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this will be short because i am on vacation.

i can’t stand the blue team, most importantly I highly dislike Heba. She is just a jerk. I am sick of her complaining about having her husband sent home. Get over it. And than this week I wanted to strangle Vicky. She is not a nice person. She doesn’t even try. I don’t know how she was the biggest loser for her team.

i think the blue team is going to go downhill. they are all stubborn and are all so mean. well besides the other Amy, who I like.

So go black team. Please keep winning so the rest of the blue team will go home!

In the October 20th episode we find Sheldon in a dilemma. He can’t drive. And the bus will not allow him to lash himself to the seat with bungee cords.

‘Is there a ‘check the check engine light’? Oh boy!

Only Sheldon could play a game by himself, and still have the other person win!! And want to play again! Let alone find going over the speed bumps fun. Fun enough to warrant a giggle!

Of course until he goes over one on a vespa! Funniest vespa ride I’ve ever witnessed! And let’s not forget that pink helmet! Yowza!

A driving intervention. Only for Sheldon! And only Sheldon would make errand requests for a forced journey to the DMV!

Comparing himself to Albert Einstein. Again, only Sheldon!

When offered a free-no-test learners permit, Sheldon would of course hesitate to leave because he hadn’t had the desired length of time to correct the test questions. How else will the DMV learn?

Sheldon never ceases to amaze! How dare they tell him to shift the car into drive without him first putting his hypothetical seat belt on?! The nerve of some people!

“Click”

I think we all knew that Sheldon would be the worst driver in the world! He is a genius, but doesn’t know not to drive into a mall in a virtual driving simulator! At least he was considerate enough to apologize to all of the people he ran over and crashed into!

Picture it. Sheldon. A plaid, flannel, bath robe. And a baby blue shower cap. Priceless.

The thought of Sheldon intimidating, really anyone, is just incredible! And rather unbelievable! But hysterical!

I guess we all know what Sheldon is going to be for Halloween this year. Last year, The Doppler Effect. This year, Phantom of the Lab.

Originally I was going to write this blog post about the show in its entirety. But then I realized that the funniest part is Sheldon, so I am just going to blog about him!

In the October 13th episode he opened with the paper towel bit. ‘I might as well sneeze my hands dry’. Classic!

My favorite part about Sheldon is that it doesn’t even phase him that no one else around him really gives a crap about any of the things he whines about! And that he is still perfectly content with himself and his life!

The smile he kept giving was fantastic! Loved the Joker reference! At times, yes, it did look like he was about to kill Raj. But let me just go on the record saying that Raj is certainly no Batman!

And when Sheldon threatened to make a drum out of Raj’s skin I almost wept tears of laughter! And then he topped it off with that psychotic smile. You can’t make that crap up!

Let’s just talk about Sheldons wardrobe for a second. When he isn’t dressed up as a comic book character or someone from Star Trek he wears the same thing. Long sleeve shirt, under a more colorful t-shirt that has some sort of picture on it, usually a comic book character, and a pair of pants.

I’ll admit it. I am oddly attracted to Sheldon! And I have the feeling I am not the only one out there who is!

His weird eating habits would make going out on dinner dates difficult, however. I have the feeling I would find myself over-tipping our server in advance so that they didn’t do anything heinous to our food because of all of the odd requests Sheldon would make!

Look at me, acting like we’re dating! Silly me!

The irony of Sheldons cat being named Lucky is just amazing! Not even for the obvious reason that he was run over by a truck, and how unlucky that is. More amazing is the thought of how Sheldon would treat a pet cat.

I can just see him now. Running experiments on the unsuspecting kitty to see if a cat could survive living on Mars, or something outrageous like that! Poor Lucky.

And how Sheldon is it that his first thought after having a pet die, would be how to replace said pet with a better one? And training this new and improved pet to kill people with its mind!! Oh boy.

Resenting his sister for getting swimming lessons from their parents, when they wouldn’t provide him with the necessary tools to create a griffin! Poor kid. How did he survive such a deprived childhood?

Sheldon is the poster child of a realist. He of course deems it necessary to point out that their meeting new people could indeed kill them!

But he’s not insane, his mother had him tested!

I hope everyone was able to see both halves of the show. I almost forgot that the second half of the show was playing last night. Good thing my husband reminded me. I was sad that I missed last weeks episode. Why doesn’t NBC stream it? Annoying. Any how, my husband filled me in on what I missed and I didn’t feel like I was lost at all.

I was surprised that the teams were just now cashing in the awards they won the first episode. I totally forgot about them. I was happy that the red team could go see their kids. I may have let a few tears fall. What a wonderful family they seem to have. I am glad they got the kids out and went hiking. It is things like trips home and calls home that let me get even more attached to the people I am watching. They are real. They have loved ones who are cheering them on and loving them. They are more human and more real.

I haven’t decided if I like it that one team member stays and one team member goes. It makes it much more emotional. I was impressed with the brown team’s decision. If they wanted to win the competition they should have kept Ed there. However, they were there to lose weight, to get healthy enough so they can have children. In the end Heba stayed and Ed went home.

I love that each week we get to see the progress of those kicked off. Ed looked great. I think he will be a strong contender for the at home prize money.

Tom Desrochers and Tom ‘L.T.’ Desrochers Jr. talk abut getting eliminated from the ‘Biggest Loser’ and their weight lose since.

Billy Bush of Access Hollywood talks to Stacey and Adam Capers about losing even more weight after being eliminated from The Biggest Loser: Family Edition.

My wife has been doing a great job covering this season’s Biggest Loser Families. Last night she was all ready to do a post about the third episode of Biggest Loser season 6 when she got a phone call from a neighbor friend asking her if she wanted to go walking (ie. exercise). I think everyone can appreciate the irony of the situation. Does she stay and watch Biggest Loser Families or does she decide to do like people on the show and exercise?

I’m proud of my wife. She really didn’t even seem to blink an eye. She got up and ready and went out walking with the neighbor. Sure she missed an episode of one of her favorite TV shows, but it would have been kind of sad if she had watched Biggest Loser families and not tried to avoid some of the health problems the people on the show have experienced.

Luckily, I have a wonderful wife that will never let herself reach that point. Great choice honey and all of your rabid readers will welcome you with open arms next week.

I should mention that I’m certain if my wife had watched the show she’d have been crying through half of it. I may have had a tear reached the corner or my eye myself. Although, I’ll disavow any knowledge of such a thing happening. I’m glad Biggest Loser Families only kicked off one team member though.

Tonight was the premiere of Dirty Sexy Money. This is a crazy show with little intricacies that really show how well written it is. Unfortunately, if you don’t watch carefully you’ll miss a lot of the connections they’re making. It’s not a show that you can really watch casually. This show also really makes you wonder about what is going on with rich people in the world. It begs the question: how much (if any) of this is true and real.

Here’s a good video of Dirty Sexy Money actors on the red carpet talking about this season of the show:

Tonight’s episode was pretty good, but I think a bunch of it is just setting stuff up for the future. The cool part of the show is that nothing is unreal in this show. They could make up almost anything and have it seem feasible. Quite interesting.