The other thing is, Naonka never really came across as particularly dumb.  She was an insane wild-card, but definitely not stupid.

Nicaragua seems like too long ago to count as "a couple of seasons", and it would be a pretty big coincidence if both of the dumb people in the cast quit at the same time.

Not too thrilled about Dawn having a crying jag already, but hopefully that's a bit of early-season inoculation.

He said that, a couple of seasons ago (and he did not specify what that meant exactly) there were two players with significantly below-average IQ's who were cast on the show, and they were so terrible and fucked up the game so bad that he told production to never cast anyone that dumb again.

My immediate assumption was Kat, who obviously seemed really dumb, but then I'm not sure that you could honestly say that she fucked anything up, whereas Christina definitely did.  I confess that there's is some underlying racism in my thought process here.

So for anyone who listened to the Probst interview with Chuck Klosterman, we have to speculate who the two dumb-dumbs were that he was referring to.  My money's on Kat and Leif.

A 17-year-old volunteering to put up signs for a Republican State Senate campaign?  She was either doing it for school, or she was engaged in an elaborate revenge plot against her mother who is running for the same seat.  All Toby had to do would be to ask if she was there for school, and he could have sussed her out.

Not only did that Sound Opinions caller recommend Dawes, but he even referred to their Laurel Canyon sound.  That's good trolling!

You are Mirror Universe me, or I am Mirror Universe you.

God, you're a real winner.

"Just Die Already, Fuck"

AHAHAHAHA!  Performance art!  I love it!

It was reasonable to at least think that Francesca got screwed by bad circumstances, and could make a deep run if given a second chance.  And she was a likable player in her season (if you like that prickly type, which I do).  I think it's safe to say at this point that there is something in her game which is just…

What are you, 1998?  Settle down.  Jesus.

C'mon man, no need for that word in this context.  Shamar sucks so far, that's enough.

It's all complete hearsay, but that's the rumor.  Google tells me it's All-Stars that he's supposed to have leaked.

I'm pretty sure it's mostly Conan.

Supposedly, there's a rumor that Varner was responsible for leaking one of the seasons after his, and he was somewhat persona non grata after that.

Wheels within wheels.

Sorry, we have our alliance already.  I'm pretty sure 10 people can rule the vote here, but I admit I'm not great at math.