Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Patty Duke passes away sad day in Hollywood :(

I so adored Patty Duke her shows were on before I was born but I will tell you I watched the Patty Duke Show loved it! I loved her later work in doing Helen Keller " The Miracle Worker" awesome movie cried ,laughed all in the right areas. 

Patty will be missed so and I wanted to take this time to say Fly High Patty Duke may you RIP you will be sorely missed !! Here is article on her in the LA Times. 

Kimberly
TV REALITY MOM
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 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-patty-duke-dead-story.html


 

Patty Duke dies at 69; former child star and Academy Award winner

Patty Duke, former child star and Academy Award winner for her performance as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker," has died at 69.
"This morning, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, matriarch and the exquisite artist, humanitarian, and champion for mental health, Anna 'PATTY DUKE' Pearce, closed her eyes, quieted her pain and ascended to a beautiful place," son and actor Sean Astin posted to his Facebook page. "We celebrate the infinite love and compassion she shared through her work and throughout her life."
The actress died at 1:20 a.m. "Her cause of death was sepsis from a ruptured intestine" in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, Duke's manager said in a statement Tuesday morning.
Duke’s life was marked with both success and struggle, with the earliest years of her life marred by an alcoholic father and a violently depressive mother. From the time she was 8, Duke was raised by talent managers John and Ethel Ross. In her memoir “Call Me Anna,” Duke revealed that the Rosses left her little control over her career or life and began supplying her with alcohol and prescription medication when she was 13.
In 1959, Duke debuted as Helen Keller in the Broadway production of “The Miracle Worker” with Anne Bancroft. The play later was adapted into a film that earned Duke the Academy Award for supporting actress. At the time, Duke was 16 and the youngest person to receive an Oscar in a competitive category.
“It seems like a dream,” she told The Times in 1963 after her Oscar win. “I’m still not sure if it happened. When they announced it, I just sat there. I couldn’t move.”
Duke had already won acclaim for the role onstage. She noted that had she grown faster, she might never have had the opportunity to play the role of the young Keller, who could not see, speak or hear after a childhood illness. Duke said a clause in her contract when she took the role in 1959 allowed the producers to cut her if she grew 2 inches.
She said it felt “wonderful to be an Oscar winner -- at any age.” She added: “But I don’t think it will change things for me, personally. I’m still just one of the kids.”
Duke debuted on “The Patty Duke Show” in 1963, in which she played both main characters Patricia “Patty” Lane, all-American teenager, and Catherine “Cathy” Lane, her identical cousin from Scotland.
“Patty was very embarrassing to me,” the 66-year-old told The Times in 2013. “They would write those outrageous things for her to do. I would dive in and do it, but I couldn’t wait to get to Cathy. She was sensible, and I’d like to think she was classy.”
The show had a slightly surreal concept and a catchy theme song — “Where Cathy adores a minuet / the Ballet Russes and crêpes suzette / our Patty loves to rock and roll / a hot dog makes her lose control — what a wild duet!” It also boasted such guest stars Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Frankie Avalon, Sal Mineo and the British pop duo Chad and Jeremy.
After her successful stint as Patty and Cathy Lane on television, Duke tried to transition back to film with a controversial performance as Neely O’Hara in “Valley of the Dolls,” in which the actress portrayed an alcoholic, drug-addled star.
In addition to being an actress, Duke also was a fierce advocate for mental illness awareness, after her own diagnosis with bipolar disorder in 1982. Duke credited medication and therapy for helping her recovery; she was the first celebrity, via her 1987 autobiography, to make her struggle with bipolar disorder public.
Duke had said she was grateful for her close relationships with son and “The Lord of the Rings” star Sean Astin, 45, and his actor brother, Mackenzie Astin, 42, despite the rough childhood to which she subjected them before her illness was diagnosed. Her family called her Anna Banana. After Sean had his own children, she became Nana Anna Banana.
“I had no patience,” she admitted to The Times. “This was not all the time. The thing that these kids had going against them was that you never knew when what was all hunky-dory was going to fly out the window and you were going to be screamed at and berated and either ostracized or made to do some humiliating punishment.”
FROM THE ARCHIVES: 
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Sunday, March 27, 2016

My thoughts on "I am Cait" !

Alright here we go going to talk about a show I do like though at the same time there is allot to be said IMO. "I am Cait" on E! is about the former Olympian Bruce Jenner now a Trans-gender Woman.  Watching the show says allot to me anyhow and one of those things is the struggle that trans-gender folks go through. 

Now I have known may kinds of people in my life and some like to dress in Drag for one & some were trans-gender men and woman yes met both. Example of that woman to male is Sonny & Cher's daughter who is now living as a man and more power for him to proud of him for coming out to be who he felt he was to be as Bruce to. Caitlyn Jenner is living her life the way she felt it was meant to be. 

People sit to critize so soon about anyone doesn't matter if they are famous or not. So quick to judge and I say have you ever lived in there shoes? No you don't know behind the scenes of there life's and how they felt how they really lived and how they were really treated at times to. I love all people I don't give a rats ass yes I said it don't care if your a lesbian, bi-sexual, trans-gender,gay or like to dress in Drag! All people have the right to live the way they feel they were meant to and if some don't like it well don't pay attention to them go on with your life and do your thing and let others live there lives to . 

I will be the first to applaud Caitlyn Jenner for living the life she wanted to live for so many years! I may not agree with her political stands but you know what no one is to agree with everything all the time. I don't agree with stuff others believe in or like to do or whatever. I don't always agree with friends or family but it doesn't mean I stopped being there friend or stopped loving my family. It just means we have different opinions about life or whatever it maybe as I said.

Also I want to add she is a great father to her kids as her kids still call her dad but love her as much as ever. It was hard on them and the family when Caitlyn came out though they grew to accept her and love her more than ever before. So cud-dos to all them and wishing them all well!

I will admit I was skeptical about reviewing and sharing my thoughts about the show then I thought I am going to do it anyhow. Some may not agree some may agree or even like it or not but thats okay. This is my opinion and my thoughts on a topic that is very much out there today and is finally seen for what it is not hiding in the shadows anymore like back in the day.

So on that note may you have a wonderful day or evening where ever in the world you may live. Be kind to one another as you don't know what the other person has been through unless you lived in there shoes yourself. 

Kimberly
TV REALITY MOM 


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Friday, March 25, 2016

Big BROTHER!! Come on down your the next Big Brother to be on the Price Is Right!!

Big Brother is going to have former house-guests on the Price Is Right yep I said it!! Zing Bot I believe to which that should be fun to see. I love this show as much as Big Brother lol though I don't watch it as much as I use to I still do now and then and keep up on whats going on.

Here is the a link to the site and it talks more about who and when I believe so enjoy !    

http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-houseguests-take-over-price-is-right/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigBrotherNetwork+%28Big+Brother+17%29


So enjoy folks may your day be filled with laughter where ever in the world you may live ! Be kind to one another its great thing to do now and then :)

Kimberly
TV REALITY MOM

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Big Brother Houseguests Take Over ‘Price Is Right’ [PICS]


| March 23, 2016 at 12:30 PM EDT
Big Brother Houseguests gathered in Los Angeles on Tuesday for a special taping of CBS’s “The Price Is Right” as part of a primetime takeover of the daytime prize show. And no Big Brother reunion is complete without the requisite selfies, right?
James Huling & the Zingbot on 'Price Is Right'
James Huling & the Zingbot on ‘Price Is Right’ – Source: @AsianJamesBB17
There were no shortage of past Big Brother HGs showing up for the filming on Tuesday. We saw pics from Janelle, Britney, James Huling, Julia and Liz Nolan, Jackie Ibarra, Austin Matelson, and lots more.
We won’t get to watch what happened until the episode airs May 24, 2016 but until then there are plenty of photos and group shots from the get together to fill us in on who all showed up for the fun.
If you want to join the ranks of Big Brother alumni then your chance is going on right now with lots of audition open call events plus online applications before next month’s deadline. Best of luck!
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

A Magic Player Reviews Hearthstone! For all you magic lovers out here enjoy!!

 For all you Magic lovers out here enjoy this article wanted to share it with you folks here to. Written by my husband so enjoy and may your day be a wonderful one where ever in the world you may live. 

Be kind to one another and smile even if someone is not so nice its a great distraction with no way of knowing how to remark what you saying have a lovely day and smiling LOL!!

KIMBERLY
TV REALITY MOM

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http://www.tcgunity.net/a-magic-player-reviews-hearthstone/



 
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Previously this month we’ve released an article on Magic the Gathering online and Hearthstone, in which we’ve listed major reasons why you should try both of them. Now it’s time to take a closer look at how HS is perceived by a Magic the gathering player.

Hearthstone, in case you’ve been living under one and haven’t gotten the word, is the electronic trading card game from Blizzard. I’ve been hearing buzz about it around Magic: The Gathering circles for months. I could only hold off on the Kool-Aid for so long, so I snagged a copy on my LG Tablet.
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That was a week ago. Today, I finally shuffled out of my bedroom. My family hazily recognized me. I’d lost weight. My inbox was full of increasingly panicky emails from the class of people with standards low enough to call me a friend, inquiring as to my health and alleged sanity. So yeah, the game’s kind of addicting.
So far I’ve built a deck sufficient to gain the rank of “Shieldbearer” in ranked play. I have no idea if that’s par for the course, but I’m pretty happy with it considering this was a free download and everything I’ve achieved so far has been from grinding for in-game gold.
But I’m here to visit the land of Hearthstone and report back to the land of M:TG. So, for Magic players wondering what the fuss is about, how does Hearthstone stack up?

Cons:
  • Electronic only. That’s even a plus to some of you, but for me, nothing replaces an actual physical object I can buy and hold and store and leave in my will.
  • It is, indeed, a far smaller and simpler game than Magic. There’s really no getting around it, it was designed that way.
  • It’s also pretty linear in gameplay. There’s no playing on another opponent’s turn, no permanents on the field that don’t have legs, and no losing case except running out of life. Most of your decisions will involve what to do with the guys on the field. At times it feels more like chess than a card game.
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From the screenshots, you might be wondering if there’s a limit to the size of your board, and you’re correct. The limit is seven. Want more than seven permanents at once? Too bad. Wait until something dies so the card you’re holding can inherit that slot. You’re limited to ten mana, for that manner, which cuts into the scale of card strength as well.

Pros:
  • The biggest difference is the way mana is handled. In Hearthstone, all mana spends the same, and you don’t need land to get it. Instead, you automatically get assigned a mana unit each turn, up to a maximum of ten. Kiss mana screw goodbye!
  • However, deck variety comes from the heroes. There’s nine heroes to play, and they each have specific cards that only they can pack into a deck. So instead of five colors of mana for different aspects of strategy, you have strategy for nine heroes.
  • The next biggest difference is deck construction. You can only have two of each card, maximum, and 30 cards in a deck, no more, no less. Since mana is handled outside the deck, however, this means your whole deck is SPELLS! No more mana flood either – every card you draw is gas, gas, gas, GAS! At a minimum you will have 15 different spells in your deck, and the game’s pace guarantees you’ll see more of them. So there’s more flexibility, more design space in building a deck, and more variety in playing it.
  • It’s definitely more casual. This makes Hearthstone suited well to break-time play. Games are over in five minutes, the time it takes just one typical Magic player to activate Sensei’s Divining Top.
  • Permanents can interact directly with each other. This is the chess-like aspect. Several turns can be burned up with the players’ guys grappling for control of the field, with neither player losing a drop of blood in the process.
  • It’s got a huge boost in creativity. Instead of being tethered to paper cards, Hearthstone embraces its electronic medium by having each card be its own little object doing un-card-like things. They explode and turn into something else when you cast them, summon more cards, spawn their own effects, and all of this is handled in-game so you don’t have to remember all the triggers. They mutate and get into their own fights and run around the board and yell stuff.
  • The game’s just oozing with personality. The battlefields are all interactive with animated doodads to play with while you’re bored waiting for your opponent to quit durdling around and cast something.
  • While you can certainly spend money in-game, you can enjoy quite a bit without paying a shekel. This warms my thrifty, leathery, hedonistic heart, because Magic: the Gathering is already more than capable of eating all my recreational income. The main difference with Hearthstone is you have to grind a lot of time into the game to make progress, or you can break down and spend a few bucks to get a full collection right now.

Hearthstone compared to MTGO / DotP:

I HATE having to even say it, but one last pro is that Hearthstone is more stable than the equivalent MTG electronic game. I know I’m not Wolf Blitzer breaking the news to you here that Wizards of the Coast has a record for managing its digital products very near that of Pol Pot managing a Socialist revolution. Half the reason I’m writing this is because I tried Duels of the Planeswalkers on my Android LG pad – newly unboxed just this month, mind you – only to get through the tutorial and then have it die screaming every time I tried to even access anything else on the menu screen. I researched it online, found only dozens of others crying about the same problem with no answers, and uninstalled it in disgust. Hearthstone at least runs. Blizzard knows their software.

Hearthstone in a Magic: The Gathering frame:

Now, I trust that both Blizzard Entertainment and Hasbro Incorporated are big companies and can decide for themselves what’s grounds for courtroom disputes. But there’s no getting around it, a whoooooole lot of Hearthstone’s gameplay gizzards are lifted from other TCGs with the serial numbers filed off.
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Hero – Commander. Creature – minion. Lightning Bolt – uh, Lightning Bolt, a one-mana spell that does three damage. Stealth – hexproof. Charge – haste. Deathrattle – “when dies” trigger. Windfury – double-strike. Counterspell – uh, Counterspell, playable by the Mage class, except that it’s done as a secret which triggers when the opponent does something, the closest the game has to an “instant” class of cards. Poison – deathtouch. No, the creature (oops, I mean minion) doesn’t have infect, it just kills whatever it tangled with, no matter how outclassed. There’s even a three mana spell playable by the Mage that lets her draw two cards. No, it’s called Arcane Intellect, not Divination. What, did you think this was Magic: the Gathering or something?
Nevertheless, Blizzards has undeniably created a unique and original game. You could make a role-playing game and have goblins in it and not get sued by Hasbro for infringing on Dungeons & Dragons, after all, so I guess you can have a one-mana card that deals two damage to two different targets and it’s legit as long as you call it Forked Lightning and not Forked Bolt. I am convinced we would have had Hearthstone anyway even if there were no Magic: the Gathering. There’s quite a few cards obviously named as a shout-out to other TCGs, with different effects. There’s even shout-outs to past Blizzard titles such as Starcraft and Diablo.
So in final summation – there’s comparisons to be drawn between MTG and Hearthstone, even broadly invited ones, but Hearthstone is still very much able to stand on its own two feet. They’re different things to play for different reasons, and entirely unique, fun experiences.

My humble little decklist:

Just to show I’ve made my bones, I’ve settled on the Shaman as my favorite hero and crafted the below monstrosity. I know it’s hilarious, but give me a break, it’s my first week.
It’s fun to pilot. Since it’s a totem tribal, the key is to hold back cards and get by on your ability as much as possible. Establish an early board; leave opponents mystified as to why you care so much for these harmless 0/2s while they keep dropping bombs. Then midgame, wipe out resistance with a few burn spells and build up your board with the anthem guys.
Get your opponent to barf out their whole hand while you hold back your trumps until you need them. Maybe that’s the strategy with every deck, I dunno.
Until next time, keep your screw on the ball.


Monday, March 21, 2016

Little Big Shots ! Little do we know LOL

Little Big Shots first time watching it last night and it was okay. Steve Harvey was funny and the two dancing kids were pretty good. I watched up to that much reasons because IMO the show was not what I thought to be honest.

Now my thoughts on the show its an okay show for the family with kids to watch its a family show as well. Me I wasn't much into the show due to it reminded me to of those shows that have kids very young that do pageants such as that one show that was on TLC for awhile Oh yeah "Toddlers & Tiaras".

 I find shows like that a bit disturbing and understand folks this is JMO on how I feel about certain shows like this. I find these young kids on these shows like its more for the parents sometimes I find the kids who really have a true talent and true desire to want to do what they are doing. Most the time its the parent of the child forcing it upon the child to get all dressed up in make-up and dress up like they were to be 20 yrs old!

http://www.nbc.com/little-big-shots

Now I get these shows are to be fun most the time and showing off a talent that a child has though at the same time I just want to see that a child really wants to do what they are doing. Last night the two I seen that were doing the Salsa dance was pretty good and they did seem to really love what they were doing. SO more power to the kids which is great.





So on that note be kind to one another and have a great day or evening where ever in the world you may live.

Kimberly
TV REALITY MOM

 



Thursday, March 17, 2016

Survivor so Anna got the boot ! Karma is fun to watch though :)

Survivor last night was a bit of a interesting I will say show. Drop your buffs and they did boy I have to say I felt for Julia to get the red buff. Though I thought of that time for her as thinking her game getting her thoughts together. But no she really didn't do that suddenly she was shaking and dehydrated and I even got a bit worried for her. 

I do know she was okay but still I would of been calling for medical to step in give me some gatorade or something that is just me. I do think some of these people a few are getting there heads a bit big for there pants :)

Knowing that immunity challenge was interesting is this going to be nothing but puzzles? I like puzzles don't get me wrong but enough of them for a bit. I for one would like to see other challenges maybe something that has nothing to do with puzzles because really puzzles remind me of Boston Rob who id like to see again on the show also Richard Hatch yes Mr Hatch himself. My husband said he would love to see him on there again . I said I would to he was the most well and best player and most popular IMO at least for me anyways :) 

Oh and to those who are getting a bit big for there own good karma works funny thats all I will say ha ha!!  Scot being one of them to. I felt bad for Tai being worried he was going to be voted out and I knew he wasn't I still felt bad. Tai I was happy did not play his idol and played off not having any idol out there. Tai is the main provider for the camp and everyone knows that he climbs up a tree like its nothing lol love it! He gets them fruit from the trees and does so much around camp as well never sits still if you ever notice.






He is use to this weather on this island and I am glad he is still there . So on that note may everyone have a wonderful day where ever in the world you may live. Be kind to one another as I say its refreshing IMO.

KIMBERLY
TV REALITY MOM 


 http://www.buddytv.com/articles/survivor/survivor-kaoh-rong-recap-three-59280.aspx
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 Survivor: Kaoh Rong' Recap: The Luck of the Swap

'Survivor: Kaoh Rong' Recap: The Luck of the Swap
Gina Pusateri
Gina Pusateri
Contributing Writer, BuddyTV
On the last episode of Survivor: Kaoh Rong, Caleb (aka Beast Mode Cowboy) was evacuated after suffering a heat stroke and Alecia was booted from the Brawn tribe. Now the dynamics between tribes and individuals are about to shift on the verge of a tribe swap. Let's see how they're divided and who will become the first victim of the swap.

Back at Brains

Joe has a cut on his finger so Dr. Peter is on the job. He feels like he has no place in the game at this point so he's going to pander as much as he needs to and try to convince his tribe members to keep him around.

Neal still considers Dr. Peter a cancer in the tribe though. He decides that it's time to find the idol on the Brains beach specifically to keep it out of Peter's hands. Maybe it's because he's a Brain or maybe we're just seeing the edited/short version, but Neal has no problem finding the clue to the idol, the tool, the key, and then the idol itself. Easy peasy.

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#DropYourBuffs

The three tribes meet for the last time before Jeff tells them to drop their buffs. There are 13 people now and the numbers are uneven because of Caleb's evacuation. So there will be six blue buffs, six yellow buffs and one red buff. The lone red will go back to Brawn beach where he/she will fend for his/herself for the next few days. The good news is he/she won't have to go to Tribal Council no matter who loses immunity. The bad news is he/she will miss out on any chance to strategize.

The unfortunate "he/she" turns out to be Julia. In case you forgot, she's the young blonde lady from the Beauty tribe. She says she's going to be okay on her own but she is going to miss a chance to get to know her new tribe-mates.

All Good at Gondol

The new Gondol tribe is in yellow and they're made up of Scot, Tai, Joe, Peter, Aubrey and Anna. Peter is especially is happy for the swap because he was dead in the water and now the Brains are in the majority at this tribe. He tells Joe and Aubrey they have to get rid of a Beauty if they lose because a Beauty (Julia) will be joining them next and they don't want to give the Beauties a numbers advantage.

But Aubrey isn't so convinced. She doesn't trust Dr. Peter as far as she can throw him. She knows the risks of getting rid of anyone but a Beauty, but she hasn't decided if she wants to keep working with Peter.

Scot knows he's on the bottom here because he's the only Brawn. He makes his pitch to get rid of a Beauty to the Brains, but at the same time develops a bit of a man-crush on Tai. Join the club, Scot.

Tai still misses his BFF Caleb, but he's glad to have this opportunity to make new friends. But his old Beauty tribe-mate, Anna, realizes that she might be in trouble and is not afraid to throw Tai under the bus to make herself look better to the Brains if necessary. She tells them all how they caught him looking for an idol on Day One. Who knows if this strategy will work or if Tai is immune to being run over by the proverbial bus. Time will tell.

Chillin' at Chan Loh

Neal, Debbie, Michele, Nick, Jason and Cydney are on the Chan Loh tribe and wearing blue buffs. Michele is bummed because she and her two other allies were sent in three different directions. But she's ready to make some adjustments and some new alliances.

But Debbie is way ahead of her. She makes an instant connection with Cydney by telling her that not only is she strong, but she can tell that she is smart too. This not only appeals to Cydney's ego, but it's true too. She says she's been playing the "dumb jock" part but she's actually a student at an ivy league school too. She also says that she sees Debbie as being a motherly figure and that's a relationship that appeals to her in the game.

Debbie also approaches Jason. She tells him that she wants to break up the Beauties and he agrees that he's on board. Debbie thinks she's got this thing on lock now. She says she's a mastermind that no one sees coming, and I have to admit she's played this pretty well, but overconfidence can be a detriment in this game too, so she should be careful. Especially since Jason is having side conversations with Beauty Nick too.

Nick claims he's the most intelligent person on the island when it comes to manipulating people. And now Jason and Cyndey find themselves in a good position where both Beauty and Brains alliances are vying for their votes.

All By Herself

Poor Julia is all by her lonesome at the crappy Brawn camp. She's dehydrated. She's alone. She's paranoid. Things are not going well for the youngest person (only 18!) in the game. All she can think about is what's going on with the other tribes but all she can do is sit and wait. At least she has a shelter and flint, unlike ye old castaways of the Exile Island era.

Immunity Challenge

For the first immunity challenge as two tribes, the tribes are separated into three groups of two. Two of them swim to retrieve puzzle pieces, two of them untie them and hook them on a rod, and two of them solve the puzzle. First to finish wins.

Highlights of this challenge include Scot single-handedly dragging the puzzle pieces back to the beach for Gondol. Michele being a beast and untying knots to make up a lot of lost time for Chon Loh. And Neal picking up and spinning Debbie around when they beat Peter and Anna on the puzzle for a win for Chon Loh. Someone from Gondol is going home tonight.

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Beauties on Bottom

Dr. Peter takes responsibility back on the beach to pick tonight's boot. He says it should be Anna because she's more divisive and Tai is easier to get along with and a good provider for the tribe. Joe and Aubrey agree and they share the plan with Scot.

Tai knows it's between him and Anna tonight but he doesn't want to give up. He pulls Scot and Anna aside and tells them that he has the idol and wants to use it to deflect votes and vote out Peter. Of course Anna is all for this scenario since it saves her butt.

But this puts Scot in an interesting position. Suddenly he knows where two idols are in the game and he's friends with both of their owners. Not only that, but the idol has superpowers when put together and he could be the one to facilitate that.

He tells Tai that he's safe and that it's probably in his best interest to hold onto the idol, but he doesn't tell him about Jason's idol. Having this information will only be good to him personally if he makes the merge, which isn't a forgone conclusion at this point.

So now Tai doesn't know what he's going to do. He'd like to hold onto his idol if he doesn't need it, but he also doesn't want to get voted out with it in his pocket and he's not sure if he can trust Scot. He says he'll see how Tribal goes and go from there.

Tribal Council

Aubrey admits that the Brains are sticking together because having the majority is what makes sense at this point in the game. Scot knows he's in the minority, but he's also made strides in making relationships with his new tribe members.

Both Anna and Tai know it's one of them tonight so they make their case to the tribe. Anna says she's athletic and smart and Tai says he's a hard worker and a provider. It also makes Tai sad (he has such a sweet, sensitive soul) to be arguing against his friend Anna. Unfortunately on Survivor, we can't all just get along.

Of course Dr. Peter starts to pop off about how the Brains are in a position of power and the likelihood of one of them going home tonight is low. Because being that cocky at a Tribal Council really worked out so well for him in the past, I guess that's a strategy he's decided to stick with.

Lucky for him, Tai decides not to play his idol for Anna. She votes for Peter and the rest of the votes are for Anna. Even Tai's! I'm sorry to see Anna go, but she's a victim of the swap. Sometimes the luck just doesn't swing your way in this game.

Next week: Gondol gets rid of one Beauty only to gain another, just like a hydra.

(Image courtesy of CBS)


Thursday, March 10, 2016

Survivor WOW! emotional and powerful episode last night!!

Wow what a show last night! I have to admit I cried I was getting emotional while watching Survivor . My heart went out to all the teams and the ones who had the heatstroke wow that was scary I even seen in Jeff's eyes a bit of being scared for these folks. 

I am glad they all were okay and I am glad that Caleb is 100% better now but had to be evacuated last night you could see in his eyes he was sad. As all of his teammates were to who he fought for hard to win that reward for as well. I do hope he comes back and is able to play because I think he would of made it to the end of this game and won it IMO .

Scot & Jason I didn't think of it this way at first but they are bullies sorry. They were down right mean to Alica who yes was a bit a handful at times but she had a spite about her like Jeff said she doesn't back down and she fought. 

So on that note it was a powerful and emotional show last night that had me on the end of my seat watching.

May your day or evening where ever in the world you may live be a wonderful one. BE kind to one another it is refreshing I tell you :)  

This time I was awake to watch my favorite show lol !!

KIMBERLY
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 Survivor: Kaoh Rong' Recap: One Elimination, Two Going Home

'Survivor: Kaoh Rong' Recap: One Elimination, Two Going Home
Gina Pusateri
Gina Pusateri
Contributing Writer, BuddyTV
Since even before the premiere, CBS has been promoting Survivor: Kaoh Rong as one of the most physically punishing seasons in the show's 32 season history. So far we've seen contestants gruel to maintain camp life in the heat and an emotional breakdown brought on by dehydration. And at the last boot, Liz even had to be medically evacuated from the post-game. But this week it looks like Kaoh Rong will claim its first (and hopefully only) victim from the game. Let's get to it.

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Dr. Peter was completely blindsided at the last Tribal Council and he's still shaken. Debbie tells him that she was the one who spoke up for him to stay instead of Liz. His ego has clearly been taken down a notch or two, but he insists that he's going to wait until a swap or merge and he'll take these people down one-by-one.

A Grueling Reward Challenge

For today's reward, the Survivors have to race through obstacles on the beach and then dig in a sand pit to retrieve three bags of balls. Then they have to roll balls into the targets. The first tribe to finish, gets a kitchen set and the second tribe to finish gets some spices and utensils.

The Brawn tribe gets off to a fast start, but soon, all three team even out when it comes to the digging portion. And then the digging begins. And it keeps going. And going. For 45 minutes the Survivors dig. Finally, Aubrey finds the balls for the Brains tribe and they're able to finish the challenge and win the first place reward.

But Debbie's down. Joe is worried that she's having a heat stroke, so he calls over the medical personnel. They pour water on her head to cool her down and hold umbrellas over her head for shade. Eventually she starts to feel better. She says that she's had a heat stroke before in her ranger training so she knew what her body was going through and wasn't scared.

While Debbie is being attended to, the Brawn and the Beauty tribes continue digging. Jason and Scot have enough energy to snap at Alecia though. When she tries to cheer on her team to not give up, they tell her to shut the eff up and keep digging. Nice.

Finally, Caleb finds the balls and gets most of them in the targets before Jason finds the final bag for Brawn. Caleb finishes first finally ending this brutal challenge. But two more people go down simultaneously. First Cydney, and then Caleb. Caleb looks in bad shape. He's pale, passes out and is struggling for breath. Jeff calls out any crew member who can help, saying they're all essential personnel now.

The medical team puts an oxygen mask on Caleb and puts ice all over his body, but he's still not responsive. Meanwhile, Cydney is doing better and her temperature is back to normal. Jason stayed by her side the entire time, which is pretty sweet.

Dr. Joe tells Jeff that it's time to call for the chopper for Caleb. He's injected an IV with fluids but he's still not doing better. Jeff tells Caleb that he's pulling Caleb from the game. Caleb puts up a weak resistance with a shake of his head, but Jeff says he no longer has a choice; they need to get him better.

His fellow tribe-mates are all very upset, especially Tai. They get a chance to say goodbye to Caleb as they load him onto the chopper. The ladies say that they're overwhelmed because they thought he was invincible. And of course Tai is going to miss his cuddle buddy.

Survivor is nice enough to give us an update on Caleb though after completely breaking him in that challenge. He's made a 100 percent recovery and wants to play the game again some day. (I know they try to make this a physically taxing game but that challenge in that heat was just too much. It's hard to see people suffer like that. And despite his past on previous reality shows, it seems we've lost an interesting character and a warm-hearted person on this season.)

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Recovery at Brains

Debbie thanks her tribe mates for taking care of her. She was afraid for Joe to call the medical team (even though she's glad he did) because she didn't want to seem weak in front of her tribe or to her daughters back home. She says that she has done some stupid things in her life, but her daughters make her proud and she wants to make them proud too.

Brawns Don't Back Down

Alecia confronts Scot about his behavior at the challenge. She says she was just trying to be a team player, and would he talk to one his NBA teammates like that if they were in the middle of the game? Scot's response is to tell her that he's working with the best in the world when he's playing in the NBA, not Alecia. (Wow. Could this guy be any more of a dick?)

Alecia says that she's tired of the people in the tribe constantly trying to break her down when she was just trying to be a team player. Jason says that the way to do that would be to shut up and get on board with the team. But it doesn't matter anyway, he says, because if they go to Tribal Council again, she's definitely next. All Alecia can do at this point is pray for a swap to come sooner rather than later.

Why'd It Have to be a Puzzle?

It's Day 11 (two days after Caleb's medevac) and that means it's time for an immunity challenge. Two members from each tribe have to fetch puzzle pieces from the jungle and then two more have to get pieces from the ocean. As soon as they have all the pieces, they can begin to solve a snake puzzle. Guess a puzzle already means the challenge is stacked against the Brawn tribe.

And they prove me right. The Brains finish first followed by the Beauty tribe. Alecia and Cydney could not get it together to solve the puzzle. After the challenge, the jerk guys on the Brawn tribe continue to pile on Alecia. They tell her that she's making everything about her when she says, "I tried my best," instead of making it about the team. At this point, poor Alecia can't say anything right. Jason even goes as far to suggest that they have Tribal Council right then and there. But Alecia won't do that because it would seem like giving up. Good for her.

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Tribal Council

Jason tells Jeff that nothing has changed since they left the challenge and Alecia is the one going home.

Jeff gives Alecia a bit of a pep talk, telling her that although she may not have the physical strength of her Brawn tribe mates, there's something about her attitude that still makes him root for her. Alecia says she hasn't had a good time on this tribe and especially hasn't had a connection with the guys. But that's okay because she doesn't respect them and doesn't really need their opinions anyway.

Scot says if he hasn't earned her respect, then he doesn't know who can. He says that Alecia needs attention at all times, whether it's positive or negative and he feels bad for her.

Alecia knows there's nothing she can do or say to change her position in the tribe. She just says that she's proud of how she's handled herself and how she's played the game and that sometimes experiences are worth more than money.

Scot remains condescending, even as he votes her out. And Alecia makes her exit with a smile and her head held high. It's nice that she didn't back down from those two bullies, but unfortunately those bullies were the ones who held the power in her tribe.

Next week: Drop your buffs! And hopefully Scot and/or Jason will be on the wrong side of the numbers wherever they go.

Survivor airs on Wednesdays at 8pm on CBS.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Magic: The Gathering – Card Evaluation Is Tricky: How To Avoid Scrub Bait

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May your day or evening be a great one where ever in the world you may live. Lets all try to be kind to one another its always refreshing I think :)

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Usual_Suspects
Usual_Suspects
One of the key selling points of Magic: The Gathering is that there’s a huge pool of cards to choose from to build a deck, and a wide variety of strategies to attempt. OK, you knew that. But with this great liberty and creative freedom, this power comes with a great responsibility (and not just for Spiderman). That lies in picking the cards and deciding what to run.

It’s a notorious stumbling block for new players. There are certain cards that come out in a set, which often get denigrated as “scrub bait.” These are cards which look really good at first glance. But in practice, their play value turns out to be disappointing. It’s a tribute to WotC that they can do this; it shows how deep a game is when you can’t tell how good a card will be until you’ve tested it.

So, let’s look at some scrub bait. This will be a practice test for the new to intermediate player. Before we move on to the verdict, take a glance at the card and try to imagine if it’s workable and why or why not. We’ll also be ranking these cards in the context of Modern format, since other formats may have more leeway for what qualifies as playable.

Soul Tithe
Soul_Tithe
In theory: It appears to be a Death & Taxes type card. It makes you pay for the permanent in order to not sacrifice it. For two mana, being able to tax ANY nonland permanent on the board appears to be a pretty decent deal. It’s one mana less than Oblivion Ring (which also exiles any nonland permanent), after all, which is a staple.

In practice: Opponents will either cheerfully sacrifice the permanent if it’s not important to their strategy, or cheerfully pay the “echo” cost and go on using it anyway. The worse the permanent is for you, the more the opponent will be willing to pay to keep it around. To say nothing of the same enchantment hate that would fix the problem anyway.

Verdict: It’s not just worse than Oblivion Ring, it’s many times worse. For two mana, white has a ton of other removal and hate for every strategy. While I do have a soft spot for cards that encourage my opponent to make bad strategy decisions, and this card is OK in a casual setting, it’s just too situational. Even if it were a common, it would be questionable in Pauper format.

Castigate
Castigate
In theory: Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek are both well-played cards across formats. Both of them have a downside: paying two life or restricting the mana cost of the chosen card. For just one mana more, this lets you exile any card out of their hand! In addition, Tidehollow Sculler is also a well-played card, and for the same mana it gives you a 2/2 bear, but the opponent gets the exiled card back as soon as Sculler dies. This gives you a guaranteed exile of the card – it’s gone forever before your opponent ever got to play it! That has to be good, right?

In practice: For a hand disruption effect, two mana isn’t just one mana more than one mana. Two mana is about a million mana more than one mana for hand disruption. It’s worth it – barely! – if you get a 2/2 bear to beat them with until they draw removal, since they have to trade removal to kill Sculler and get their preferred card back. But two mana, in two colors yet, just to trade one-to-one cards with nothing to show for it is a huge tempo loss.

Verdict: Too slow! Even in Pauper format, two mana hand disruption such as this and Distress never see play. The point with one-mana hand disruption is that you can play it turn one, which means if you’re on the play you get to edit their hand before they even got a chance to use it. Two mana for any hand disruption effect is too much, unless you get a bear with it. This is one of those cases where the card seems good in a vacuum, but in the metagame, there’s just too many alternatives that are better.

Lone Revenant
Lone_Revenant
In theory: This is obviously a control-deck finisher. He wants to be the only creature, and he’s hexproof. Whenever he connects, he casts a free Impulse! Once he gets rolling, he’s unstoppable!

In practice: Combat veterans will quickly point out the problem with this card: It has no evasion. Aetherling, another popular control-deck finisher, has a way to make himself unblockable, so it has evasion.  Dragonlord Ojutai, which made control decks a thing in Standard recently, also has flying, which is also evasion, so even at less hexproof and only casting a free Anticipate instead, it works better.

Verdict: Whenever a creature needs to deal combat damage in order to be good and it has no evasion, it’s gonna hurt. Without connecting, it’s just a 5 mana 4/4 hexproof, which puts it more in the class with Conifer Strider. True, in a control deck you should be able to ensure that your opponent has nothing to block with. But this guy is a catch-22: If your control deck is working well enough that your opponent’s mat is clear, then you’re already ahead and can win with a Grizzly Bears. If you’re behind, this guy doesn’t help you catch up. The added clause that he only works when he’s your only creature makes him too much of a build-around black hole. Many frustrated brewers have latched onto this budget card and tried to build a working deck around him, only to be defeated by his being not worth it most of the time. Consider also that his evasive cousin, Dragonlord Ojutai, sees no eternal format play beyond EDH.

Spite of Mogis
Spite_of_Mogis
In theory: It can do a lot of damage for one mana. We play a lot of burn in red, so having a graveyard full of instants and sorceries is something that happens quite often. Oh, and it has scry one.

In practice: Sorcery speed instead of instant. Situational burn damage. Only hits creatures. Scry one is cheap, we get it on land.

Verdict: About a million times more terrible than most other one-mana spells in red. If only it added those two magic words “or player” to its effect, this card would be marginally better, since you could zap away with bolts and then finish with this. But as it stands, Flame Slash deals enough damage to creatures at the same mana to be enough in most cases. The situation where this card is better than Flame Slash is when you have to kill a creature with toughness 5 or higher, and you have five or more instants and sorceries in the bin. That’s about 0.00001% of the time, and Flame Slash barely sees play in any format as it is.

Turn to Frog
Turn_to_Frog
In theory: Mono blue is short of non-bounce removal. This is a sweet combat trick for defensive blocking or turning what would have been a devastating opponent’s block into removal, as long as you attacked with anything bigger than a 1/1.

In practice: The situations where this is a good card are just too few. Add to that that the opponent might have an answer to it, such as any pump effect, and the card gets negated and you lost your creature anyway.

Verdict: This is right on that edge of almost being playable. But for a two mana instant, blue’s bounce spells are just so much better. Vapor Snag gets played over this. Nevertheless, it’s one card where the fun value almost tempts you into running it as a one-of.

Skaab Ruinator
Skaab_Ruinator
In theory: A FLYING 5/6 for three mana? Are you kidding me? AND it can be cast from your graveyard? Come on, exiling three creatures from your graveyard is peanuts – Gurmag Angler sees play, and it makes you delve to cast it, it’s smaller, it doesn’t have flying, and it can’t be cast from the yard!

In practice: Try it! It turns out that being picky about what cards to exile from the graveyard really hurts.

Verdict: While this card isn’t hard to build around and pays a handsome reward, it’s a glass cannon strategy. There’s too many things that can go wrong with it: Your opponent’s graveyard hate hurts it, whatever mill plan you were using may backfire, and there’s no way to save it. Gurmag Angler is more flexible; you could even hard cast it for full mana if you just had to. While Skaab Ruinator has seen fringe play in a few Dredgevine decks, and it’s arguable that you could make it work with something like Tasigur, the Golden Fang, its balance between upside and downside make it a risky card at best.

Demon of Death’s Gate
Demon_of_Deaths_Gate
In theory: Hey, we were just talking about Big Kahuna guys with alternate casting costs! Paying six life and sacrificing three creatures isn’t too bad if you’re running tokens or Bloodghast or something. And unlike Ruinator, you can still hard cast this if you had to, so this has to be better, right?

In practice: You’d be right except for one thing: This format has removal.

Verdict: While anybody who goes around saying “it dies to removal” is on my short list for people to tar and feather, this time it’s too much of a factor. If you paid six life and sacrificed three creatures to get this guy out and it then got hit with Path to Exile, you are now in a world of pain. Nine mana to hard-cast it is unthinkable in any format but EDH, too. And if you’re talking reanimator with something like Unburial Rites, you have better options. However, kudos for being one of the most flavorful of demons ever printed. Playing this guy really feels like a contract with Old Scratch!

Waste Not
Waste_Not
In theory: This is the latest of hype cards. Like #OccupyWallStreet, this card is a populist issue which will draw scores of Liberal Arts major students with infected piercings to rave and flame at you whenever it gets mentioned, thanks to the fact that it was a crowd-source designed card through the final “You Make the Card” contest. There are numerous current attempts to make it work in 8Rack decks.

In practice: It does nothing by itself. It’s worthless late game, when your opponent’s hand is empty. Best case scenario, it starts activating on turn three, since most discard effects are at sorcery speed and take mana to cast, and then it will only keep working about three to five times before again becoming useless. Unlike Shrieking Affliction, it doesn’t do anything once your opponent’s hand is empty. Finally, the payoff is just too weak – 2/2 zombies aren’t good enough when it takes so much work to make them, two mana is useless when you have nothing to spend it on, and the draw is worthless because you had to spend a card and mana to trigger it.

Verdict: The hype train for this card has been a hilarious spectacle. It has proven to be the single best argument for why direct democracy doesn’t work. This card sucks, and it’s also king of all scrub bait because scrubs designed it. Already, I have enraged a whole crowd of Waste Not fans who will be happy to provide the rest of us with some amusement in the comments section. BRING IT ON, HIPPIES!

So, this concludes our little tour of card evaluation. Take away: It’s hard. I, myself, bought into some of these cards earlier on because they were dirt-cheap anyway, only to test them and find out why. So if you think these cards are underrated, don’t feel like the Lone Ranger (oops, I mean Revenant).

But also remember, as per the advice of my last article, that what cards you run don’t matter as much as your match-ups, format savvy, and plain dumb luck. So you could still argue any one of these cards wouldn’t do too much damage as a one-of in an otherwise strong competitive deck. And if you’re the next Travis Woo, keep on brewing that jank anyway!

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