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I'm simultaneously watching Season 10, Palau--four episodes in. It's re-watch, and it's reigniting my man crush on Tom Westman, v1 (although I find it hard to determine the leader: Tom or Ian. I like Ian a lot, too!). Bobby Jon even said, "He's a man's man." Million-dollar quote? Maybe! (Bobby Jon waren't stupid.) I get why it's called a Pagonging--first season + it even sounds like a gong going off! But a Ulonging is worse. Koror just dominated. I love watching stuff like that--total, ruthless efficiency. I don't even mind watching a Pagonging--it means a tribe kept its shit together, and that's good strategy. Best of all, the immunity idol looks like Willard!

That "someone" is Redmond. I don't know Redmond from a hole in the ground, but he's considered the knees of the bees in the spoiler thread. Does that make his story more credible? I don't know! But I love reading shit like that.

Not to channel @henripootel, but ... because production liked him for all that he weaseled around.

Did no one read this article on Weasel Woo? Perhaps a victory against Kass wasn't all that certain.

Phoebe, you mean. :)

When I first read this sentence, I wondered if you meant "bitterness to Twila," but now I see what you meant!

I'm watching Vanuatu now (yes, I'm slow), and I just saw the episode (#11) when Leann gets blindsided. That made me laugh and silently whoop (it's late!): what a great episode. Season 9 is actually really nice to watch: Ami, Eliza, Scout, Chris, and Twila! Go Twila! I haven't read a whole lot on this forum, or on TWOP, about Season 9, and I wonder why. I like it much better than All Stars, that's for sure (Lex and Kathy really soured that one for me). Who knows if the last three episodes (I skip the reunions) will change my mind. I'm impressed that Ami managed to hold her alliance together for so long. Groups of four tend to work; she held together a group of six. Episode 11 is the Loved Ones episodes; I love 'em. They all make me cry. I haven't seen seasons 12-27--I'm working through them in order--and I'm hoping there really are some great seasons in there. I've read about a few in these threads, and they're on my list. :)

That they do! Digging to America and Back When We Were Grownups were the same way. Did they get together?! I got to know!

Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. My son is autistic, and I'm enjoying this book because of the positive portrayals. Here's a nice interview with Silberman over at Vox.

In The One Where Chandler Crosses the Line: Kathy: You have great hair. Chandler: Thanks. I grow it myself. I love Paget Brewster and Matthew Perry together. I wish that thread had lasted longer. Yes, yes, I know: once a cheater, always a cheater. Still.

Puddy voice: Yeah. That's right.

Oh yes, you will get ads. Less than broadcast (bonus) and way more repetitive (not bonus).

I'ma quote myself. Yes. I know. I finished Little Women and glory of glories! Beth doesn't die! Jo doesn't refuse Laurie! I loved that! (The book? Not so much.) But why had I heard so much about Beth dying (see the Friends thread)? It wasn't in my book. Turns out Little Women is two books. The first part is Little Women, the second is Good Wives. After the original publication, as two books, they were put together as one. It's the second part were all the bad shit goes down. I think I'll pass. Beth shall live. I can ship Jo and Laurie forevermore.

In The One Where Monica And Richard Are Friends (includes Sporty Guy!), the B (C?) plot is where Joey and Rachel exchange books to read. Rachel gives Joey Little Women, and Joey can't tell that Jo is a girl and Laurie is a guy. It's not even funny.

Little Women. Yes, I know. I haven't ever read it before, but after reading this Guardian interview with Anne Tyler (my author crush), where she said she read it 22 times, I had to check it out. It's ... OK. Pretty preachy.

The joke, when I was in college, is that Heller wrote the book, stapled together the pages for each chapter, threw them into the air, sorted the pile, and submitted it that way. The editor didn't know any better. True? Not true? I really don't know!

I rolled my eyes after reading what Hatch had to say. I'd call him a sore loser, but he won. I do think the Inside Survivor interviews are a bit dull. The only one I really liked was Max's, about Shirin. Color me surprised!

Here's a nice little question from Ask Metafilter: What books seem to have been written to be re-read? Can't say I've read (or re-read!) many of the books listed, though. The Luminaries looks really interesting, though.

I'm on a real Anne Tyler streak: just finished Patchwork Planet and now on Back When We Were Grownups. Where, oh where has she been all my life. Station Eleven deserves every fantastic review it's gotten.

Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet (start with A Shadow in Summer) is pretty good. It's not generations, it's really one life, but that life starts early and ends late.

I do agree that not winning doesn't make you a bad player (luck, tribes, etc., play a big part). But if you win every time out, how can you be overrated?

Preach it. (And, yes, I know I called Dan and Colleen assholes. Preach it anyway!)

Has anyone ever addressed what happened in this season? What made CBS do the Second Chance voting and decide to air that season ahead of this one? I'm not sure I buy the awfulness of WA as a reason. If BBB2 was any good, why not run it as scheduled? Something happened.

From Borneo? (Is there any other Colleen?) Because, jeez, yes. This too. Maybe I'm about to contradict myself because I agree with both Mh12016 and KimberStormer. I thought Colleen was an asshole, and yet, I haven't ever been unable to sleep or eat, so I can't judge (Colleen's legs were horrific--I'd be an asshole if I had scabs like that). I do believe I can say that older women aren't just coattail riders, either. We're being fed a story. We all know that, but often forget it. We see 16 hours out of possibly 4,500+ (assuming five cameras and at least 39 days). What do we not see? What deals were made? Who talked to who? I'll bet you Kim J. and Sierra were wheeling and dealing. CBS doesn't hire weak, stupid, or passive people to be on their shows. (It does hire assholes! *Cough*DAN*Cough*) I'd love to see Survivor with a frontrunner who was less sympathetic to the athletic brawny male types. Since that's the edit we often get. We could get 3-4 seasons of TV out of each season of game (yeah, they'd end the same).

Kromm nails it. You basically want to avoid light shining into your eyes. You want light shining on the words.