resisted proving that it is the 0nly search engine that matters. I realize that Google may not be doing this as a matter of civil liberty. In fact Google doesn't want to lose trade secrets. Maybe this is a case where sound libertarian principles meet good business principles.

allergy

So I finally know what I am allergic to. After 5 years of suffering like salt mine slave, my personal criminal is the dust mite. I recieved a typical test where in one gets around 50 pricks to see which ones would create a reaction. I was hoping for the one called "work" but that didn't exist. Only the mites popped up. Too bad they can't really be controlled. They are everywhere. But at least I know my enemy.

Not fully awake today and never will be.

first day

... a new beginning