Amazon is my favorite season.  Not only does it have the Cesternino, but it's one of those seasons where a tribal shuffle actually has the intended effect.

Just the once.

Sure, the one time it was actually used on the show it was something of a clusterfuck, but the theory behind it is absolutely correct.

It's possible to carry a goat all the way to the end, but probably not against truly smart players.

The Purple Rock is solid.  The Purple Rock is sound.

Of course it did.

Jew.  My people do what is necessary.

She's one of my fantasy league players!

"Nothing But Air" is such a perfect Philip-ism, a bit of braggadocio that means the exact opposite of what he imagines.  Realistically, it should be the title of his memoir.

Nobody goes 39 days without rubbing one out.  Nobody.

Possession is 9/10ths.  Just give it to Malcolm.

The hardest thing about finding time and space to jack it on the island would be just how much you'd probably have to share with the camera operators.  I'm not going to lie, I really want to know the practical realities of Survivor masturbation.

The idea of Laura allowing her paranoia to get the best of her and striking a temporary alliance with the Douche-2 (plus Hope) was an intriguing possibility.  Given how much Probst has hyped the early part of the season I almost thought it would happen, even though it wouldn't make any real strategic sense for her (or…

Neither one of them attempts to define mediocrity.  Players usually define it as "not physically strong or weak" because they (we) are conditioned to think of strength as physical.  But of course that's just one small aspect of the game, and the great players find a way to sidestep the "weak, then strong, then weak…

There was some interesting discussion about whether the game rewards mediocrity, which Probst didn't really have an answer to.

Can you guys ban this motherfucker already?

The fact that she hasn't had any screen time to speak of so far is not a good sign.

Yeah, that sort of gets filed under the "Two Negroes Rule".  Other than being black, Shamar isn't really that Philip-like.  He's more of a…..Jean-Robert?  Big, loud, lazy and lacking self-awareness.

Oh I disagree about that season.  Exile Island (the first one) is kind of lousy.

We're quoting Naonka now?  I definitely didn't get that memo.