amazing race 25 ep 1

11 teams leave new york they are

shelly and nici

tim and te jay

adam and bethany

amy and maya

keith and whitney both ex survivor contestants.

misti and jim

michael and scott

dennis and isabelle

lisa and michelle

kym and alli

brooke and robbie

the first stop is the us virgin islands were they jump into water and dig up a tresure chest with 3 teams giving up on that eliminating lisa and michelle. with misti and jim getting a new prize the save.

next time england

lisa and michelle aren’t bright.

amazing race 24 ep 12

final 3 race to vegas rachels home town but they fall behind during the magic roadblock a second sky dviing one and a changing bulb task gives dave/connor the million.

next time another team who will be screwed by another show in season 25.

brendon and rachel i hoped would win in the final but just couldn’t rachel returns for 31 two 3rd finihes now.

the country signers should have been eliminated in leg 1 last time nad should not have a second chance.

dave and connor were the seasons consistant team but the winging annoys me and the hypocracy. position above flo and zach.

amazing race series 24 ep 10

5 teams fly to sevile with dave/connor and the afghanimals in the lead with a shaving roadblock followed by a detour of flamingo danicng or running as bulls the laters quicker with the afghanimals breaking their word u-turning the cowboys (the only one that counted) eliminating the cowboys with dave/connor 1st.

next time liverpool.

the cowboys were the last fully likeable team and its sad to see them go.

amazing race series 24 ep 8

6 teams stay in italy with the country signers lost and a detour of donkey racing or building something with rachel being unneascarily hated by dave/connor which leads to brendon/rachel u-turning them leading to an entitled attitude from the father/son as they u-turn the afghanimals (who still go from 5th to 3rd with no equaliser and got u-turend). the globetrotters are very lost and eliminated the roadblock was paiinting the cowboys express the detour.

next time switzerland bullying.

the globetrotters are better than last time but i never thought they should have had a second chance after quiting the first time.

amazing race 24 ep 7

7 teams fly to rome with the co-ed teams doing best at an acting or chariot racing detour the speedbump was carrying a type writer and a roadblock of summing up the spannish steps unfortunately jessica/john get the worse cab and lose a footrace and are eliminated leaving a awful last 6 with 3 really annoying teams (dave/connor, country signers and afghanimals)

next time orvieto u-turn

jesisca and john end the hopes of a brilliant winner and this is just unfortunate non-elim timing.

amazing race 24 ep 5

8 teams race to sri lanka with a risk of a tight connnection paying off for brendon/rachel wihle stnadby costs margie/luke the raec before leaving malaysia the detour was fishing or dancing the roadblock of sowing a shirt which the globetrotters struggle at similar to the sped bump dave/connor are 1st.

next time hopefully someone like the conutry signers go home.

margie and luke are still likeable but had no chance with the airport issue.

amazing race 24 ep 3

9 teams raec to malaysia borneo forced by the show to be on two flights (All the coed teams except margie/luke on the later unfrotunately) for a repelling into a waterfall roadblock and a detour of delivering things by raft or hunting joey/meaghen unfortunately leave their cab and are eliminated with dave/connor finishing 1st.

next time familar kl.

joey and meaghen were the team id like to see win most just going in but just couldn’t keep up.

amazing race 24 ep 2

10 teams stay in guanzhou for a toy car assembling roadblock with the cowboys blowing their lead massively and giving the 2nd express pass to the conutry signers annoingly putting my favourite teams jessica/john and joey/meaghen into a race for last until mallory loses marks bag leading to a happy sack battle elmiinating mark/mallory brendon/rachel win their first leg ever.

next time more annoyance in malaysia.

mark and mallory didn’t get along for a last minute team.

amazing race 24 ep 1

11 returning teams leave la they are

margie and luke 14 and 18

flight time and big easy 15 and 18

jet and cord 16 and 18

brendon and rachel 20

natalie and nadiya 21

jessica and john 22

dave and connor 22

joey and megahen 22

caroline and jennifer 22

leo and jamal 23

the last team was supposed to be bopper and mark but a panceras attack erepla,ces bopper with mallory.

the first stop is guanzhou china with the cowboys dominating the leg while natalie/nadiya blow a lead with a lot of arguing adn mistakes not even the flipping roadblock saves them.

next time country sigers beg

natalie and nadiya not a fan as much as i used to be especiall after their surrvivor appearence.

amazing raec series 23 ep 11

4 teams raec to tokyo with a japanese game show detour a catching a rhion speedbump and a roadblock of making a toy car which leo/jamal are eliminated after nicole and amy work together again but tim/marie get 1st from behind.

leo and jamal are annoying but this is a very unlikeable final 4 they return for 24 and 31.

the final 3 race to jenau alaska where nicole fails at the target hitting roadblock jason/amy lead thorough the memory task and win with tim/marie 2nd nicole/travis 3rd.

nicole and travis should not have made it that far since they couldn’t finish on theier own at the end.

tim and marie i was going for them at the end but there relationship is over.

jason and amy earned the win but are average. position 14

next time worse all-star cast ever season 24.

amazing race series 23 ep 9

5 teams race to bundong indoesia for a detour of getting supplies to feed elephants or birds and a roadblock of making an instrument ally/ashley fall behind and never catch up even after nicole fails badly at the roadblock that amy who was behind her helps after finishing leo/jamal who overslept earlier are 1st.

next time a disgusting indoesnian leg.

ally and ashley are the last non-villians of the sesaons and are ok but wouldn’/t go th eidstnace.

amazing race 23 ep 6

7 teams go by train with nicole/travis the only team with an express pass (tim/marie used it on the previous detour). the detour that all teams chose was searching masks jason/amy have a bad day trying a weather dependent fastforward which didn’t work out it was a switback to season 4 the roadblock is signing with a choir which sees tim/danny fail and are eliminated even after jason/amy have their cab taken by tim/marie.

next time abu dhabi

tim and danny are good but not strong.

amazing race 23 ep 5

8 teams race to godensk by plane and boat with the 2nd express pass goign to nicole/travis and the detour of posing as statues or a dance (leo/jamla are u-turned by tim/danny but u-turn brandon/adam who were last) the eroadblock is searching for a certian dount eliminating brandon/adam.

next time vienna boys choir.

brandon and adam had a bad day was what cost them.

amazing race 23 ep 3

9 teams try and book seats to lisbon wtih chester/ephreim getting screwed out of the best flight than constant delays cost them more time nicky/kim cut in line for standby tickets which annoys tim/marie who are the last team to the detour of solving a puzzle or measuring distances of magellon the roadblock is hitting a target nicole/travis win the leg (who took chester/ephreims tickets by the travel agent) and chester/ephreim are eliminated at the airport in lisbon on arrival.

next time norway

chester and ephreim had the worse airport luck almost ever.

amazing race 23 ep 2

10 teams stay in chillie with tim/marie flexign the second express pass the detour is bathing in salt water to read a paper or salt mining rowan/shane fall behind on the buses nearly catch up at a roadblock of shoe shining chester/ephreim finish 1st due to leo/jamal (the afghanimals) not paying their cab rowan/shane are eliminated.

next time portugal airport nightmares.

natcoski and nina aren’t strong but need to be lliterate.

rowan and shane are unlucky with the bus situation.

amazing race 23 ep 1

11 teams depart califonria on a race around the world they are.

tim and marie

leo and jamal

ally and ashley

tim and danny

brandon and adam

chester and ephreim

jason and amy

nicole and travis

rowan and shane

natcoske and nina

nicky and kim

the first stop is iqnquie chillie for a roadblock of folllowing a paraglidnig parnter nadd a seocnd one delicering fish natcoske and nina are eliminated with nicole/traivs misreading a clue giving them express passes to tim/marie

next time bus trouble in chillie

todays gospel reflection feast of the holy family year c 29th december 2024

luke 2 41-52

the story features mary and joseph taking jesus to a temple in jureselum when they get seperated and jesus still preached in the emple which supprised his partnts and they did not know what jesus meant in his response. this proves how close the holy family was and one of a few examples of joseph in the gospel also indicates that while love mother and father is important its not as important as loving god which is true in a lot of ways. i will cover wenesdays (new years day) gospel for mary mother of god as well as next sundays epithany gospel.

pokemon fanfiction katchem sibling jounrey p art 149

“Saving lugia part 2”

the battle to save lugia continues but the theives try and distract them again but fails and are eventually stopped the rescue is a success but than lyras body changes into a lugia form briefly confirming the rumor supprising people they decide to investigate more and get help from freed and ohers into researching it as they head back to olivine and realise she can change forms at will now which she does.

to be continued

pokemon fanfiction katchem sibling journey part 148

“saving lugia part 1”

on arrival they see lugia being attacked by the theives at this point something activates in lyra and a sudden pokemon attack comes out of her the theives get away briefly in the confusion but than an attack comes out of ash and lika stunning everyone as they race to save the lugia.

to be continued

pokemon fanfiction katchem sibling journey part 147

‘legenderies disgusied”

the group is met by a historian on the way to silver rock isle with a researcher who reveals that there is a barely known legend of legendry pokemon who are normal humans but are needed to protect the world eventually and that one of them might have a link to lugia lyra than reveals her flashbacks which makes the researcher think she is it but needs to see lugia they arrive.

to be continued

today’s news 28 december 2024 saturday

bendigo spirit beat adeliade while illawara beat brisbane in the respective basketball comps to hold the lead as did liverpool in the epl. the liberals in victoria are a disgrace readmiting moira deeming who is an embarrasment by suing the party for punishing her transphobic ways as well as changing leaderes to brad buttin whose not going to be good. trump is threatning to take over greenland the panama canal and canada which would be disasterous and proves hes not for peace.

amazing race series 22 ep 11 finale

4 teams race to belfast for a roadblock of a mud task and a detour of remebering orders or cleaning grafiti the country signers are finally eliminated max/katie win their 3rd leg in a row.

carroline and jennifer are one of my most hated teams ever return for 24.

the final 3 fly to dc for a switchback to season 8s phrase challenge and a few other tasks where bates/anthony run away to win the million max/katie are 2nd mona/beth are 3rd.

next time series 23 chillie.

mona and beth would have liked to see them win but were long odds.

max and katie started poor but got on a roll late still they and the conutry signers should not have been allowed to keep racing for deliberating quiting an easy task.

bates and anthony earned the win and are one of the better all guy winners for a while. position 6

amazing race 22 ep 10

5 teams race to scotland with the old alliances still in play with the good one (joey/meaghen and mona/beth) behind due to flights and they both get u-turned the roadblock is bagpipe playinmg the detour is making hagis or delivering beer the speedbump is bowling joey/meaghen are eliminated max/katie are 1st.

next time northern ireland and dc finale.

joey and meaghen were more likeable than most of those type of teams return for 24.

amazing race series 22 ep 7

7 teams race in botswana with max/katie and the country signers speeding the roadblock is delivering goats bates/anthony win the fastforward sking the detour is memorising animals or a brawn task with pam/winnie failling at the detour eliminating the only other team left to finish 1st.

next time switerzerland

pam and winnie are annoying for the alliance but otherwise ok.

amazing race 22 ep 5

8 teams race to hanoi with the teams split into alliances with joey/megahen and mona/beth on the outs against the other 5 teams (dave/connor are forced to withdraw from the race). the roadblock is finding a poster from a play the detour is chinese chess or making and getting ingredients the former is quicker pam/winnie u-turn joey/meaghen who u-turn chuck/wynona who are spared because of dave/connor withdawing.

next time botswana

dave and connor earned a second chance only because of the injury they win 24.

amazing race 22 ep 4

9 teams race to bali where the detour is either creating a display or salting things jessica/john switch detours don’t use their express pass even in last at the roadblock of searching surf boards which only the country signers do bad at jessica/john are eliminated with the express pass dave/connor are 1st somhwo.

next time wrose alliance ever.

jessica and john i like them but a bit too aragent return for 24.

amazing race series 22 ep 2

10 teams stay in bora bora with jessica/john planning to give the extra exxpress pass to dave/connor the detour is either grabbing pearls or setting up a underwater dining experience indres/jamil pretty much give up putting them behind the penaliised teams the roadblock is kicking a coconut which pam/winnie struggle at but indres/jamil are eliminated but dave raptures his achillies in a race for 1st they lose to bates/anthony.

next time new zelland

indres and jamil are again hopeless for quiting.

amazing race series 22 ep 1

11 teams leave la they are

chunk and wynona

max and katie

indres and jamil

matt and daniel

dave and connnor

carloine and jennifer (country signers)

jessica and john

joey and megahen

bates and anthony

mona and beth

pam and winnie

their first stop is bora bora for a roadblock of jumping out of a helicopter with the first flight teams aligniing for the two express passes the second of which must be given away. the 2nd roadblock is searchcing sand castles for clues jessica/john win the leg while the last three teams give up stupidly at the sand castle task with matt/daniel eliminated over the country signers adn max/katie.

next time more bora bora.

matt and daniel are hopeless.

amazing race series 21 ep 11 finale

4 teams race to france for the final elimination leg the speed bump is tying a corset the detour is polowing or feeding dogs by making meet the roadblock is delievring mushrooms jaymes/james break a 9 season run of co-ed teams winning the penultiminate leg natalie/nadiya are eliminated.

natalie and nadiya sort of ruin seasons natalie does the same on survivor 40 in terms of going pretty far with plans and ruinnig it for more likeable people they return for race 24 as well as being on survvior 29 and natalie survivor 40.

the final 3 race to new york of a movie stunt a pizza delivery and remebering the langugages josh/brent pull off a miracle win with jaymes/james 2nd and trey/lexi 3rd (and they lead most of the final).

next time series 22 with too many future returness and the annoying country singers.

trey and lexi are my favourtie finalists this season.

jaymes and james are ok

josh and brent are the worse winners by a disatnce yet not even finnishing 2nd at all and not winning a leg before final. winner ranking 21.

amazing race series 21 ep 9

5 teams race to amsterdam with abbie/ryan trying frankfurt again only to get offloaded for no good reason from a flight and then their new flight which should have secured them 4th even with them being u-turned is delayed two hours equalling them with josh/brent natalie/nadiya win the fastforward of eating fish the detour is organ grinding or a art task the roadblock is polevalting being u-turned by jaymes/james seals abbie/ryan not getting two million as trey/lexi strategically waste the u-turn on jaymes/james so they can’t save themselves.

next time spain.

abbie and ryan should have had a second chance aftet the airport issues.

amazing race series 21 ep 8

6 teams stay in moscow with josh/brent failing the detour but james/abba getting the speed bump the russian geography roadblock has natalie/nadiya use the express pass the detour is memorising a dance routine or russian actors which doesn’t save james/abba but jaymes/james are 1st.

next time amsterdam but first you need to avoid frankfurt airport.

james and abba need to be better with possessions.

amazing race series 21 ep 7

6 teams race to moscow but abbie/ryan and josh/brent mis connect in frankfurt putting them hours behind the detour is searching a library for words or syncronised swimming the later is the only one open after 430pm and even that closes at some point. the roadblock is unlocking keys james/abba lose their passport so only 3 teams check in with trey/lexi are 1st.

to be continued

next time is it now a 3 team race.

amazing race 21 ep 3

9 teams stay in indonesia for a food serving roadblock which puts natalie/nadiya on the 2nd train with the last 3 teams of last time the detour is heating eggs or doing a task with a thing on your head the later is better rob/kelly and gary/will u-turn each other but only the later has to do both sides caitlin/britany are eliminated by a bad rick shaw abbie/ryan are 1st.

next time bangeledesh

caitlin and brittany are ok but couldn’t go the distance.

amazing race series 21 ep 2

abbie/ryan won the right by beating amy/daniel for two million but as they race to surabaya indonesia the express pass is up for grabs after bull racing the roadblock is making balloon animals the detour is either carrying ice or pounding fish natalie/nadiya are 1st amy/daniel are elimianted by bad cabs.

next time u-turn in indonesia.

amy and daniel would have done better if it wasn’t for the cab.

amazing race 21 ep 1

11t eams are told if they finish the first leg 1st they can double their money they are.

trey and lexi

abbie and ryan

rob and kelly

rob and shiela

jaymes and james

james and abba

josh and brent

gary and will

natalie and nadiya

amy and daniel

caitlin and brittany

after repelling they fly to shanghai for a roadblock of playing tabble tennis and a seperate roadblock of eating food and finding an obacus which sees jaymes/james get lied to by gary/will but rob/shiela are eliminated.

next time express pass indonesia

rob and shiela aren’t fit enoguh.

amazing race series 20 ep 11 finale

the final 4 race to osaka via hiroshima for a japanese game show roadblock and a sushi eating or sumo photo taking detour vanessa injuries dooms her and ralph who are elimianted rachel/dave equal the record for 1sts.

vanessa and ralph where the lucky team this season.

the final 3 race to hawaii in the final with a decending task shaving ice roadblock than rachel/dave go to the finish line premarturally giving art/jj who were last the lead after brendon/rachel make an error but rachel/dave recover at the game roadblock winning the race with art/jj 2nd and brendon/rachel 3rd.

next time double your money season 21.

brendon and racehl were ok and return for 24 and rachel does in 31 with her sister the later time.

art and jj did well but too vengeful return for 31.

rachel and dave had one of the most dominnat seasons leg 3 costs them 1 on the winner rakings. ranking 3

amazing race series 20 ep 10

5 teams stay in india with brendan/rachel refusing the fast forward which is head shaving so bopper/mark get it the roadblock involves making some rope the speed bump is getting your body a face paiitng the detour is an elephant task or a box task the later is harder but couldn’t save bopper/mark. rachel/dave are 1st again.

next time finale time will rachel/dave break the recordd.

bopper and mark are likeable and did ok mark returns for 24 (bopper had to pull out last minute mark is mallories partner).

amazing race series 20 ep 8

6 teams race through tanzania where rachel/dave break their word by not u-turning brendan/rachel the detour of filling water tanks or inflating bike tyres art/jj u-turn brendon/rachel who u-turn vanessa/ralph but nary/jamie have trouble at the mental speed bump the roadblock is bee harvesting nary/jamie are eliminated.

next time india heat exhaustion

nary and jamie did ok but not consisttnat.

amazing race 20 ep 3

9 teams race to paraguay by plane the detour is either stacking watermelons or fixing a harp only art/jj do well at the watermelons rachel/dave use the express pass at the detour the roadblock is a dancing routine with a drink of wine on it which dave fails at giving them a penalty so they finished nothing this leg but got 6th vanessa and rachel (of brendon/rachel) get into a rivaliry with the former barely beating elliott/andrew to stay in the race with the guys eliminated.

next time italy

elillott and andrew did poorly despite their fitness.

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amazing race series 20 ep 2

10 teams keep racing through argentina with brendon/rachel arguing with art/jj creating a rivaliry the detour is setting up a solar kitchen or delivering clay the later is quicker if you can find it only art/jj do that though the bus trip to boneus aries has the 2nd bus with 4 teams crash putting them behind with the last bus with the all-girl teams passing them. the roadblock is figuring out the weights of cattle dave/cherrie are eliminated. rachel/dave are 1st.

next time paraguay

dave and cheerie had age as a weakness but did ok.

amazing race series 20 ep 1

11 teams leave california on a race around the world they are.

dave and cherrie

brendon and rachel

bopper and mark

kerri and stacy

misa and maiya

joey fitness and danny

rachel and dave

vanessa and ralph

art and jj

nary and jamie

elliott and andrew

the first stop is santa barabra argentina for a roadblock of finding your partner after they sky dive the other task is an epinata contest rachel/dave win the express pass misa/maiya miss the pitstop by walkign past it eliminating them over joey fitness/danny.

next time argentina cattle.

misa and maiya are pretty week.

amazing race seires 19 ep 12

the final 3 race to atlanta for a flight simualtor task with knocks amani/marcus out of the running before a roadblock of using a typewriter gives ernie/cindy the lead into the memory task securing them the million with jeremy/sandy 2nd amani/marcus 3rd.

next time series 20 blow out.

amani and marcus were inconsistant but ok.

same with jeremy and sandy

ernie and cindy earned the win and were good at most tsaks ranking 5.

amazing race series 19 ep 11

after a tintin task the teams fly to panama city panama for a high wire walking roadblock and a detour involving shoes or fish then findnig the pitstop sees andy/tommys record rnu end with elimination with jeremy/sandy in 1st.

next time atlanta final.

andy and tommy are one of the best all guy teams ever result wise and i believe the best no-final 3 team in first places ever should have got another chance and they are fan favourites.

amazing race series 19 ep 7

7t eams stay in milawi for a roadblokco f delivering fish by bike the speed bump is solving the flag the detour is either carrying things on your head or doing a dugout the later is quicker amani/marcus pass lawence/zac who waste a u-turn jennifer makes a mistake at the roadblock eliminating her and justin.

next time denmark

justin and jennifer aren’t bad but not the best.

amazing race 19 ep 5

8 teams ride elephants cleainng one is the speed bump. the roadblock is swimming to grab a clue in a river and a 2nd roadblock of reassembling a spirit house lawence wouldn’t take notes eand its zac who has to reassemble it leading to conflict in that team they than get off a first class bus unnescarily putting them only ahead of liz/marie the bus ride to bangkok gives ernie/cindy a lead but the route to the pitstop gives 1st to amani/marcus. liz/marie struggle to get money and are elimintaed.

next time malawi

liz and marie i like them good motivation but wouldn’t be able to go the distance.

amazing race series 19 ep 3

9 teams ride bikes in nidonesia followed by a farming detour of either planitng seeds or doing water and other tasks on a farm. the roadblock is remerbing budhist symbols the guys dominate with a mistake costing lawence/zac 1st which went to andy/tommy (2nd on a technicallity). the igrl teams have the hardest time with paying a cab eliminating kaylani/lisa.

next time phuket.

kaylani and lisa did well to make leg 3 but were very lucky at least twice.

amazing race 19 ep 2

11 teams race to indonesia on the same flight with the double elimination on the mind the roadblock is repelling into a cave which bill despite his age dominates the speedbump is untangling a knot the detour was about raising money for an orphanage by either dancing for tips or selling motor cycle spots but at the orphanage 8 of the 11 teams don’t give all their money missing a sign this costs ernie/cindy 1st which goes to andy/tommy and spares kaylani/lisa who arrive 10th but finish 3rd eliminated are ethan/jenna and ron/bill (lawence/zac are the only other correct team).

next time indonesia farm and religious work.

ethan and jenna liked them maybe not as much as survivor but still unlucky.

ron and bill didn’t do well and wouldn’t have made the distance.

amazing race 19 ep 1

11 teams leave la on a race around the world they are.

lawence and zac

jeremy and sandy

bill and cathi

kaylani and lisa

ehan and jenna (both former survivor winners)

ron and bill

ernie and cindy

amani and marcus

liz and marie

andy and tommy

justin and jennifer

the first stop is taipei taiwan with kaylani/lisa getting the starting line peanlty of an exxtra task a hazard and almost not leaving the us beacuse of losing their passport but a stranger helps them get it in taiwan bill/cathi are the ones who flal behind the roadblock is figuring out a confucisis saying the hazard is jumping into a shopping mall and a dragon boat task ernie/cindy get the express pass for 1st while bill/cathi are spared but told of a double elimination next time.

next time two teams will be eliminated and a bunch of teams are illeterate.

today’s news 27 december 2024 friday

the liberals are victoria are imploding for all the wrong reasons supporting someone who has no loyality to the libs and is more a one nation in disguise. yesterday marked 20 years since the boxing day tsunami. chelsea lost 2-1 to fulham in the epl this morning. the underpayment laws are nescuary to keep wages reasonable and stop underpaying workers and bussinesses who refuse to shouldn’t exist.

amazing race series 18 ep 11

4 teams fly to rio de jinearo where a samba roadblock and drink organising detour (zev/justin try selling bikins the other choice and are eliminated) gary/mallory are 1st. the final 3 race to miami where gary/mallory fall out of it the roadblocks are a container task and a swimming task followed by setting up a caravan park keisha/jen win with globetrotters 2nd and gary/mallory 3rd.

next time series 19

zev and justin are just annoying a bit but ok.

gary and mallory did well but not consistant mallory returns for 24.

globetrotters did ok but not as likeable return for 24.

keisha and jen earned the win despite not winninga leg earlier. winner ranking 14

amazing race series 18 ep 5

9 teams travel by train to kunming after a basketball game for a detour of setting up solar pannels or ordering chinese dolls based on a preformance kent/yvxsin u-turn jamie/cara who u-turn the globetrottters jamie/cara have a bad cab combined with a tough dinosaur building roadblock wihch gary/mallory use the express pass on but lose a footrace to the cowboys for 1st jamie/cara are last and eliminated.

next time india.

jamie and cara are more friendly this time but wouldn’t be able to go the distance.

amazing race 18 ep 3

10 teams fly to tokyo for a summari roadblock and a detour of searching for frogs or going under a freezing waterfall among other things jamie/cara are in a car crash but survive but are last till mel/mike have to quit the detour elmiinating the father/son zev/justin despite being on a delayed flight finish 1st.

next time china.

mel and mike had issues due to mels age but mike proves good at survivor.

amazing race series 18 ep 1

11 returning teams leave la on a race around the world they are.

kent and yvxsin series 12 5th

ron and christina series 12 2nd

amanda and kris series 14 8th

mel and mike series 14 6th

keisha and jen series 14 4th

margie and luke series 14 3rd

jamie and cara series 14 2nd

zev nad justin seris 15 9th

flight time and big easy (globe trotters) series 15 4th

jet and cord (cowboys) series 16 2nd

gary and mallory series 17 6th

after a starting line task which gives amanda/kris an automatic u-turn they fly to sydney australiawith the first flight diverting with a medical emergency giving the u-turend a team a chance at the express pass but they don’t get it (gary/mallory do) the roadblock is swimming with sharks and solving a flag puzzle the cowboys take ages there while zev/justin only help the globetrotters there is too much helping this season overall the cowboys will be at last at a fake pitstop after sailing a skiff.

next time broken hill.

amazing race series 17 ep 12 final

the final 3 race to laon the same flight with an artisttic roadblock with jill/thomas falling behind with a bad cab meaning nat/kat are the first all girl team to win with brooke/claire the 3rd all girl team to finish 2nd.

next tmie a questionable 11 returning teams..

jill and thomas most consistant this season but surely couldn’t win against all two girl teams.

brooke and claire as this seasons annoying team almost come back but don’t

nat and kat deserved the win only a few bad legs and most firsts of an all girl team. winner position 3.

amazing race series 17 ep 9

5 teams fly to bangledesh with jill/thomas getting a big lead and u-turn brooke/claire but its a double u-turn to help their friends nat/kat u-turn chad/stephenie leading to resentment. the detour was delveirng meals or bricks the roadblock was assemlbing a rickshaw. chad/stephenie are eliminated.

next time hong kong.

chad and stephenie aren’t good at the race but likeable

amazing race series 17 ep 8

6 teams fly to oman with chad/stephenie over sleeping and than become engaged and after a deceniding roadblock and a detour of delivering water beat jill/thomas due to the later getting a penalty gary/mallory get lost and are elimintaed.

next time bangledesh double u-turn.

gary and mallory aren’t likeable as much as people think they return for 18 and mallory returns for 24.

amazing race series 17 ep 4

9 teams race to kiruna sweeden with the flights making a differnce the roadblock is dog sleeding the speed bump is sitting the coldand a detour of making a tent or sledding the former is barely easier nat/kat are 1st and connor/jonathan are eliminated. jill/thomas use the express pass on the detour.

next time eating food in norway.

connor and jonathan miss thier university graduation to do ok.

amazing race series 17 ep 1

11 teams leave boston on a race around the world they are.

chad and stephenie

anide and jenna

ron and tony

michael and kevin

nat and kat

gary and mallory

jill and thomas

brooke and claire

connor and jonathan

nick and vicki

katie and rachel

the first stop is stonehenge england with the winner of the first leg getting a new prize the express pass ron/tony get very lost at eastnor castle a roadblock of firing a watermelon at a target injures claire but ron/tony are eliminated despite being on first flight jill/thomas getting the express pass.

next time ghana

ron and tony are hopeless at navigating and even got a penatly that wasn’t aired.

amazing race series 16 ep 12 final

the final 3 race to san fransisco in the final where dan/jordan sneak into first class cut in the line at the airport and use notes at the memory task to win the other tasks are a repeling roadblock and a star wars type task the cowboys are 2nd and brent/catie are 3rd.

next time season 17 express pass.

brent and catie don’t like how they were treated even before the show a good team.

jet and cord probably should have won they were the most consistant return for 18 and 24.

dan and jordan are one of the worse winners ever and are last on the winners rankings currently. spot 16

not writing out the whole list again.

amazing race series 16 ep 9

teams travel to singapore with the lessbians public enermy number one dan/jordan do a high wire fastforward at the singapore flyer the detour is a drumming routine or selling icecream brent/catie u-turn the lessbians as revenge for the lessbians rudeness the roadblock is counting chains dan/jordan are 1st the detectives edge the lessbians eliminating htem.

next time shanghai

carol and brandy give lessbians a bad name and are just rude especially to catie

amazing race series 16 ep 8

6 teams fly to penang with the cowboys gaining the lead at a detour of carrying flags on your head or lighting insense which sees dan/jordan and steve/allie fall behind the roadblock is an art task the speed bump is a tea task cowboys jump from last to 1st and steve/allie do the reverse and are eliminated in fact all positions were reversed.

next time snigapore revenge.

steve and allie are this seasons most consistant team and should have made it further.

amazing race series 16 ep 6

7 teams race to the champagne region of france for a roadblock of decending into a wine cellar and a detour of pouring champagne (only dan/jordan succeed) or searching a field for a grape. jordan/jeff fail to catch up from ep 4 and are eliminated with detectives 1st again.

next time seychelles.

jordan and jeff started well and couldn’t make up time with not having equalisres.

amazing race series 16 ep 5

8 teams race to a world war 1reinactment in france after eating a baquette for a detour of crawling htrough barbwire or the impossible task of morse code the speedbump was reinforcing the trenches annyoed at joes arroagence the detectives u-turn joe/heidi seeing them fall from 3rd to last and never finish the morse code task.

next time champagne region yes its real.

joe and heidi i liked them but aren’t too far still shoudln’t been u-turned.

amazing race series 16 ep 2

10 teams take a bus to prueto montt chillie with the cowboys getting a big lead the detour is soaring like a condor or grabbing a llama jody/shannon fall behind on the buses get out of last place navigating to the roadblock doing farm chores but lose to the detectives (louie/michael) in a close race eliminating the former the cowboys are 1st.

next time argentina and the gnome.

jody and shannon were never going the disatnce but tried.

aomazing race series 16 ep 1

11 teams leave la they are

brent and catie

jet and cord

steve and allie

jordan and jeff

dan and jordan

monique and shawne

dana and adrian

jody and shannon

louie and michael

carol and brandy

joe nad heidi

the first stop is valpariso chillie on the same flight due to a delay jet/cord (the cowboys) exchange the wrong money and fall beihnd hte roadblock is highwire crossing which adrian fails at putting him and dana behind that they don’t finish the task they also have to paint a house. jordan/jeff are 1st dan/jordan and brent/catie are penalisied but dana/adrian are eliminated.

next time more chillie

dana and adrian strugggled too much.

amazing race series 15 ep 11 final

3 teams race to las vegas in the final where the roadblock is repelling with brian/erica finally leading but the next task catching a boquet flips the order than counting a million dollars of poker chips earns meaghen/cheyne the million with sam/dan 2nd and brian/erica 3rd.

next time season 16 maybe a new worse on winner rankings.

brian and erica are this seasons lucky final 3 team but did well.

sam and dan aren’t bad racers and are the most capable all-guy team to make final 3 in seasons.

meaghen and cheyne earned the win and with 10 top 2 finishes and 7 leg wins will be tough to beat on the wniner rankings.

winner rankings

  1. meaghen and cheyne
  2. nick and starr
  3. tammy and victor
  4. tyler and james
  5. rob and brennan
  6. bj and tyler
  7. the linz family
  8. flo and zach
  9. tk and rachel
  10. chris and alex
  11. uchenna and joyce
  12. freedy and kendra
  13. raichen and chip
  14. chip and kim
  15. eric and danielle

amazing race 15 ep 10

4 teams stay in prague for a speedbump of pouring drinks. the roadblock is figuring out a word from letters you get by phone while doing a form the answer is franz to do with franz kofka only meaghen gets it within about 5 attempts (the 2nd guess) flight time quits the roadblock after falling to last gurranteeing him and big easys elimination the detour is carrying a golem or delivering drinks the former is quicker meaghen/hceyne are 1st one short of the record set by nick/starr. the globetrotters are eliminated.

next time vegas final.

flight time and big easy if they didn’t quit deserved a second chance but they did quit the roadblock and not a difficult one either but they return twice in season 18 and 24 (not the worse team who quit a roadblock to return i’m looking at you country signers).

amazing race series 15 ep 9

4 teams fly to prague with brian/erica falling behind early and than sam/dan steal their cab as the brothers keep making enermies the detour is either rafting or crossing a high wire by hands the later all teams did in the end although sam/dan try the other. the roadblock is finding an instrument meghan/cheyne are 1st brian/erica are spared.

next time someone quits in prague.

amazing race series 15 ep 8

5 teams go by boat to tallinn estonia the speedbump is a sauna bus ride (the prize for the leg is a portable sauna as well) the roadblock is searching for a candelabra in a medievil place. the detour is either volleyball or firing at a target the former is quicker meaghen/cheyne are 1st gary/matt are eliminated.

next time prague

gary and matt are quite good mostly and did well.

amazing race 15 ep 7

5 teams fly to stockholm with brian/erica and gary/matt behind after some carnival rides a detour of blowing something up with dynamaite is the one all the teams chose the roadblock though is a switchback to the hay bale task of season 6 the globetrotters celebrate flight times birthday with a 1st place while gary/matt are spared.

next time estonia

amazing race 15 ep 6

6 teams fly to amsterdam where sam/dan come out as gay at the airport. the roadblock is counting bells which puts erica way behind with brian the detour is playing golf or doing a dance and eating fish the former is quicker but the all girl team can’t hit the target part of the dance detour or get the golf pretty much quiting that even brian/erica getting a 30 minute penalty doesn’t stop them getting a field elimination. sam/dan are 1st.

next time the sweedish haybales are back.

maria and tiffany were lucky twice but started to do ok until this leg

amazing race 15 ep 5

7 teams do a kayaking roadblock in dubai followed by a detour of either building a glass thing or counting out gold in money with a constant changing exchange rate the teams who do the later luckily find a calculator meaghen/cheyne hold the lead with maria/tiffany jumping to 2nd the globetrotters fail at the roadblock but when mika doesn’t do the water slide they get ahead of them eliminating mika/cannan.

next time amsterdam

mika and cannan were never going the distance and going on the show scared of water and heights really.

amazing race 15 ep 4

8 teams fly to dubai on the same flight and go up the top of the worlds tallest building luckily for mika they don’t need to anything other than grab a clue sending them into the desert for a roadblock of searching for water jugs meaghen/cheyne get the fastforward a speeding car task. the detour is finding a snowman or building one in the indoor ski resort lance/keri are very lost and eliminated.

next time mika v a water slide.

lance and keri got lucky several times but when they were strong they were competitive.

amazing race 15 ep 3

9 teams fly to phompenh cambodia on the same flight zev/justin get the best cab the detour is searching for a woman with a scarf or selling motorcycle helmets (only lance/keri choose the later). the roadblock is monkey maunvers sam/dan get the lead briefly but zev/justin are 1st but when zev fainted in the monkey task they lost their passport so they have to go back sparing maria/tifffany and eliminating zev/justin.

next time dubai

zev and justin i have never been a fan of them and if they had to bring a team back who lost their passport i don’t think htey were the right one they return in season 18 and are much more annoying then.

amazing race 15 ep 2

10 teams stay in vietnam lance/keri misunderstsand a clue the detour is either carrrying hevay wooden animals or solving a veitnamese world puzzle which only marcy/ron choose and fall to last the roadblock is disassembling a vcr fligh time/big easy the globetrotters edge meaghen/cheyne for 1st marcy/ron are eliminated.

next time cambodia passport problems.

marcy and ron did ok for an older couple but wouldn’t go the distance.

amazing race 15 ep 1

12 teams leave la on a race around the world they are.

zev and justin

lance and keri

marcy and ron

garett and jessica

fligh time and big easy

sam and dan

gary and matt

meaghen and cheyne

maria and tiffany

brian and erica

eric and lisa

mika and cannan

the first clue asks them to find a license plate of a part of tokyo but one team won’t find one and are elminitaed which is eric/lisa before in tokyo they had a roadblock of eating wasabi and than gudiing tourists to a shrine from a tv studio mika/cannan and maria/tiffany both make errors the later gets a 2 hour penalty but are spared by a non-elim meaghen/cheyne are 1st.

the 2nd half of the episode sees them fly to vietnam the speedbump is serving soup they also have to cover something with mud and a roadblock of guiding ducks gary/matt are 1st while erica beats jessica at the roadblock eliminating garett/jessica.

next time vcr disassmelbing.

eric and lisa should have had a 2nd chance due to their quick elminiation..

garrett and jessica are ok but not good.

amazing race series 14 ep 12 final

3 teams fly to hawaii were after making a pig for a festival than a surfing task margie/luke have a big lead until the memory roadblock where luke falters allowing tammy/victor to win nas the first asian/american team over an all-girl team (jamie/cara equal dustin/kandices best all-female finish) and margie/luke (only the 2nd parent child team to make final 3).

next time two part premiere for season 15.

margie and luke are this seasons favourite team and i like in both 18 and 24 as well where they don’t make it as long.

jamie and cara did ok but weren’t remarkable they return for 18.

tammy and victor when they were on were on but had some bad legs.

winner rankings

  1. nick and star
  2. tammy and victor
  3. tyler and james
  4. rob and brennan
  5. bj and tyler
  6. the linz family
  7. flo and zach
  8. tk and rachel
  9. chris and alex
  10. uchenna and joyce
  11. freedy and kendra
  12. raichen and chip
  13. hcip and kim
  14. eric and danielle

amazing race series 14 ep 11

4 teams keep racing through bejing the detour is a painting task on faces or getting chinese meal orders the later is quicker tammy/victor u-turn keisha/jen the roadblock is the same eating task as season 1 jamie/c/cara get very lost but keisha/jen have a untimely toilet break eliminating the later.

next time hawaii final.

keisha and jen are a strong team but the laughing incident is not good they win season 18.

amazing race 14 ep 9

5 teams fly to guliin china where keisha/jen get physical agiainst margie/luke that got very rude at laughing at an impropriate moment which due to lukes deathness is quite offensive mark/michael don’t catch up the whole leg the roadblock was feeding birds with fish a certain way. the detour is caliegraphy or learning a dance. keisha/jen come 1st.

next time a twist in bejing.

mark and michael are only memorable for their mistakes.

amazing race 14 ep 8

5 teams race to bangkok for a roadblock of assembling a propeller for a btat while mark/michael and keisha/jen leave things behind there the detour is doing karake or fiting teeth into a man the former is chosen by all but margie/luke who finish 1st mark/michael get penalities for bartering which adds up to 4 hours but its a non-elim leg.

next time guilin china.

amazing race 14 ep 7

6 teams race to phuket with mel/mike getting lost due to a cab the detour is walking a rickshaw which margie nearly faints or barrels of fish the later is harder mark/michael get a 60 minute penatly costing them 1st to tammy/victor while mel/mike are eliminated.

next time bangkok

mel and mike are interesting mike is more memorable for his rnuner up game on survivor than his two amazing race appearences mel is one of the oldest on the show ever they return for season 18.

amazing race 14 ep 4

8 teams race to kyrsinask russia where the detour is building a shutter or stacking wood the later is complicated but the more popular choice margie/luke use the blind u-turn on amanda/kris due to their fitness the roadblock is thrill ride and solving a world puzzle which luke struggles at but amanda/kris don’t catch up with christie/jodi 1st after a bad start.

next time trans siberian railway and no shame.

amanda and kris are strong but too many mistakes they return for season 18.

amazing race 14 ep 3

9 teams fly to bucharest romania with tammy/victors flight turnign back and brad/victora miss a connection in amsterdam sealing brad/victorias fate the roadblock is gynmastics before atrain ride to translyvania for a deoutr of carrying a coffin or transport belongs on a cart the later is quick victor leads tammy up a hill putting them behind but brad/victoria never catch up and are eliminated with mel/mike finishing 1st.

next time russia

brad and victoria are a strong older team but unlucky.

amazing race 14 ep 2

10 teams race to munich germnay with mark/michael and christie/jodi on a later flight the roadblock is paragliding down a hill or if the wind is bad you can walk only mel ends up gliding some teams get lost. the detour involves segways or throwing pies tammy/victor dominate and lindag ets very lost eliminating her and steve.

next time romania

steve and linda aren’t good at directions and thats important.

amazing raec 14 ep 1

11 teams depart la on a race around the wolrd they are.

tammy and victor

margie and luke

mark and michael

christie and jodi

amanda and kris

mel and mike

jamie and cara

keisha and jen

steve and linda

brad and victoria

preston and jennifer

the first stop is switzerland where the roadblock is bungee jumping christie/jodi get a lead from train but than fall to last on a different time they than had to carry chese donw the hill margie/luke are 1st preston/jennifer lose a footrace and are eliminated.

next time germany

preston and jennifrer aren’t likeable and didn’t get along and not fit.

christmas day gospel reflection

john 1 1-18

this has little to do with the christmas story directly instead of saying how jesus was born its more about the origin of things and even mentions john the baptist more than jesus but it does talk about how important the grace of the lord is and how he is the closest jesus is to people on earth seeing god. this gospel interestingly is my dads favourite but it is a tough one to understand have a merry christmas there will still be the usual gospel reflection on sunday for the feast of the holy family

animal tf story a modern manger tale

a young boy named david is in a community where they have every christmas a family spend a night like mary joseph and jesus did on jesuses birth in the manger he is nervous about it but does so anyway however a storm hits knocking the power out his parents tell him to go and get help in the storm he grabs the supplies but its a 3km walk back and it isn’t like a horse or donkey could help carry them seeing david sturrgle the owener gives him a drink which suddenly sees him turn into a donkey which helps him get the supplies but his parents don’t realise the donkey is david until the inn keeper tells them what happened by phone. david who had secretly wanted to see what life was like as an animal was happy for a bit a few days later he returned to normal but is told he can change forms at willl

pokemon fanfiction katchem sibling journey part 141

“arrival in the whirl islands”\

the group heads for the whirl islands when they are told the story of lugia the legendry pokemon that is well known in these parts as protector of the sea. On arrival on the first island it is a holiday atmosphere and they ask whats going on. they register for the whirl cup water type competition with lika wanting to catch another water type for the comp. They decide to join in the holiday festival.

to be continued

today’s news 25 decemeber 2024 christmass day

merry christmas to those who read the blog. realistically the solution for trans people is to have their own bathrooms and sports and other things like that instead of sharing with normal people but no one seems to sugest it and people like frank carbonie and moira deeming not good and a bit transphobic with their comments. littleprouds leadership of the nats is still under question as there are rumors of returning to barnaby with his odd comments yesterday might not help things.

amazing race series 13 ep 11 final

3 teams fly to portland oregon where andrew/dan fall out of it while the other teams alternate hte lead with a tree chopping challenge and a memory nick/starr win the million with 7 firsts.

  1. nick and starr
  2. ken and tina
  3. andrew and dan

andrew and dan how they made the final is beyond me with how bad they were.

ken and tina at least fixed their relationship.

nick and starr dominated and earned the win.

winner rankings

  1. nick and starr
  2. tyler and james
  3. rob and brennan
  4. bj and tyler
  5. the linz family
  6. flo and zach
  7. tk and rachel
  8. chris and alex
  9. uchenna and joyce
  10. freedy and kendra
  11. raichen and chip
  12. chip and kim
  13. eric and danielle

next time series 14.