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I watched this card over at my brother's house as he wanted to show off his new home theatre, but if he hadn't invited us over, I probably would not have bought it on my own, given that the GSP-Condit title fight was pulled a couple of weeks ago due to injury. If Dana White wants to know why buyrates are down, well, if this had been a WWE show, it would have been headlined by, I dunno, Chris Jericho vs. James Storm, with a semi-main event of Zack Ryder vs. Big Zeke. There's no way that Mitrione vs. Kongo is a semi-main event on PPV. A year ago, that fight would have barely made the Spike TV prelims. UFC really has to start loading up the PPV cards and make them seem special. And when this show was over, basically all I remembered was: 1) Diaz's promo and GSP's "ooh, I'm scared" gesture 2) The apparent retirement of BJ Penn 3) The apparent retirement of Cro Cop ... and that's about it. Don't get me wrong - the main event was a fun f...

When we last left our Amazing Racers, the Twins were bounced from the show despite having some of the easiest tasks ever given the racers in the history of the show. (Seriously... feeding fish!? I still can't get over that one.) Tonight promises to be far more fun. Teams all took the same flight to Malawi, to a tobacco warehouse. Smokin! We learned that 60% of the country's income comes from tobacco sales. (I half expect some kind of anti-smoking message yet tonight.) Teams had to move huge bales of tobacco through an Indiana Jones-style warehouse on a little hand truck thingy. Jeremy and Sandy finished the task first, and headed off to Memorial Tower. Amani and Marcus got caught in traffic and were last ones to move on from the tobacco warehouse. The Detour was a choice between stitching a suit at a tailor shop, or go to a school and build toy trucks for kids. Jeremy and Sandy built toys and were the first to complete the task again. Then it was off to a furniture st...

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Remember Coke Blak , the short-lived high-end coffee-infused cola drink put out by Coca-Cola? No? Well, I do. I loved the stuff, even at $2.50 a bottle. It was a fantastic combination of Coke with the essence of coffee that had wonderful caramel undertones. It's been gone from the market for, oh, four or five years now, I suppose. But if you're absolutely dying for a taste of what it was like - or you just want to have some again - there's an easy way to make a pretty good facsimile of the beverage. Basically, take a little bit of this: And add it to this: You don't need a lot of the Torani coffee syrup to make it work. "A splash". "Half a teaspoon." Basically, experiment. If you taste more coffee than Coke, you've used too much. Unfortunately, with no actual Coke Blak out there to compare with, it's not like this is a precise exercise in reproducing the taste. And the Torani/Coke Zero combo still misses some of the mor...

It's UFC weekend again, and so here's your link to finding a bar to watch Penn vs. Diaz. With the GSP title fight off the card due to injury, I'm not predicting big business for this show (and isn't that going out on a limb?) Still, it should be a fun card.

Wasting no time, the show starts with the duel between Christine and Mikayla, which Christine won. Again. Coach and the tribe prayed that they'd find the idol (which Coach already had) and then, miraculously, they found the idol 5 minutes later! I can't decide if that was funny or blasphemous. The immunity challenge had the tribes painted up in sets of freakish twins. Guess it's the Halloween episode. The tie-in was a movie that isn't getting mentioned because I'm not getting promotional money. Let's just say that the twin-painting thing was disturbing. Coach's team won. At least, I think it was his team - I couldn't tell from all the face paint. Coach's team gathered for a winning prayer, while Ozzy had an angry meltdown. Ozzy wanted to send Cochran to Redemption Island, and everyone basically agreed. But Ozzy also offered himself up to go to Redemption, as part of some big plot to get rid of Christine and get his redemption ahead of the mer...

When we last left our intrepid racers, the twins were spared elimination by the generous graces of the producers who wanted to keep two cuties in - er, I mean, it was a non-elimination leg, and it was entirely a coincidence they were saved. Hot dog! Teams had to take a taxi to an elephant river trek. The snowboarders declared that when they get home, they're buying an elephant. (Call it "Stampy.") They quickly made it to the Roadblock, where they had to search for a flautist and search a waterfall for the next clue - which was a ceramic koi fish. They immediately figured out to smash it to find the clue - and I'm betting some teams won't figure that out to our delight and amusement (Note: I was wrong). From there, it was off to ANOTHER roadblock arts and crafts shop, putting together a "spirit house." Justin and Jennifer had their taxi driver take a picture with his smart phone of the model spirit house to help them reassemble it properly. Sneaky. Bu...