And i didn't even start watching at the beginning of this season, but I thought it was pretty entertaining.

It was tragic that Amanda didn't realize that winning the last immunity challenge would make her the bad guy, and whoever she picked for the final two would have won over her.

Had Cirie won the challenge, she would have picked Parvati for final 2, and Parv would have won. Had Parvati won, she would have picked Amanda, and Amanda would have won. When Parvati dropped out of the last immunity challenge, Amanda had to win it, in order to be #2 instead of #3. I guess it's better to be #2 than #3, but Amanda was in a no-win situation. Parvati, on the other hand, realized that winning the challenge was no reward, and that both Cirie and Amanda would pick her for the final two, so there was no reason to try.

Poor old Cirie got used, and should have formed an alliance with Natalie way before, but I guess she didn't think that far ahead. Sad.

But only when it's that Swiss kind has reached full capacity of fruit and granola.

Yes, i'm an elitist.

But I really can't bring myself...

Here's the bio of the winning mom:

She is an amazing example of courage, dedication, selflessness, caring, and patriotism. Soldiers Angels is a large corporation and my mom is CEO. She like the rest of the volunteers at Soldiers Angels takes no money or compensation - she does all of this because she cares. Soldiers Angels send letters of encouragement and care packages of support, supply first response backpacks to our Combat Support Hospitals, donates voice activated laptops to our wounded heroes that have lost arms, hands, or sight, and in true mothers day spirit, has a team that helps expecting mothers whose husbands are deployed. My mom is not only a great mom for my sister, my brother and me, but is a mother to anyone who wears a uniform and is truly America's favorite mom.

I mean, that's sweet and all (maybe actual armor would help them more than letters? but whatever)... but it brings to mind a passage from "Fear of Flying":

Hummel printed everything from menus to advertising flyers to "The Heidelberg Officers' Wives' Club Newsletter" -- a glossy, four-page tabloid studded with typographical errors, doggerel about the plight of an army wife, and pictures of army matrons decked out in flowered hats, orchid corsages, and rhinestone-glinting harlequin glasses. They were always accepting awards from each other for various public services.

(p.87 of the New American Library edition).

Prolifers make somewhat rational arguments about whether there is a constitutional right to privacy.

Segregationists made very rational arguments about states' rights.

Tobacco advertisers make very rational free speech arguments to support advertising using cartoons that appeal to children.

Are they not all using rational arguments in support of an unrelated underlying cause/idea?

Having ethical standards is why John Kerry lost.

Just sayin'.

And as we come closer to her officially quitting, it will amplify and amplify...

God, that last episode with all the cancer... most. depressing. episode. ever. And they killed off a much more important character than stupid old Cally -- Caprica Six! Batlar's old flame! Will he still have visions now that she's dead? Did she really carry him in the episode before last?

And hello, the last cylon is Barack Obama, not Starbuck (who wasn't infected with that cylon virus, and therefore, we know she's human... i think).

@lecastor

Well, I looked at the package insert and the patient label for ortho tricyclen (a widely prescribed combination bc pill) and saw *nothing* like what you describe.

I did see the statement "ortho tricyclen works by preventing ovulation."

-- Juliebird

Here's the link to Orth Tri Cyclen's full prescribing information:

http://www.orthotricyclen.com/about/pi.html

Please click where it says "Please click here to see the full US prescribing information for ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN ."

Page one, second section on the left, right after "description":

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Oral Contraception

Combination oral contraceptives act by suppression of gonadotropins.Although the primary mechanism of this

action is inhibition of ovulation, other alterations include changes in the cervical mucus (which increase the difficulty of sperm entry into the uterus) and the endometrium (which reduce the likelihood of implantation).

What do you think that's talking about?