Survivor Week #2 Redemption Island

Week 2!

I would recap week 1 but I have no idea what happened. All I know is Boston Rob is in it and Russell is in and a bunch of people who need jobs.

Looks like a duel tonight on Resurrection island-the looser rises up to prime time
Fight to the death with cocoanut shells
Oh ya-now I remember-the fake Philip special agent guy-Alan’s friend

Francesca is on redemption island-she is not sleeping-oh, my-disaster
She can watch the Godfather if she has cable in the hut

If she can make it there she can make it anywhere, redemption Island here I come!
Da da da da da………..sing it Frank!

Kristina needs a sedative-Philip thinks he is a special agent-this place is like a unit

Where is Fabio?

Commercial: Old Spice,Ford,Home Depot,The Talk
Back…..

Philip is hunting crabs with a stick in his pink underwear-only so much I can take
Now he is crying-tears streaming, breaking down-Marine music in the background-to bad he did not learn to spear crabs-this is PTSD in pink
He got the crab! Yes! Maybe 2” long-now that is a meal

Farmer guy-Ralph- is wearing overalls-making rooster calls
Russell is looking for the idols with the girls-they love him-old guys don’t
Farmer guy found the idol!! Now he is rooster calling again-his last gig was on Deliverance

Commercial: Sprint, Travelers, Michelin, Dominos, CBS, CBS again
Back….

Day 5 on island
The new Fabio-Matt- is talking about how God put him in the right tribe, like God has free time and is watching survivor-if he has free time he is watching Law and Order

Natalie is an airhead-hanging out with Rob
Challenge-thank goodness!
Jeff is wearing a blue shirt-he just waved to someone in the bushes (Alan?)
Swimming, jumping, smashing, keys, balls, tiles in some order
Reward is fishing gear-they are clapping! Like they know how to fish
Here they go! Chaos-spazz—swim-chaos-spazz-bathing suits falling off-where is Fabio?
More chaos-swimming-jumping-locks-no idea what is going on-something about frank zappa
Break to blow dry their hair-ok back in the game
Special agent is a disaster-can’t do anything-must have been in the car wash division
Ralph does it-Zapotera wins! Frank Zappa is happy! They get a fish hook
Rob is depressed-lost again-Russell won-where is Fabio? Person voted out goes to Redemption Island to duel Francesca to the death-whoa

Commercial-Wendy’s, Air Force, Chrysler, Glad, Ghosts, Mini Cooper, News

Back

Zappa tribe is happy-got the gear-Russell stole the clue out of the fishing stuff-evil!
Ralph doing the rooster call-he saw Russell steal the secret-he told everyone-now they know
They hate him but he will probably win
He is sharing it with his alliance girls-giggle giggle
Here comes the big guy and Ralph to confront him
Russell challenges him-Russell lies-Fight! Calls Ralph an idiot-major rift!
Back at Chipotle tribe
Oops-Ometepe
Secret agent giving a speech-he is off his valium
In pink underwear
Sounds like a combination of Colin Powell and Jon Stewart
Matt is the good Christian-like Fabio-they do not like him
Where is Fabio?
Grant is now on TV-former football player-useless in challenges-must have been on the Patriots
Rob wants Matt out
Commercials (eating a burger-taking a break)
OK-back
Tribal-girls for Christine
Boys for Phillip
Oh ya-but they are really voting for Matt but God will strike them dead if they do that
Phillip is calling the satellite to check the vote on his coconut phone
Matt is a pre med student-frightening
Hopefully only pre med and not post med
Rob telling Phillip to shut up at tribal-hope not it will be boring
They are trying to trick Kristina to play her idol and vote out Matt
Phillip is talking again about animals and the US-revenge of the lion-please call the unit
I am sure Matt is Fabio or his cousin
Phillip wants to get voted out and go to Redemption island to beat up Francesca
Matt just wants to be redeemed
Here is the vote:
Kristina plays the idol!!
Kristina
Kristina
Phillip
Phillip
Matt
Matt
Matt
Matt is out! Blindsided! Rob is in control! Kristina wasted the idol! Now it is getting good!
People are stunned-Go Rob!!!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!!! Matt says it is God’s plan
God-remember to watch next Wed. at 8 on CBS (after you deal with the Middle East and global warming)

House Hunters #1

So………………….
Here we go into unexplored territory, to places never visited by civilized man, to a place far, far away-HGTV
The show is House Hunters. People look at 3 houses and decide which one to buy. It is always the one with the stainless steel refrigerator, even if the house is under water. It doesn’t matter. Termites, motorcycle gang next door, rats running around and only $ 875,000. I’ll buy it if it has a stainless steel refrigerator.
This is show blog number one so let’s see how it goes.

Eugene and Lynn have been looking for a year-looked at 100 homes near Boston. Now they are on TV and have to make a decision.
Vomit
Here we go
They live in Quincy, want to move to Wakefield. Hate the condo-want a fence (wonder why).
Tons of houses, 2/3 of them are “crap”. Positive people-ugh. Just sold the condo and have to move no matter how miserable they are. They are looking up to $ 450,000-must be drug dealers.
She is a fundraiser, he is a deadbeat. They want stainless steel-it is obvious. Eugene likes square rooms, she likes round. He is a history teacher-poor kids. The realtor is Dan-a masochist. He smells blood-they need to move.
Looking at a 1900 house-nice Victorian. Lots of stairs, he is about 300 lbs. Nice floors and windows. Uh,oh. In the kitchen and he said “no stainless steel?” It is over. On to the next. Just wasting time on this one. Bathroom too small-he is way too big for the toilet-and with no window she is a goner. Backyard is “cute.” That is a no go.

Commercials: Edward Jones, HGTV, scrubbing bubbles, Pillsbury, Nissan, Crest, HGTV

OK, here goes #2
Shot of them in house #2-dual muffin tops
Off to Melrose-close to train, green
Medallion light fixture, 1890, historical, red dining room, STAINLESS STEEL!! But the dishwasher is white-that would cost 500 bucks on a 435,000 house but could be a deal breaker
Good views and a hot tub
Eugene in a hot tub-mercy
Up the stairs-lots of cute things, office, small rooms
No master bath but 2/3 stainless
A possibility

Commercials; HGTV, Quilted Northern Ultra Flush, another toilet paper adv, Pepperage farm cookies (perfect after the toilet paper ad), Advil ( I have a headache from doing this), Chevy (get me out of town), Broadway, Raymour and Flanagan, another Broadway

OK #3
North Andover-full acre, built in 1734
Really nice house-drive to the train-colonial
Wood beams, really nice-she hates it-I love it-like Red Hook
All she can say is “termites and bugs”
All stainless but no granite-that is it-no chance
He loves the house-she hates the charm
She keeps saying “hate, hate, hate”.
Beautiful yard-marshy-mosquitoes
She is adamant-Hate. He loves it.
Fist fight. I put 5 bucks on Lynn-she has big arms.
It is out-she hates it -it has to be number 2.

Commercial: Mirena, Audi, Hidden Valley ranch, Hefty (Eugene)

Back-get ready for the decision-oh, man, am I excited

It has to be #2-stainless-who cares about the house
3 is the best but they are morons
So………………..
Da da da da-it is # 1-OMG not the stainless-WRONG AGAIN-WHAT ELSE IS NEW?
Oh, wait the kitchen is black appliances-that is the key
ALAN has black appliances-it must be the new trend!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He tortured them and forced them to #1. That is what the CIA told him to do. Ruthless.
They are remodeling the entire upstairs-not in their budget but they always do that to throw us off.
I am disgusted-#3 was better
I am traumatized. Time for a snack.
Back next week.

Survivor 2011-Redemption Island!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so......
This is about Boston rob and Russell
We all dislike Russell
he is bad
the villian
despicable
bad BO

Helicopter
matt is out
ralph-no way
andrea-oh ya right
steve-old guy is out
where are rob and russell? drop in by parachute?
here come the stars!!!
Rob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Russell-boo

stephanie got her feet sandy-aghhhhhhhhhhh

where is Fabio?
do they get toilet paper?

so....
Jeff keeps saying so......so...
let's count the so's
2 so far
oops
3

Redemption island is back! I love that place-it is like our apartment
do they duel with guns? blocks of cheese? king cones?
maybe they duel with buckets of mayonnaise

russell is insane-good for the show

francesca just sued somebody
do they get dental floss?
Commercial
sprint
evo 4G
the defenders
ok back

zapatera and Ometepe-sounds like a law firm

craftsman logo on tools-more money for jeff

who is the mountain man? Ralph?

matt is the new fabio
phillip is the designated annoying guy
andrea chopped off her foot
phillip is a federal agent-does alan know him?

maybe alan is on the show-hiding in the bush-i think I saw a 65 inch tv behind the shelter

the first russell alliance
not
is there a new gay slant to this with some of the guys? new alliance? not that there is anything wrong with that

commercial
what if instead of parking tickets we go to redemption island? maybe Staten island?
enough already

sprint,criminal minds, csi,mentalist,amazing race
back

guy brushing teeth with a stick
giggle fest
more teeth with a stick
kristina found the idol! big trouble
nice red underwear on philip
future fruit of the loom adv
fist fight
this guy is not a federal agent-he is a psycho
what is with his underwear?
hd tv is not always good
oh-sorry-fuchsia underwear
not that there is anything wrong with that
CHALLENGE!
steps and blocks and puzzles-oh my!
GO! run-jump-win!
yawn
russell is dominating
let's cheer for the fuchsia underwear guy
where is Fabio?
why is Jeff screaming?
zapotera wins! who is zapotera? Russell? oh no!
where is fuchsia guy?
commercial
sprint
4G-5G-6G-7G

Can’t keep her mouth shut-Kristina
Told them about idol
She is out-rob will find out and dump her
She knows she messed up-tee he-giggle giggle-I have the idol
Moron-she is out-now she is talking to Phillip the fuchsia guy
She is a law student? Omg country is falling apart
Tribal
Philip is going to be sent to fantasy island-da plane! Da plane!
Jeff needs to be wearing fuchsia underwear

Focus-tribal-Phillip is a real problem-he is insane-perfect casting-fist fight!
Special agent? From a psych ward? Philip has a mushroom problem
Omg-he spilled the idol-Kristina has a big mouth! It is coming back to her-what a moron
This must be fixed-Phillip needs a b 12 shot can he be a talk show host? Kristina is going on wheel of fortune
Whoa-rob power play-what is anyone talking about? I have a headache-pepto bismol tribal
Voting
Can they vote out Francesca if they can’t spell her name? where is Fabio?
Kristina plays the idol??? NO!!! OMG-is she out?
Kristina
Kristina
Francesca
Phillip
Francesca
Phillip
2-2-2
Kristina
Francesca
3
3
2
First out- FRANCESCA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kristina big mouth is still in! omg
And Phillip-maybe he has lime underwear also?
Tune in next week

Year End Thought-Positive Aspects of Mud

I was watching the news last night about the storms in California. Man, what a mess. Some places had 20 inches of rain and lots of floods and mudslides.

They showed a house-no one was hurt-where the mud inside was 4 feet deep. The owner was walking on the mud and he had to bend over not to hit his head on the ceiling. Which led me to think-Why not turn a negative into a positive???

What a great time to change ceiling light bulbs with compact fluorescents to save energy, replace the old ceiling fans and put in fresh smoke detector batteries. And it looked like the ceiling could use some fresh paint so why not do that also. No ladders or scaffolds needed, just reach up and do the work.

So as 2011 approaches lets be thankful for all of the blessings of the past year and remember that a house full of mud is half full and not half empty.

New Beginnings

Big celebration last night

Sada going off to Grenada for med school.
Sada, Susan T, Susan J, Rachel, Jacob, Emily and Jack (pop in from Maine). At Candle 79, vegan restaurant in NYC.

Lots of mixed emotions-Sada leaving NYC (bad) but starting on her vet quest (good).

A year ago Sada came to live with Rachel in NYC. Neither was in a good career position. Now Sada is off to school, Rachel at NYU. What a leap-what a change.

Jacob is still searching for his path which will keep him in NY for a while. I am sure he will take over Sada's early Sunday morning dog adventures but we will have to see.

Thank the world for the last year for us all to be able to hang out, eat at Saigon Grill and go to the dog show. This new generation of Moslers all look like winners and now have some family ties to hold on to. As good as it gets.

YamulKap in the News

Manhattan man Seth Mosler's 'Yamulkap' takes an unorthodox approach to tradition
BY Erica Pearson
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, June 23rd 2010, 4:00 AM

Rosier/News, Linda Seth Mosler, inventor of the 'Yamulkap,' tries on his creation at site of his inspiration, Central Park’s Great Lawn.
This baseball cap is totally kosher.

A Manhattan man has invented what he calls the "yamulkap," a yarmulke with a brim like a baseball cap so religious men can get some shade.

Seth Mosler, 59, who is Jewish but not strictly observant, was walking through Central Park two summers ago when inspiration struck near the Great Lawn's ballfields.

He saw Orthodox kids throwing frisbees and tossing softballs, all wearing yarmulkes that offered no shade from the sun.

"I noticed they were hot and getting sunburned," said Mosler, a charter school business manager who lives on the upper East Side. There must be a way to wear a yarmulke and sun-shading brim at the same time, Mosler said he thought.

He cut up an old baseball cap as a prototype, then searched for a manufacturer.

"It could be a trendy thing to wear, but I think it will probably appeal to people who are already wearing yarmulkes," Mosler said. "Hopefully, word of mouth will get it going."

To make sure that the cap met religious standards, he consulted with two rabbis, one Orthodox and the other conservative. Both gave him the go-ahead.

"When you're talking about yarmulkes, you are talking about thousands of years of tradition," Mosler said. "But this has a practical purpose."

The yamulkap business has been a family affair. Mosler's 28-year-old daughter, Rachel, and her boyfriend, Nick, helped set up his Web site, www.yamulkap.com.

Mosler began selling the caps for $12.99 online about two months ago and has sold about two dozen so far, he said.

Reviews around the city were mixed. Manhattan mom Lea Haron said she thought the yamulkap was a little silly, since religious rules say wearing a baseball cap is fine, just so one's head is covered.

"I feel bad," Haron said. "I hope he didn't put too much money into it."

But others thought that the invention was great.

"It's a cute idea. For kids, it's wonderful, I think," said upper West Side Orthodox mom Chassida Landy, 32, as she tried the cap on 6-year-old son, Tzvi.

Landy said Tzvi's yarmulke can get in the way when he plays baseball or tag in Riverside Park.

"Sometimes when you play sports, it always falls off," she said. "It's just not comfortable; sometimes it slips."

World Cup Coach

I have been watching a lot of the world cup. Muted, of course, because of those bleeping horns. I love watching the coaches. They all seem to be 50 year old men sweating, screaming and pointing to almost everything that is happening on the field. It seems they really think they are in control of the game and what the players are doing. I am not sure they realize whoever gets the first goal wins and for the rest of the game you just kick the ball around and watch the clock run down which is hard because in soccer you never know how much time is left-that is a secret.
So back to the coach with a very concerned, focused look in his eyes who is yelling and waving his hands at the players. I wonder what he is saying. Maybe "get the ball in the bleeping net so I can go home", or "why are you all running around aimlessly and not doing anything" or "don't use your hands, use your feet!"
Whatever he is doing he sure works works hard. I think the good coaches should have one word names like Pele and Beckham and Kobe. Then they would be famous and get soccer talk shows. They would only have one guest and the show would be over.
Goooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!