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I fear that my critical comments about loser Keith will turn him into a sobbing pool of self-pity if he ever surfs across this post. You know he'd Google, himself, too. What else is there to do in Utah?
He hit a few of my nerves during last night's challenge to turn car parts into fashion: Whining about how the judges can't appreciate his magnificent vision. Getting bitchy in the sewing room. Chastising the model who had the audacity to sit for her hair and makeup session (um, who's to blame for not properly fitting the garment, huh?). Then acting defiant, telling the judges that their criticisms were personal insults.
Geez, get over yourself, dude. Keith was long on blame and short on talent. And I knew that his back-talk to Michael Kors would result in elimination. Perhaps he can now use a few swatches from his toilet-paper dresses to wipe away the tears.
While Keith was self-destructing, Korto and Leanne continued to dazzle with their innovative clothes: Between the seat-belt masterpiece and another tailored bubble-butt dress (a trend this season?), those two are definite front-runners for the final runway show. Work it, ladies!
Check out all of the designs here.

I can only imagine how being crammed in the world's plushest jail cell with more than a dozen other people for weeks on end would eventually start screwing around with your mind.

Hours and hours of mind-numbing boredom and the inevitable paranoia of knowing the only people you have to talk to all want to see you fail has got to take a toll on your logical thought process. You start to overthink everything because it is literally all you have to do.

Throw in spending more than three hours sitting on plastic plate while gripping a rope that's crammed between your legs and being repeatedly slammed into a wall and doused with cold water, and perhaps you do take total leave of your senses.

That's the only explanation I can come up with as to why current-HOH-and-future-jury-member Dan would make such a stupid deal with Ollie during the endurance challenge.

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April bid adieu to her boyfriend and the rest of the house last night, with a nearly unanimous vote to evict her.

Ollie was loyal to his showmance and threw Miss Fake Pageant Smile 2008 a sympathy vote, which was decent of him. He’s a lousy player, but I think he’s a nice guy.

Remember last season when James, the professional hobo with the fugly pink Mohawk, voted to kick his girlfriend Chelsea to the curb? Not classy at all, even if she was a raging maniac.

Then again, nothing was classy about that whiny bum. I'll bet he was smelly, too.

But I digress.

After April said her farewells, and groaned when she was reminded she was headed to the jury house with her one-time buddy Libra, Julie Chen tells us that we can vote for a houseguest to get a call from home.

She also told us there will be a double eviction next Thursday. Sweet!

I love spur-of-the-moment evictions. No campaigning, no time to make deals; people usually vote very transparently, revealing their alliances and who they think is their biggest threats.

Last night's HOH competition was another endurance challenge, and this one looked particularly brutal, with the houseguests clinging to swinging vines while being sprayed with water (again) and being slammed against a padded wall. There was even some menacing sounding bird calls that were freaking out the feather-phobic Ollie.

What fun!

If you want to know who won, click here. If you want to wait and be surprised, tune in Sunday.

My guess is the Renny, the dahlin' from New Ahlins, will be in a little trouble this week. And I think Jerry should plan on being on the block again as well.

Who do you think is prime meat for the chopping block this week? Who do you think looks the strongest going into the home stretch of this season? And who should get that phone call from home?

Discuss.

Really glad to see Mr. Impeccable Taste booted after last night's Battle of the Divas.
Between drag queens bragging how gorgeous they are (really?) and designers convinced that their ideas are AMAZING, my eyeballs were rolling so much they could have been considered an alternative energy source. If only Bravo could figure out how to bottle this surplus hubris and sell it to the rest of us humble self-doubters.
Did you notice that Daniel completely disregarded Tim Gunn's critique about not "wowing" with his boring tie-dyed-with-Sunny-D cocktail dress? Hmmmm, where have we seen that before?
At this point, the lesson is on a neon billboard: Ignore Tim and brag about how much you love your own design, and you're gone. We've seen this again and again this season.
And Keith's "sad chicken" design looked more like Cruella De Vil after going through a paper shredder. Enough with the deconstructed swatches!
Joe's pink sailor costume was OK, but I though Terri's was the most dramatic. She nailed that Asian punk rocker look.
See all of the looks here.

Lots going on in the Big Brother house last night.

Renny was overwhelmed to see pictures of her deceased parents in her HOH room. She's a shrieking banshee, for sure, but I think there was genuine emotion in her response. This is a big old mind game, and seeing pictures of family and letters from home have to be a huge psychological boost.

And Renny has transformed from a cartoon character to a real player. Lets see if she can make it through her HOH week without making herself a big old target later in the game.

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The eviction went pretty much as expected last night. Libra got her walking papers by a unanimous vote, despite the little editing tricks that the BB producers used to make it seem like Keesha may be in trouble.

I am so glad Renny, who won last night's HOH competition, toned down the annoying vibe she had early on. She's turned into my favorite players this season. Lets hope she doesn't blow it by acting like a power-wielding jerk like most of the other Heads of Household this season.

I have almost no doubt she will nominate April, and I can only hope she also puts Ollie on the block with his showmance. If there is one lesson learned from previous seasons is you cannot leave couples in the house: think Dr. Will and Mike Boogie in the all-star game and the Donatos in Season 8.

As much as I hope April gets shown the door this week, it also wouldn't bother me if Col. Codger got axed. His self-rightoues rants and personal attacks are ridiculous; he's like a senior citizen version of Evel Dick, only not as amusing.

Who are your picks for nomination this week?

Ya know, I didn't much care for Kelli's leopard-print outfit that she designed for Brooke Shields. Honestly, I can't believe she made it past the sketch ----- did you think her head-to-toe animal print dress would be chosen?
It's almost like that dress and Blayne's way-too-casual bermuda shorts were picked intentionally for some drama ... almost a sabotage.
But it's kind of funny that Michael Kors branded Kelli's outfit "slutty, slutty, slutty" ------- while sitting next to host Heidi Klum, whose hemlines have been inching toward her crotch from the start of the season. Faithful blog commenter Amy Hanek pointed out the ridiculousness of Heidi's skirt length when they were celebrating on the windy roof of their apartment building in the first episode. Did you notice her little number last night?

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Chaos reigns and Keesha and Libra are twisting in the wind this week in the Big Brother house, all because they had the audacity to evict the object of Michelle's misplaced affection, Jessie, the patron saint of protein powder and slayer of English grammar.

Somehow, April, who actually nominated Muscle Moron for eviction, gets a pass on the guilt from Michelle for his demise. And that really chaps Keesha, who cried and whined to Michelle that she can no longer stand to be in the middle between April and Libra, or as she so aptly called them, "crazy and crazier."

Has anyone in your family ever suggested that all seated at the Thanksgiving table take turns saying what they are thankful for this year, and you had a really crappy year and you are dreading the holidays and you now are stuck trying to come up with one nice thing to say that doesn’t sound completely cliché, when all you really want to do is eat your turkey and pecan pie and get to the television for football?

God knows I have.

That's what last night's episode reminded me of as the houseguests, at Keesha's request, went around the dinner table and tried to find one positive thing to say about another houseguest.

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I missed the first few minutes of last night's BB 10. I was watching the Olympics on NBC, and apparently the golf tournament on CBS ran long and so "60 Minutes" was late starting and ending and TiVo, for all its impressive feats of programming, is just not that sophisticated to know that.

So when I clicked on "BB 10" on my Now Playing list and saw that there was a good chance I would have to see Andy Rooney's ferret-like eyebrows furrowing and listen to another of his curmudgeonly rants, I could not delete it fast enough.

Luckily BB10 was in progress when I switched over to Watch Live TV. Whew! I can't handle the beastly eyebrows of a curmudgeon on a Sunday night. Or any other night.

But I digress.

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Random thoughts during the live eviction show:

Who dresses Julie Chen? Seriously. She's married to the network president, and earns some nice coin working two jobs. You would think she could get a nicer wardrobe.

Dan's football players were cute kids, and I like his family. I hope the playing-like-a-wimp strategy works for him. I am recalling a similar style of game play with Zac from BB8, and Erika from BB3 and All Stars. Well, maybe Dan can break the streak.

Last ditch speeches from the nominees are nothing special. Memphis sounds a lot like Angie did last week, which means he must think he's doomed.

First three votes are for Memphis, and then Libra breaks away from the herd and votes to evict Jessie. There is hope! Argh! Commercial break.

Back from the break, Keesha votes Jessie. Then Renny. All tied at three each. And here come's America's Player, Dan. Does America want Jessie gone! Yes!

I love America!

Jessie whines to Chen about being evicted, dumps on Dan for not attending church (uh, wasn't Jessie the one who had never heard the story of Solomon?) and gets completely stumped when asked for one-word answers. Ah, Jessie. You won't be missed.

Michelle wins the HOH and gloats all over the place, jumping up and down and saying: "This is for you Jessie, I will get them."

Calm down, Red. You can only get one of them. Smart money is on Keesha and Libra for nominees this week.

And Chen just told us about a special competition with houseguests from prior seasons. Janelle returns!