Welcome to Siberia! We've never been here before and to celebrate it, we have a new twist in the race called the blind U-Turn. It's 100% as nasty as the original U-Turn, but with a hefty dose of paranoia for who did it. It's like our very own murder mystery.

By the way, did you notice our opening credits got snazzier. We're using scenes from the race and everything. Keepin' up with the times. That's us.

Christie/Jodi: You're Team Number 1! Wait. What? How did this happen? Which dark powers did you impersonate on a phone call to accomplish this. Geez, I guess anything really can happen in this race. Oh yeah, here's some motorcycles for each of you. You don't deserve our hybrids.

Lakisha/Jennifer: Will wonders never cease. I notice that you two didn't talk much this leg. Not even a little whine. Wonder if that had anything to do with your placing. Hmmm.

Tammy/Victor: You're Team Number 1 ... of group number 2. Isn't it amazing when you follow instructions and follow markers. And just so you know, if I made that Asian engineering comment, I'd have the FCC all over me. But it's ok if you two say it. Now here's the rest of the asian jokes I want to you make so they can make it on air.

Margie/Luke: I don't suppose you ever watched Star Trek. How many russian names can there be? What are they teaching you in school? U-Turning 401 is not a class, but you two are good at it. Well, here's some . Good thing we didn't have you pick out statues of Stalin.

Cara/Jaime: Girl-Power. You two powered your way through that detour without the help of ANY boys. Well, except for one, who U-Turned another team specifically for you. Guess he didn't have faith in your girl-power.

Mel/Mike: Hmph. I would have thought of all teams, you two would know how to handle your wood better than anyone else. I mean didn't you write about it? (Well else did you think I meant?)

Mark/Michael: The clue to the house was even at your eye level, and you still missed it. Man that's sad. It's a wonder you were able do the roadblock at all (with letters flying past you). And to think you two are the closest we have to Alpha Males on this race. Sheesh.

Amanda/Kris: You two were in love and you quickly blamed gypsies for the loss of your fanny pack, and that's all we remember about you. Thanks for being one of the best boring racers out there. Now you get to go to sequesterville, with all of the other couples, cause dating/married folks aren't winning this race.

Better late than never. Thanks Agman for the siggie!

Thanks for telling us that we're team number 1 -- even if it's only of group number 2, which really means we're team number three, Phil!

Oh, and please don't mistake Victor & I for Cao Boi, Phil. Who wants to be as nutty as he is?

Well, Bertie finally came through with his promise...sort of. I still think he spent just a little too much time on those other teams. Come on, they are just not beasts like me. Yeah, that's it. I am a gingerbeast that can build big, giant woodstacks... with no help from boys! And *rainman voice* I'm a good reader */rainmanvoice*... with no help from boys! Oh, and I can guess a Russian word in a single try....with no help from boys! I can do everything..... with no help from boys!

Do you think I will lose any of my fan base if I keep saying that? Yeah, I didn't think so either. I'll just bat my eyes and toss my hair around some more. They will stay. They kinda have to. This is Jaime world, you know.

What was this about a girl named Cara? If she has red hair and can do everything without help from boys, then, yeah, I know her.