hfte Its been a few days since I first commented and after reading all of the subsequent remarks and watching Tim's short interview with Ellen I've made the following observations: 1. Tim appears to have made an honest and sincere effort in the competition to design and create a truly original piece of furniture - not withstanding that it appeared very similar to that of European designer Simon Schacht. 2. He continues to present as a humble compassionate and positive human being, ( as he presented throughout the whole competition in sharp contrast to some of the other competitors ), while also coming off as very competent and confident ( without an ounce of pretension or "cockiness"). He therefore comes off looking very much like the real winner anyway no matter if he did not get the actual prize itself. He also demonstrated a considerable level of skill most of us can only dream of possessing in furniture design and build. He truly was and probably is in a "league of his own". 3. Now some people are pilling on Katie for various reasons the primary one being she won after Tim was disqualified. Someone even suggested that she or a friend of hers made the anonymous call that "outed" Tim's piece as a counterfeit. Her pieces are also being criticized as not being functional enough and her use of some unusual materials, ( for furniture that is ), such as PVC pipe in her last piece. At this point it is completely unfair to cast any blame on Katie for Tim's disqualification or choices made by the judges and Ellen. Unless it does come out that the "information" that lead to Tim losing the winning title came directly or even indirectly from her then we should not take shots at her. Personally on a purely aesthetic level I thoroughly enjoyed most of her work and the fact that they were also quite functional. Unfortunately for Katie her "plastic marble" table turned into an ungainly "cow table" that would only fit in a children's arts and crafts room. I also believe Katie's second weakest piece, ( the first weakest being the cow ), was her last piece, the table with the Purple Heat wood "pull - out chairs". Now while there where a lot of individual aesthetically beautiful components to the table I really did not see anyone of these individual parts draw the "whole" together. My second major concern with this table "and chairs" is its' functionality. Those beautiful purple heart wood with zebra wood joiners would not survive any adult sitting on them for long. The structure couldn't begin to hold anyone 100pounds and over. And as mentioned by another writer they are also too low. Unfortunately the best that one could say about that last and now also ironically wining piece is that other then that its' constituent parts are well built it is in that euphemistically way of speaking "Interesting". Now were I to pick a clear winner from Katie's more worthy contributions it would have to be the armoire with its hidden storage and bold modern look. 4. So far I have not read anyone commenting on the rather outsized roles the carpenter assistants that were provided to the contests may or may not have played. It certainly was apparent the explicit conflict between the contestant who built the losing baby diaper change table and carpenter was a significant factor in her loss. With regards however to Tim and Katie both had competent assistants. With that being said though Chip would on occasion take Tim's design in a conflicting direction and Tim had to forcefully pull him back into his direction. In contrast Katie and her assistant appeared ( at least on camera ) to have no conflict at all. (I don't recall his name) I have seen this particular carpenter before on either D.I.Y. or HGTV and remember being very impressed with both his ideas and implementation of them. In one instance he appeared on a show (where various TV show hosts from the American version of the above two networks shows were building a dream cottage or cabin). In the episode he took it upon himself to build multiple hidden storage spots throughout the house. His skill and execution was impressive. I'd hazard a guess that there is no way Katie would have made it to the finale. Together they made a great team, however it was surely his knowledge of multiple materials, what tools to use to work these materials, and of course how best to use these tools to obtain the desired effect.

Q: "Where did the Survivors go to the bathroom?" A: Each tribe had to dig their own toilet pit in the bushes, a safe distance from camp. No toilet paper was issued so they used leaves or other improvised items. oK SEE THAT MAKES SENSE. but going in the water makes no sense at all. No way would I do that. You would be in your own waste. yuck. I knew they had to be providing something for the girls issues of course someone would be having a period while there. Glad to hear they do at least take them into consideration and provide for them. Hope none of those leaves are the poison variety! comments from Rob Cesternino about how the bathroom situation worked. For me it consisted of. Find a tree. Dig a hole next to the tree Remove pants Hold on to the tree and squat over the hole. Find a large leaf It's not great, but it wasn't a disaster either. The good news is that you don't do this much because you're not eating. Alex from my season went about 3 weeks without having to go. This link is from a staff camera man he has some good information he is sharing. http://www.survivorjunkies.com/confessions-survivor-camera-crew-member/

I was trying to figure out how far forward in the future we flashed. Kevin and Beth's cousin looked exactly the same. But Randall and Tess obviously were older. Probably at least 10 years given that Tess is now a social worker, and not too far out of college. I HOPE Deja isn’t in prison. I would like to think Randall's and Beth's family's influence would have been a positive thing that helped Deja overcome her poor odds. I do not think Randall is Deja's father. We would have seen some sort of recognition or obvious connection of some sort between Randall and Deja's mother, I think, and I don’t think Randall ever would have gotten involved with such a messed up woman as Deja's mom.

Carolyn, thanks for reminding me. On gothic covers, it is all about the house! Then there is the one lighted window -- it has to be a high window, at least on a top floor but preferably in a turret if there is one. The funniest cover I've ever seen shows the typical 'young thing' (this time clad in a costume that looked straight from Star Trek) fleeing from a house . . . no, wait! Is it a house or a rocket ship? There's an obligatory light high up in the nose cone if the rocket ship was standing upright. I'll never give a spoiler, however. Actually, I don't remember what the cover was meaning to convey. Speaking of cliched covers: In the 1950s and '60s, my father enjoyed hard-boiled detective books (e.g. Mickey Spillane and Erle Stanley Gardner) and thrillers, such as those by Ian Fleming. He kept them up on a high shelf in his closet. However, I had big eyes and readily observed the main tropes: usually a man with a gun -- always fully clothed -- and a scantily attired or naked woman with strategically placed bits to suggest her most alluring features. I asked my father why the men had clothes on but the women did not. My mother overheard this uncomfortable exchange and said that she had to smother her laughter over daddy's disconcerted explanation. To think, though, the same men who thought the covers of books aimed primarily at men existed with good reason, but bodice-ripper covers because they were aimed at women were abominations. Oh well! The double standard still exists, but it seems to be watered down nowadays.