LAST EDITED ON 12-18-12 AT 07:05 AM (EST)

Hello, OFG!

It's good to see you back on the Board. I was beginning to worry.

Ah, those drama-intrigue-and-revenge-addicted Scorpio Moons! The five I always think of first are Russell Hantz (Libra/Scorpio), Richard Hatch (Aries/Scorpio), Parvati (Virgo/Scorpio), Amanda (Leo/Scorpio) and ... you (Aries/Scorpio), of course.

What a fascinating bunch! You could say that Abi is in good company ...

As for Denise ...

Being the direct yet tactful - ridiculously attractive and heroic but amazingly modest - Sagittarius that I am, I've been waiting patiently since Stephenie's first incarnation (in Palau) for another female Sag who I could like (or even tolerate) to appear in Survivor. Denise wasn't her.

I thought that the lady was arrogant and condescending. Or, as Abi put it, "patronizing". In fact, for all of her faults, I liked Abi much more. And if Denise is the "sex therapist" prototype, I am eternally grateful that my husband and I - still snuggled in our blissful ignorance of coached co-habitation - have reached our surely-you-jest years.

And Malcolm was pretty much all by his lonesome, wasn't he?

I wish I had all the birthdays for this Season. But, as it is, I am missing four and I don't have the time or patience to track them down on the Web. So, I don't know if the Fire and Air Signs (as opposed to Earth and Water folks) were the dominant group in Philippines. So I also don't know if Malcolm was up against overwhelming odds from the moment he was cast or just at the end of the Season. But - I hope that the fact that it took nineteen Seasons for a Taurus to win the Game (or to advance beyond the Final Four) doesn't mean that it's going to be 15 more before we have another at Final Three.

Aquarius puzzle me. I couldn't wait to see Russell Swann and Skupin in the same Season. And then, Poof!, Swann was gone (again) and Skupin had turned into one continuous pratfall. Do you suppose (if we must have returnees) that we'll ever get Yul or Todd back? They (and Stephen) are my idea of what an Aquarius should be.

Finally (didn't mean to be so long-winded) ...

My favorite Gemini Survivor will always be Katie. My second-favorite is the famously-fit wrestler (Ashley) from China who barely cleared customs before she threw the match. And my third-favorite is Joel of Chet-chuckin' fame.

My all-time favorite Survivor image is the one of Joel, in his, by God!, boat being drenched by his, by God!, rain.

Priceless!

G