The Mole is a reality show on ABC. I really love that they brought it back. Without it I haven’t watched much summer tv instead I just wonder about bathing suits & diet pills. Actually there are several versions of the show in other countries. The Mole is basically a double agent that is hired by the show & their job is to sabotage the group. The mole blends in with everyone else & the contestants are eliminated when they make incorrect guesses as to who is the mole. Here are just a few episodes I’ve learned from the show:

• Trust no one.
• Sometimes it’s the person you least expect.
• Sometimes it’s the person that you expect the most.
• As soon as you make an alliance with someone they will get eliminated.
• Pay attention to every little detail.
• Pretending you are the mole when you aren’t can be fun.

I only watched a few episodes of this show, but it really got me thinking about having crushes. It seems like our first love stays perfect in our minds forever. It’s the person that we measure everyone else against.

They are still attractive to us when we see them twenty years later even though they are balding with a beer belly. Even though if we met someone for the first time with a beer belly we would immediately dismiss them as being too old or unattractive. It’s crazy way the heart & mind work.

House hunters used to be my favorite show. I loved watching the couples find new homes. I really loved the updates where we could see how they decorated their new home. It was so interesting to see what the house hunters would compromise on & what they wouldn’t.

However, I’ve gotten really tired of it. It’s so materialistic. Yes, I know it’s about a house & a house is a material thing. However, if I see one more couple that doesn’t cook but they must have stainless steel appliances & granite countertops, I’ll scream. I’m tired of seeing houses rejected because they only have one sink in the master bathroom. It irks me when people can’t fathom the idea of having a guest room double as an office. In a world where so many have so little, we have so much & just seem to complain about it.