“Reader Emails,” 3 More Confirmed Contestants, What Des’ Has Been Up To, and No More “Bachelor Pad”

Today is the start of the best time of year for me personally as a sports fan. Sure, the Super Bowl is great. And yeah, I’ll watch the World Series, NBA Finals, and the BCS National Championship Game. But for my money, March Madness is the most exciting sport event for me. Always has been. I love it. Once this column is posted, I’m gonna grab an early lunch, then plop myself on the couch for the next 10 hours watching a sh*tload of basketball. And then wash, rinse, and repeat tomorrow. What can I say? Working from home definitely has its perks. Sure, if I get any info on Des’ date today, I’ll tweet it out, but my main focus will be on this tournament as I have my 5 brackets that I filled out sitting right next to me the whole time. Speaking of my tweets…

Man, a lot of stuff to get to before we even delve into the “Reader Emails,” (“Dr. Reality Steve” will return next week), if I’ve said it … Continue reading

“Reader Emails,” “Burning Love” Episode 4 & Tierra’s Twin Sister Gets Booted from Idol

I get asked quite a bit about my job and how I got into this and what keeps me going after all these years writing about a reality show. I could write for days about this, but I just did an interview yesterday with someone that I’ll post the link to once it comes out that addresses this very topic. I think too many people take every single word I write much, much too seriously. When it comes to the spoilers (which are factual based), then yes, you can take those seriously. But some of the off handed comments I make about this show and the people on it, it’s weird to see some of the reaction to it. Remember, I’ve been writing “Bachelor” recaps for 10 YEARS. It’s not like I just started getting spoilers and snarking about the show. I’ve written an episode recap for every episode this franchise has ever done outside of seasons 1 & 2 of the “Bachelor.” That’s 15 seasons of the “Bachelor” and 8 of the “Bachelorette.” Been … Continue reading