I'm used to there being nasty individuals on shows like Survivor - it's the nature of it. Sometimes though I can get pretty disgusted by some of the things that people say that have nothing to do with the nature of the game or the game itself. Here is the new Reality Enemy #1:

At the beginning of tonight's episode, one member of her tribe was sharing with her and another person that he has some anxiety about being left out of groups. Well, silly me but that is a pretty common feeling - in fact I think most of us feel that way at some point. Well this stupid girl actually says this in a confessional interviews - "I'm not sure what his problem is - maybe he is a former fatty or something". Yes, that is the type of person we should put on television to influence young people. I hope that she is embarrassed when she watches the episode and I'm sure her family is really proud of her attitude.

If you haven't seen the new Macy's commercial you're not really missing much. Same parade of rich celebrities hocking their overpriced stuff. (Although it has Clinton Kelly who - although not my type - is really very yummy) One thing that cracks me up is Jessica Simpson. Am I the only one who has noticed that now that she is hocking a country album, her accent has gotten distinctly more southern? Now, I know she is from Texas but she's never really sounded like it. Also, when I was working for Gap she actually came into our store (yes we had lock the store down for her to shop the freakin' sale rack) and she did speak to me since I was the one to ring her up. Trust me, her normal speaking voice is NOT that southern. The things people do to sell their "brand". Here's the commercial below - see if you see what I'm talking about.

OK - I am normally pretty disgusted by the antics of Paris Hilton and the other wannabe celebrities like her. I found this on YouTube and I have to say, it's actually quite catchy. And if she were elected, gays could marry. I hope so because I'm pretty sure her "male backup singers" are pretty gender specific themselves. Oh but one thing I wonder is - does what she does to her dog considered animal cruelty? Watch for your selves and you'll see what I mean.

As y'all know, I have made it my new mission to be the most loved in the blog world. Hey, I am that needy what can I say? Anyways, I was surprised when I found myself listed a new blog today! And even better - BRETT wasn't on there! (That's right Brett - I'm catching up to you!) It's OK y'all - Brett knows I'm only kidding! Ha!

Anyways - Here's the latest blog I encourage y'all to read!

Hop on over to the Melodramatic Diary of a Cynic and see what Yvespaul has to say! "Thinking outside the box" is a cliche but it is appropriately applied to his writing. I'm sure you'll enjoy reading what he has to say - if not, don't tell me, I don't wanna hear about it. ha!

Woohoooooo! Here is the trailer for the new HP movie - Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince. Yes, I am a dork. And I am proud of it.

I don't know if y'all know who Jeff Dunham is but I have been watching him on TV since I was in high school. He is THE ultimate in ventriloquism. We were supposed to get tickets for the show in New Orleans but Darin's work interfered with that. Below is one of his latest bits - with Achmed the Dead Terrorist. Enjoy!

For those who don't know, my other half is a professional chef. Now, before you get jealous - he works like 100 hours a week so I don't really get the spoils on a regular basis. When he is off, I feel guilty asking him to cook. Last night he made a throw-together dish that turned out really great. So I thought I would share the recipe with y'all. Enjoy!

Darin's Chicken Vegetable Casserole

2# chicken breast, sliced

As I've written before, I'm excited about my increased popularity in the blog world. So, I've decided to do a posting when people add me to their blogroll so that hopefully I can help them increase their readership and just give them a big thank you!

The Mangina Monologues is the latest site to add me to their list. Want a good laugh? CB's interesting take on cartoons will make you wanna piddle in your pants.

Bostonian John has "something to say" - we're just not sure what it is! No, seriously, John is very candid about the things he sees in his daily life and reports it with tremendous wit and charm.

Stephen may be "Looking out from a Southern Closet" but I think it's been a long time since he has been in the closet! You never know what you will see on his blog - but it's worth taking a look.

Thanks for the support guys!

Editor's Note: If y'all know some good blogs, I'm always on the lookout for a good read!

I've been blogging for a few months now and I have recently seen a rise distinct rise in my popularity. And yes, I must thank that blogdiva, Brettcajun, for getting me interested in blogging in the first place. I also want to thank those of y'all who have begun reading my site and adding me to your blogrolls for others to find me - I believe I am up to 5 blogrolls now!

That brings me to my new mission - to dethrone Brettcajun and become the most loved blogger in the South! Well, at least more loved than Brett. Today I even told Brett of my plans and he told me to "get my video of jiggy dancing" ready for everyone to see. I think I can do it without y'all watching me break my neck - shoot, I can barely walk let alone dance! So who will help me?

I've tried to keep sports out of this blog but as you can see I have put some in here. I know that a lot of people who read my blog aren't really sports fans - at least not sports nuts like me. I decided that I really want to blog about sports but that it would be better to just start a second blog and keep it separate. Besides, I could see sports becoming more dominant over the other stuff if I tried to integrate the two together. For those sports fans out there, you can click on 'The Biloxi Sports Guy' in my blog list or just click here to get to it. There is not much there yet, but there will be very shortly.

On October 11th, Connecticut became the 3rd state in the U.S. to determine that same-sex marriage is legal. The CT State Supreme Court handed down the ruling after a law suit was filed four years ago, with Beth Kerrigan and Jody Mock as leading plaintiffs. Here is the story which ran in the New York Times. Thoughts?

I'm not one to really get into the baseball playoffs. While it is probably my least favorite sport, sometimes I do get drawn into watching a game when it is exciting. It has been nice to follow the Tampa Bay Rays this season. They changed their name, brought up a good group of young players and systematically dumped the competition. Last season, they had 97 losses. Pitiful. In fact, before this season the Ray had never won more than 70 games in a season. In short - they were HORRID. But this was their year. They finished this year's regular season with 97 victories. An amazing turnaround and an improbable dream has been realized.

For the first time in a long time, someone other than the Yankees or Red Sox won the AL Eastern Division. To top off a great season, the Ray used their home field advantage to defeat the Red Sex tonight 3-1 and move onto the World Series against the Phillies. I'm sure we're all confident that the Ray should beat the Phillies in 4 or 5 games. In fact, an ESPN Fan poll has 68% of voters say that the Rays will win. Congrats to Matt Garza on winning the ALCS Most Valuable Player award after going 2-0 in the series and only giving up 8 hits while striking out 14 and posting a 1.38 ERA! Awesome numbers against an outstanding team like Boston.

Editor's Note : Sorry John. The Rays didn't listen to you. Ha!

I love reality shows. That is no secret. VH-1 joined the reality show craze by making some decent shows. When those didn't boost ratings, they turned to Flavor Flav. Then there was I love NY and Rock of Love. These shows are the extreme bottom of the barrel! Those shows are a who's-who of criminal records, drugs, STDs and God only knows what else. They spun off another show called I Love Money where losers on the "love" shows competed for $250,000. Should we really be rewarding people for being trash and willing to put their trash on television? Well THAT show has now spun off yet another ghetto version of The Bachelor - Real Chance of Love.

OK now I think I have heard everything....

Police say a Michigan man has been arrested after "receiving sexual favors from a vacuum" at a car wash. The Saginaw News reports the 29-year-old Swan Creek Township man was arrested Thursday in Saginaw County's Thomas Township, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit. Police Sgt. Gary Breidinger says a resident called to report suspicious activity at the car wash about 6:45 a.m. An officer approached on foot and caught the man in the act.

How lonely or desperate do you have to be to go to a car wash and use a vacuum to pleasure yourself??

I have to say, it's nice to have a new toy to play with. This blog as been great as an outlet for me considering I spend most of my time in bed - and focusing is not my strong point thanks to the pain meds I'm on! It's been fun playing around with this thing and I hope that I have made it a somewhat entertaining site to look at. I have now added a music playlist - I'm mentioning it because I know many of y'all won't see it all the way at the bottom! Since my tastes in music are quite eclectic, so is the playlist. I will change it up at least 1-2 times a week so take advantage of it now before I change the songs!

Doesn't the mustache make him look like he belongs in 1970's gay porn?

I'm not someone who reads celebrity blogs and tabloids because I idolize these overpaid monkeys. I just think the stuff they do is hilarious. Sometimes though, I just wonder what they were thinking. Usually I laugh pretty hard at the things the "teen queens" do to get themselves publicity but one thing is really creeping me out. Miley Cyrus. She is 15 going on 35. It amazes me that her parents let her do this stuff. Heck, her dad has resurrected his failing career by using his daughter to make money.

Don't know her latest stunt? She is dating a 20-year-old underwear model who competed on Nashville Star this past season - which was hosted by her achy-breaky father. I guess you can take the moron out of backwoods Kentucky but you can't take the backwoods kentucky out of the moron. I'm sorry - what parent thinks that this is in the best interest of their child? She has barely hit puberty! First semi-naked photos in magazines and now this - seems only a matter of time before she starts hitting drugs and doing porn or stripping for a living.

As a dog lover, I had to take the quiz at Dogster.com to find out what kind of dog best matches my personality. No surprise, I was a Lab just like our lab/golden mix Pokey. Here is what the quiz spit back at me...

Labrador Retriever

The Caretaker

Your family is what makes you tick, and you never "flea" from an opportunity to hang out with the whole gang. A family picnic complete with hot dogs, deviled eggs and a refreshing swim in the lake is hard for you to stray from. Your sparky temperament and dogged intelligence mean you are not only a blast to hang out with, but great to work with as well. Your close pals appreciate your patience and forgiveness, knowing you'd rather let sleeping dogs lie than dwell on the mishaps of the past. Your dashing good looks may one day lead to a modelling career, if only you can tame the unfortunate clumsiness that sometimes causes you to go flailing from the catwalk.

Now the big question - how accurate was the result? Actually, pretty darn good to be honest! Want to take the quiz? Click on the dogster at the top of this post for the link.

The most hilarious musical ever -- Avenue Q - brings us songs about sexuality, racism and "girlfriends in Canada"! And don't forget - Puppet Nudity!! In this clip, a Bert and Ernie-like set of roommates ponder the idea of "being gay".

I'm a self-professed Realty TV junkie. However, even I know when they've gone too far. I like Survivor, Amazing Race, Intervention, you name it. When the "reality" show is too dumb, like The Hills, I know not to watch it - I like having all my brain cells. I had heard of a show MTV was doing called "Queen Bees" - basically a show where girls in their late teens are complete bitches and self-centered disasters. They put the girls into a house and teach them lessons on how to better themselves and how to put others needs ahead of their own. Wait. Isn't that what their PARENTS should have been teaching them to do for 18 years or so?

As the show goes on, they earn gold stars for showing progress. Ok, I thought we stopped getting gold stars for good behavior in like the 3rd grade. Watching them get the stars was like watching a starving dog eat a bowl of food. Why this reaction? Well, that's the kicker. The girl who "progresses" the most will win $25,000. I'm sorry. The girls on this show need REAL therapy. You can tell by watching the show that most of the girls are only interested in the money. If they wanted to give a cash prize for acting like a real human being - pick a charity. Don't reward some nasty diva princess with money for doing something everyone should - being a respectable human being. Seems to me that having money thrown at them is what got them in the program in the first place! Some role models MTV is giving teens these days.

Well by now most of y'all know that I have been disabled for over two years now. Fortunately I had long-term disability insurance through my previous employer so I have been receiving benefits this whole time. Unfortunately, thanks to an inept medical assistant at the pain clinic the insurance company thinks that I can sit for hours at a time. Ha! I wish. I spend maybe an hour sitting each day and that is in 5-10 minute increments. I have to lay down to rest for a couple hours just to sit for 10 minutes.

Well since they think this, they discontinued my benefits. This wouldn't be a problem if I had SSDI - which is still in the process. Today we are sending in our appeal of the decision. Hopefully the doctor's records will be enough to convince these people that I am really a cripple. As the NPC said, if they don't realize I'm a cripple, they're morons. Ha! Nice when the doctor sides with you.

So - if you can - say a little prayer for me. It would be nice to have one less thing to stress over.

OCTOBER 7-- Meet Randy Lewis. The Tennessee man was so plastered Sunday afternoon that he directed a 10-year-old boy to drive his van, which eventually crashed after the child hit speeds of upwards of 90 mph. Lewis, 43, was charged with drunk driving, reckless endangerment, and child abuse. A female friend, Paula Evans, was hit with reckless endangerment and child abuse charges. According to a Sullivan County Sheriffs Office affidavit, when officers responded to the vehicle crash site, they discovered that the totaled 1995 Ford Windstar van (which had flipped on its roof) had been driven by the 10-year-old. The boy was one of three children in the auto; all five of the van's inhabitants were treated for injuries at a local hospital. When arrested, Lewis, pictured in the below mug shot, had cocaine in his system and a blood alcohol content of .26, more than three times the state limit, according to the sheriff's affidavit. He admitted drinking "at least 15 beers, along with some liquor," cops reported. For her part, Evans was spotted by sheriff's deputies shoving pills in her mouth while seated near the overturned van. In a subsequent hospital interview with police, Evans recalled having told Lewis that "the boy was too young to be driving." Lewis is being held on $50,000 bond in the Sullivan County jail, where he has presumably changed out of his unfortunate "Buy This Dad a Beer" t-shirt.

Some of y'all may have seen this video when it first came out months ago - but it's so funny that I just had to re-post it here for those who haven't seen it.

Edina and Patsy are making a comeback thanks to Fox! That's right - Fox is trying to "Americanize" AbFab once again. This time the girls will be taking on Los Angeles. I doubt it will be as good as the original, but they'd better keep Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as Edina and Pats!. Saunders will be an executive producer on the show so we'll see what happens. No word on when the show will be finished though.

Well, karma has finally gotten OJ Simpson. The vast majority of interested parties are still convinced to this day that OJ got away with murder 13 years ago and those same people will be glad to hear that Simpson has been found guilty on 13 counts of kidnapping and robbery. Honestly I think that since he seemed to get away with murder he thought he was invincible. Well, his stupidity has finally caught up with him. OJ faces life in prison! Hope you like prison OJ.