BB18: Live Feeds Overnight into Sunday - August 28

No worries this week

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Giving Your Game Away:

• When I last left you, Nicole (HoH) won the Power of Veto. Her nominees are Paul and Michelle. She's not really inclined to change them. She has promised Paul that when the tie vote comes in, she will break it and vote out Michelle.
• She has an agenda against Michelle as Michelle and her have been oil and water since the start with Michelle often saying she wants Nicole out.
• I do think she's pretty set on getting out Michelle.
• But there is an opportunity for her to flip when it comes to Thursday night.
• Paul and Victor have worked so hard on Nicole and Corey that they have them convinced that working with them is best for their interests in the game.
• Well, it might be good for Paul and Victor as the numbers votes will keep them in if one goes on the block (not both).
• Nicole said something to the effect of wanting to go to the end with the best of the best.
• Now, the problem with doing that is that the BEST is BETTER than YOU. Thus, by doing that, unless you're best buddies in the world or something, you're most likely giving your own game away for them to win because ... they're BETTER than YOU.
• Between Victor/Paul and Nicole/Corey at the final four, I can see either Victor or Paul or both making it to the final two. They're too good at comps. They're sneaky. They're playing the game, not having a showmance lovey dovey fest!
• Paul's plan, according to one of his way too long talks with Nicole/Corey, is that he will act defeated and sad and make amends with Michelle. (All better for a jury vote from her if he succeeds and makes it to that point.)
• The plan has Victor distancing himself a bit from Paul for show.
• Paul did have his WAY TOO LONG making amends talk with Michelle. He apologized. He sucked up to her. She acted okay throughout. (I was just disgusted.)
• Michelle later talked to Natalie who made it clear that Paul's sorry not sorry and just full of it for his own personal gain.
• James and Natalie need to get some time with Nicole. James is too sure that Paul is the target for me to be comfortable with things!
• But, most of the time, either Victor or Paul (or both) or her Corey fascination is tying up her time.
• While Paul had droned on to Michelle, I was aware that Corey and Nicole were having an extended talk. I checked that on flashback.
• Oh my gosh. I think they deserve each other. Nicole must have talked a half-hour about chubby cheeks.
• She did make a comment at one point that it would be cool to tell Paul that she knows they decided early on to get rid of the veterans and now the table is turned.
• But, with him up there against Michelle, I can only think she'll vote Michelle out.
• Apparently, Michelle did also come close to winning the veto -- another reason besides their bad blood between them to get her out this week.
• I swear ... they're going to hand over the game to Paul and Victor.
• I guess I have to wonder who would win out of those two? Both have played good games. One is much more personable than the other and wins more comps. But the other is a super schemer and can win comps when he needs to do so.

I'm Corey. I'm a pretty boy.

Please get your act together, James!

One day your face will freeze like that!

Survived Paul's amends talk

Off Topic: That Was the Week It Was - August 28, 2016

Good morning! Since it's Sunday morning, it's time for my weekly off television topic reflection on the week gone by in both words and photographs I've taken along the way. If you're here for Big Brother news, everything I have for you can be found at this link. I'll be posting another live feeds report later this morning (Paul's ongoing talking has made me crazy and late with the overnight post) and late tonight as well as live-blogging the aired show. But this ain't that. This post is a year-round regular "feature" while Big Brother is a summer obsession. Or, something like that.

While the temperature around here moderated a bit for some of this past week, the heat and humidity just doesn't want to leave.  Not only did we have one of the hottest Julys since the start of record keeping in the 1880s, we're in line for the top five of August heat, too. What's quite noticeable is that the top five for both months have been within the past thirty years. Either we've done that to our planet or it's just growing weary, as am I.

On the health front, the sciatica seems to be lessening. However, my right knee is still wanting to give out while climbing stairs and such. That worries me. There is no pain, just incredible weakness. I'm trying to exercise to build it back up, but the sciatica is interfering. What I don't want is to have to undergo a second knee replacement on the knee. I'm hoping it's just muscle weakness from the sciatica pain rather than the knee failing.

When I got home last night, I saw some people I don't know moving out of my building. This morning, there are all kinds of GOOD abandoned furniture and stuff by the dumpsters. I never understand why people just dump good stuff when moving. Hey, sell it on Craigslist, get a few bucks. Or move it with you! I did snag a huge folding frame doohickey that I want to eventually put my own photo works (blown up) in for display. I saw some nice photo frames, but they just dropped them there and the glass is broken. I didn't want to deal with that. There's a nightstand and bureau in very good shape -- almost new condition. But both pieces are too heavy for me to carry. I'm sure the furniture pieces in good shape will be gone long before the refuse hauler comes along.

I don't have much more for you other than the photos I've taken. Clicking on an image will open a larger version.

Sunflower with bees!

I'll admit I'm allergic to bee stings and my Epipen prescription is way expired. I've been following the controversy regarding the price. Perhaps because I haven't been stung in more than twenty years and the silly epipens expire within a year, I haven't bothered. Yes, I do go near bees. Most bees, like these on the sunflower, are much more interested in doing their work and aren't aggressive. Wasps and hornets are another thing. I'm very leery of them! This sunflower and more sunflower shots after the jump are growing by Bethel Presbyterian Church on the corner of Roosevelt and East 5th Street in Plainfield.

Who you gonna call?

Well, no one on that police phone! When I first started taking photos around town, I shot a lot of these call boxes. Those photos are held captive in an old hard drive which I will delve into some day. Most of them have been stolen by now, perhaps to sell on eBay or for the metal at junkyards. For me, that's a part of history lost. While this one has obviously been vandalized, it still stands at the corner of East 5th and Roosevelt in Plainfield.

Ring of red flowers

I fell into a burning ring of red flowers. Um, no. That doesn't flow very well at all. These are growing in planters in Bridgewater, NJ.

No, YOU are on camera, little sign!

Someone new has taken over Egenton's Auto Repair on the corner of East 5th and Roosevelt. I guess they have video security cameras.

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BB18: Live Feeds into Saturday Evening, Power of Veto - August 27

Lost in thought? BWAHAHAHA!

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Goodness and Light:

• Goodness and Light? Hmm. I must have the wrong address.
• Corey is still stuck on what he'll do with his care package bribe.
• BB woke 'em all up to make them pick veto players.
• Nicole drew Victor. Paul got Houseguest's Choice and went for Corey. Michelle drew James. Natalie will host.
• And, there is no one else for the audience!
• Victor seems to have turned the social game for both Paul and himself.
• He's really worked his way into Corey's head and possibly made Nicole forget that James is her friend.
• They're all worried about a double eviction this week.
• We know better.
• The feeds were blocked for the PoV comp.
• But, of course, they all talked afterwards.
• When the feeds came back on, some were still in Christmas costumes.
• It was a stay or fold comp.
• And, the winner was Nicole!
• Apparently, there were reindeer there.
• Real ones.
• Nicole wants to keep the nominations the same and her nemesis Michelle will go home as she (Nicole) is the tiebreaker.
• Paul is trying to make her consider other options.
• She doesn't seem like she'll cave in.
• She says he's definitely the pawn and will stay.
• Nicole says that she and Corey will team up with them (Paul/Victor) after Michelle leaves.
• I know Paul and Victor are using them.
• You know Paul and Victor are using them.
• And, when they get the boot and Paul and Victor are the final two, maybe they'll realize they were using them.

Oh, James ... get your act together!

Studying

He's not likeable, but he is playing the game.

First PoV win for Nicole, either season.

Is her fate sealed? I think so.

BB18: Live Feeds into Saturday - August 27

Definitely expendable to me

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of James, What Have You Done?:

• The quick lowdown -- James GAVE Nicole the HoH win, Corey won the care package allowing him to bribe someone with $5,000, Nicole put Michelle and Paul on the block.
• So, you think that Paul ... the one who has been arguing with Nicole for weeks ... is the target?
• Nope.
• Paul and Victor have wormed their way into Corey's head as his new "ride or dies."
• Thus, Corey stopped being a vacant stare of man and convinced Nicole that James, Natalie and Michelle are not in their best interest for their end games.
• Now, mind you, I don't care if Michelle goes. She's very expendable to me. I don't think she brings much to the live feeds (and thus my entertainment) other than a faux superfan who cries a lot.
• But, if someone is IN the game, they shouldn't want to be going with either Paul or Victor to the end game as both have played the game extremely well and stand a chance of winning.
• ... even though Paul can be so obnoxious.
• The nominations were set up between Victor/Paul and Nicole/Corey before they happened.
• Paul is NOT the target -- he's the pawn.
• If the nominations remain the same after veto, the voting will most likely be a tie unless James or Natalie flip against Michelle.
• If there is a tie between Michelle and Paul, Nicole will vote out Michelle.
• The problems come in with the veto.
• If Michelle wins it and takes herself down, it's quite likely that James will go on the block.
• If there's a tie vote there, will Nicole stick with James whom she is friends outside of the house? Or will she make the move against Paul, thus alienating her This Season's Showmance with Corey and her new buddy Victor?
• If Paul wins the veto and saves himself (or someone saves him), James will go up against Michelle and quite likely could be voted out no matter how much Nicole would prefer Michelle to go.
• I personally fear for James. He just might have ended his game by being the nice guy, trusting Nicole and giving her the HoH win.
• Where does the $5,000 bribe come in?
• Oh, Corey will bribe Victor to vote out Michelle. Or, he'll bribe Nicole. D'oh!
• Maybe not. But they're already making vacation plans. Cancun.
• James and Natalie think the target is Paul this week.
• Paul has been distancing himself a bit from Victor, as well as Corey/Nicole.
• This is all for show, you know.
• Victor is Corey and Nicole's new third wheel.
• If things continue on this course, it will be a Paul and Victor final two.
• And, if that's the case, they'd deserve the win.
• I can believe Corey being taken in. He's not all that bright in the ways of BB. (Perhaps not is some other ways, as well.)
• But James and Nicole, as veteran players, should be working together. Any other cast of hamsters and the veterans would have all been out by now.
• I think both have tossed their chance of winning into the gutter.
• Of course, if the move is made to vote out Paul this week, that would be a game changer for them.

Victor is their new best friend

Doesn't realize the danger he's in

Ready to bribe "someone"

Needs to step up her game

BB18: Live Feeds - Nominations - August 26

This is just a quickie post tonight --

• Corey won the care package giving him the ability to bribe another hamster.
• Nominations are finally in ... Michelle and Paul are on the block.

That's all for now!