Wanna see how they feel? Go three days of
just eating three spoons of rice. Nothing else
except water. No juice, milk, coffee, donuts,
cigarettes, soda, or beef. Just rice and
water for three days and still go to work and
do regular chores. After two days of just
rice go play a 5 on 5 basketball game for
thirty minutes (reward challenge). See how
much energy you have the next day and
you know you only get some rice and water
to replenish. After day three go play basketball
again for 30 minutes (immunity challenge). How
do you feel on day four of just rice and water
for thee days and still having to work and
compete hard. You don’t mean to give up, fall
down or run out of energy or endurance but
you just do.

I hate food rewards. Kota has been on a picnic
while Fang has had to survive on rice.
Give blankets and supplies and when
individual immunity you can give food
and let winners choose others to share
food and stir the pot.

After a second watch of this last week’s episode I
have decided for sure that I hate Ace. Before I just
didn’t like him.  Now I’m starting to hate him and his
smug high and mighty attitude.  But I fear they’ve
missed their chance to get rid of him.

In all fairness to them it is an uphill battle with the
winners getting food and the losers starve. There
are too many food rewards to have balanced
challenges.  Take two football teams and have
one eat three spoonfuls of rice a day for a week
and the other eat spiced fish, fruit, pastries and
coffee. The starved team will physically run out
of endurance. Lack of protein is how cults control
their flocks. The brain and body does not function
well without proper nourishment. If both tribes
were fed or both starved the results would be
even. Notice how much athletes eat to be able
o compete. See what Michael Phelps eats daily
(enough for 8 people). Of course an olympic
sprinter would be out of endurance and strength
living on 3 spoons of rice per day and burning
alot more than that in competitions.

Fang ~ back from Tribal Council. The campers
started the fire successfully. Next day, the tribe
mates were depressed due to not enough food.
Ace pleaded with Matty not to vote him off.
They made a pact that Ace not to vote Ken
off and Matty not to vote Sugar off. Ace
promised on his mother and Matty promised
on his girlfriend.

Kota ~ the campers complained about Dan
eating too much food and didn’t divide equal
portions of food in case food ran out.

Fang ~ they talked about meal plans. They
had to pinch on rice not to waste it. Sugar
offered her hidden immunity idol to Ace.
She gave it to Ace for safekeeping. Ace
delighted in watching an elephant swimming
near the camp.

Reward Challenge ~ a heavy giant snake carried
on each tribe’s shoulders. Kota won reward.
Sugar was sent to Exile Island again (and again!)

Kota ~ they complained about sharing food
equally. They ate giant strawberries and rolls.

Exile ~ Sugar was upset to be back to Exile.
She ate fruits again. She said she felt guilty
that she ate food while her tribe mates
were starving.

Fang ~ Ace complained about Crystal. Kelly
and Crystal got into an argument. Crystal
complained about not enough food.

Kota ~ they caught a giant sea turtle!
Unfortunately, it became their meal.

Immunity Challenge ~ an abstacle course that
looked like a giant spider web. Kota beat Fang,
so Kota won another immunity.

Fang ~ they were upset about recurring losses.
Matty talked with Crystal about Ace. The hippos
were spying on them. Crystal and Ken wanted
Kelly out. Sugar admitted that she gave her
idol to Ace while she talked with Ken!

Tribal Council ~ Kelly and Crystal were bickering
at each other. Ace showed his Kelly ballot. Jeff
revealed several Kelly ballots and one Crystal
ballot. Kelly’s torch was snuffed as 6th person
from Survivor: Gabon.

Next Week ~ both tribes are going to vote
somebody out. A lot of the discussions are on
voting somebody out. Looks like there will be a
double

Last Sunday’s episode of Skins was another good one
and it was well written……all of it but the play. I just
didn’t understand that. Osama The Musical? I don’t
get it. I just don’t think they should have went there.
It just seemed like they were making fun of 9/11.
Did anyone else take it that away? Or maybe I just
don’t get British humor. Either way I just didn’t care
for that but everything else was awesome. What a
crazy b***ch that girl was! WOW! Stalker!! The whole
thing reminded me of Alanis Morissette’s song where
she says, “I went to your house….went up the
stairs……put on your shirt…..cologne…..got on
your bed….etc.” when Sketch broke into Maxxie’s
apartment. That should have been playing while
that scene was happening. Surely they have Alanis
over there!

Fang ~ back to camp from Tribal Council.  They talked
about Sugar and thought she didn’t eat in a few days.
Sugar came back from Exile!  She was upset that Jacquie
was voted off.  She said she couldn’t find an idol.  (She
lied since she ate fruit at Exile Island)  Crystal didn’t
buy it and said, “Sugar, Sugar, Sugar.  She had plenty
time there.”

Kota ~ the gorilla yawned.  Dan (?) caught a tiny
catfish!  The hungry campers felt a little electric when
they touched that fish.  

Fang ~ Matty heard some noises in the background.
He saw an elephant across the lake!  His tribe mates
joined him at the elephant show.  They watched the
elephant minding his business in the woods.  They
watched with awe and admiration.  Matty and Ace
canoed to get closer to the elephant and then
canoed away.  

Reward Challenge ~ fruit basket.  Kota won
reward - herb garden & fruits.  

Kota ~ the happy winners brought the garden supplies to camp.
Dan wanted to keep the tribe together, but Marcus didn’t agree.
They wanted to vote out old Fang members if the tribe lost
the challenge.  

Exile Island ~ Sugar ate the fruits in joy.  She said she was
happy and fat.  

Fang ~ tree mail.  GC got in an argument with Crystal and tribe.
GC canoed away.  Matty & Ken found him missing and tried to
call him to come back for immunity challenge.  Crystal vented
about GC.  GC came back!

Immunity Challenge ~ blindfolded ball & shield.  Kota won
most points and won another immunity!  

Fang ~ the upset losers got to camp.  Matty said he
was ready to leave.  Crystal disagreed and said she would
vote off GC.  Ace and Sugar talked about the hidden
immunity idol while Crystal snooped in Sugar bag and
discovered a hidden immunity idol!  Crystal wanted to
blindside Sugar or Ace.

Tribal Council ~ Sugar showed her GC with love ballot.
GC showed his Kelly ballot.  Jeff revealed most GC ballots.
 GC was ousted as 5th person from Survivor: Gabon.  

My Thoughts ~ I am relieved!  I held my breath when
Sugar didn’t give up her cherished idol.  I am glad that
Fang got rid of its own instead of the rivals!  

Next Week ~ Matty & Ace makes a pact.  Sugar wants to
know if Ace wants her hidden immunity idol.  Stay tuned!

After more thought regarding this episode I was disappointed. I  like Sugar, but I feel Fang should have blindsided her just to get the idol out, and then next week have G.C. have his way.  As it’s been said they may never get another good chance at it.

I’m also tired of Ace’s ego.  He thinks he has Sugar wrapped around his finger, but I think Sugar will be the one to pull his strings.  A lot of people have underestimated her in this game, because they think she’s a “dumb blonde” but far from it.  (Though I have to admit calling out directions is not her strong suit.)

I wouldn’t surprised if Sugar ends up the big winner.

I completely agree with everyone at our Survivor viewing party about this last episode of survivor.  GC or is it JC, was a complete loser.  It pisses me off that he was even on the show.  There are so many other people who would have done much better.  Makes you wonder what his audition tape was like that made them pick him.

I love Sugar but they are complete idiots for not voting her off.  This seems to happen every year.  The tribe gets the perfect chance to vote off a threat and they never do.  Stupid! The elephant sighting was awesome.  I can’t believe those guys went out in the canoe to check it out.  That’s pretty dangerous.

Another famous investor I enjoy reading about is Ben Graham. Although I don’t subscribe to Graham’s strict value investing principles, I pay close attention to fundamentals and “relative value” in my search for stocks and real estate properties.

I particularly like Graham’s “Mr. Market” analogy, describing how stock prices move based on investors’ emotions.

I also savor the great irony in Graham’s uncharacteristic early-stage investment in a little insurance company (his partners wanted to make the investment and Graham reluctantly went along) that eventually became Geico, “incidentally” making Graham more money than all of his many years of “cigarette butt,” bargain basement value stock investing combined!

One famous investor that I like is George Soros. I like his style and flair. Soros is the epitome of a trader, having the uncanny ability to reverse his thinking on a dime, going from long to short in an instant, largely based on his “intuition” of where the market is headed. My long-term, deliberate investing style is the polar opposite of Soros’ short-term positioning and frequent reversals.

However, I find similarities with his private, “small shop” orientation as an investor, an approach that he so successfully employed in growing his Quantum Fund in the 1970s and 1980s. I find that Soros’ ideas on “reflexivity,” describing how participants themselves influence the direction of the market, really add only very minimally to my understanding how markets work and how to invest.