The Invasion Begins...

January 31, 1964 - We heard on this day that two Beatles records; She Loves You, and I want To Hold Your Hand, had sold over a million copies each. Suddenly across the country, we started to see teen magazines with pictures like the one to the right. The British Invasion had begun, and Beatlemania was brewing...

Ho Ho Ho...

And the winner of Survivor Nicuaragua is... FABIO! And the darndest thing is, he's the total nice guy, no lies, honest, a little crazy but a really good kid. And the youngest Survivor winner ever at 21 years old! So the title of this blog is partially for Christmas, and totally because I'm happy about it! The jury got it right!
If you missed it, Fabio won the last three immunity challenges to get to the final three, and then got five votes to Chase's four votes to win the million bucks. The night started with five contestants... Fabio, Chase, Sash, Holly and Dan. Dan was voted off first, Holly second, and the rest is history. And If you didn't realize it, slimy Sash got zero votes... that's right - zero!

Next up, Survivor - Redemption Island. Where voted out contestants battle each other for a chance to get back in the game. Jeff Probst promises we'll love it. I probably will.

Survivor 12/15/10

Wow, that was unexpected. Last night we clearly had two groups of three. The "big" alliance of Sash, Holly and Chase. And then the "non-alliance" of Jane, Dan and Fabio. Shockingly, Dan and Fabio still voted Jane off with the big alliance. Which automatically puts them both on the next two chopping blocks. Well, wait a minute... this is survivor and usually things don't go as planned.
Anyway, feisty old Jane is gone. Her alliance turned on her, she flipped them the bird, doused the fire (see photo) and made an un-graceful exit. Too bad, she had become a minor favorite through her grit and stubborn determination.
And yes, Sash is still alive somehow. He's not in control like he says he is, but he's still there. And after a good meal at the reward table, he's talking sensibly again... well, at least he's intelligible.
The wrap-up is Sunday. For some reason I find myself thinking Chase will win. But I'm rooting for Fabio!

Egyptians raided my house!

No fooling! This past Saturday night while we were sleeping, Egyptians raided our house and built a pyramid in our driveway... right where my wife's car was parked! When I went out Sunday (12/12) to snowblow I discovered the pyramid! I wonder if there's a treasure room in there...

Bye bye Benry...

Survivor 12/8/10 - Every now and then, Survivor takes a very funny turn. This past episode was hilarious.
First Chase makes a huge strategic error... after winning the reward challenge, he takes Holly and Jane with him. This leaves the one player without an alliance, Sash, back at home with the three members of the other alliance; Dan, Fabio and Benry. And yeah, the four of them made an alliance.
But when everyone is back together, Benry immediately breaks his alliance by telling everyone else that he'll vote any way they tell him if he can just stay in the game. Wormy little feller ain't he?
Soooo, then Chase told Fabio to vote for Holly (which he did), Chase tells Benry and Dan to vote for Fabio (which they did) and then the other four voted Benry off. Funny!! Can you say blindside?
And almost as funny is Sash thinking he's the game's great strategist. His best quote of the night was when he said Chase’s decision was “a rissy moo” that was “increly stuid” so he was going to “possily manure myself with the other alliance.” I think Sash found some good marijuana in Nicauragua or something... he's definitely "out there".

Imagine...

Imagine how much great music the world has missed out on since John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980. For me, the world changed on that day. Maybe I grew up finally, but the world has been a darker, more somber place since that tragic day. We miss you John...

What are they saying to me?

Somebody sent me this picture in an email today. I don't get it....