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Wait a minute. Is she wearing F-me boots with yoga pants? That is so wrong, it's right!!!

I missed the first ~10 minutes of last night's ep because of the schedule shuffle with the NCAA tourney, but AR's Facebook page has a link that appeared at the start of the show, making an apology for last week's content: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151573928185953 As AJ alluded to, I come from a military family and it was very disappointing to see AR include such overt political messages as appeared in the challenges. I don't really recall a previous moment on the show where that has happened. We all know the war occurred and there's no taking it back or forgetting it, but to actually feature 'Communism is Great' and the shell of a downed American plane was in terrible taste. Not quite Jane Fonda sitting and posing and smiling at an anti-aircraft weapon that killed American soldiers, to be sure, but.... It's OK to acknowledge it, it's not OK to beat viewers over the head about something that happened 40 years ago. As if nothing has happened in Vietnam since then? I could even have understood if they'd done *one* of these and then did a hut-building or garment or food challenge or something, but the particular combination just smacked of someone's deliberate agenda. AR is about the thrill of travel and experiencing other cultures, being respectful and appreciative of them, and enjoying the moment and learning. It is and should not be some kind of guilt and/or indoctrination trip. OK, then. They apologized. We hope they steer clear of stuff like this in the future. Race on!

Yeah, I was going to say, "Being female?"

Uh-oh, I hope all this AJ-love doesn't go to his head!!

As well as I thought of him, that just makes me appreciate AJ as a person even more. I mean, I wasn't kidding above. The quality of OTW has SERIOUSLY gone down since he and tgreg left. Movies, music, headphones, tech, AR and Survivor. I post and visit so much less now. OTW is almost dead to me now b/c it's like 50 freaking threads of "Hot for...." I'm almost at the break point myself. This! This!

Someone said in another thread that he and tgreg either are taking a long break or have left TSW. I can't say that I don't understand. There's a lot of crap floating around here. But the conversation here is much the lesser for it.

Hips don't lie....

Actually, there are people who do that. One was featured for a few minutes in the movie "Amelie."

ISTJ. I'm also a highly suspected mild Aspie.

I don't know if he was ever on any. "Survivor" does not require people to be cut off from Rx medications, all the way from contact lens solution to cholesterol meds. We just do not see it because it's not really pertinent to the game, and there's also legal medical privacy issues. If Brandon were on anything for a mental condition, he would have absolutely been able to take it. Judging from his first season's emotions where he was crying every five minutes and some of his related stories and the complete meltdown in last night's show, as I wrote above, I don't think he's ever had that kind of help. As someone who's been in that arena myself, he really needs help. And that's pretty obvious. Probst's quip question of "whether it's in the Hantz blood" is astute. As with everything, it's genetic and experience/environmental. He can't blame the game for it, he can't blame Philip. Philip is a pedantic jackass, sure. You can't do things like that in public --- nevermind on national teevee --- and expect people in real life to not keep a wary eye on you or not want anything to do with you. How can you behave anything like that and keep friends or a job? You can't. From my earlier comment, it really looks like Brandon's father and Russell got into his head prior to this season's taping. Whereas he was a weak personality tag-along/coattail-riding Jesus-boy last time, it was either ingrained in him or he ingrained himself to be the 180* from that. The extreme poles aren't good places to spend your life, tho.

I'm kind of leery to get involved here because, frankly, the OP sounds kind of... ummm... a bubble off plumb and/or lives under a rock. But, probably the best resource for determining if an antenna will work for you is www.tvfool.com (sorry, I'm on my iPad and don't have the HTMl options to do a hyperlink). You enter your address and it gives you some info on what to expect. www.solidsignal.com also gives you some ideas on antenna models. Antenna technology for long-distance OTA reception really isn't going to change much. A guy can tout his expertise all he wants and it still won't make difference given the givens of digital teevee. We're not re-inventing the wheel here, and that design really isn't much different than similar models that have been out for awhile. He's just another schmooze trying to sell a product and making some dubious claims on reception ability (to be fair, most do this. And in flatlands, 50 miles might be possible with it. Not around here, tho, and probably not great even in prime locations). You use as little antenna as you need for your situation, location and geography relative to your desired broadcast towers. For people close to them, you can get by with a set-top antenna. People at long distances have to do other things. I went to heroic lengths b/c of my "low signal spot" surrounded by hills and such, but I'm able to pick up Boston, Providence and Hartford stations. I use a pair of XG-91s combined with Channel Master 7777 pre-amps.

Her family is now saying in the press that she wanted no interventions, and that's why she picked a non-medical living facility. Nor was the phone caller a nurse. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/05/spokesman-says-woman-who-refused-to-give-cpr-to-dying-87-year-old-wasnt-nurse/ I guess everyone can go look for the next thing to be outraged about.

Mark, the new Gillette Fusion Proglide has been nice in this regard, at least for me. I have at times wondered about electrolysis, especially on the below-chin-line/neck hair. That's the worst spot. My skin gets red from light contact/bruising easily, too, and stays red for a while. Really annoying, and when not clean-shaven it looks pretty bad.

Best job ever, methinks.

I've actually been trying a "soul patch." It's something different.

Yes. Very penetrating.

I wonder if Emmert will get suspended for "lack of institutional control"....

Fully expecting so. Either 2-14 or 3-13.

Looks like Brandon did a lot of growing up since his last jaunt. No more God talk. No more Mr. Hantz Redemption. Hope =

Season premiere tonight @ 8. (BTW, where did ajzepp go? Miss ya, buddy!)

Who needs Brent Whosy-whaty? Just roll this slideshow! SI Swimsuit Edition extras: Caught in the Webb http://swimdaily.si.com/2013/02/11/caught-in-the-webb/

Yep. I go with an over-the-air antenna with crystal-clear HDTV picture and Netflix. I just get the sense that more and more people are finally getting tired of the restrictions and rigidity of cable/satellite. Chef, in/around SF, you can pick up an inexpensive, small set-top antenna and get locals for news/weather, network broadcasts, etc. As for HoC, I looked at the abstract other day and made a mental note to watch it when I get the time. Netflix also recently added "The West Wing" to their Instant line-up, and tho I'm not of the political stripe of the central characters, I loved the quality of that show, John Spencer and Bradley Whitford most of all. It was everything that teevee should aspire to be WRT writing, acting and production. Holding out hopes for HoC. The series borrows on themes from a highly-regarded British series of the same name produced probably 25-30 years ago.

Well, I'm not sure David is interested in dating guys who eat lentils. But you never know...!

On another front in the same region.... Mystery over 'explosion' at Iran's Fordow nuclear facility http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9831282/Mystery-over-explosion-at-Irans-Fordow-nuclear-site.html

I guess Dario got a little tired of tucking it between his legs.