Two: Cole proved everything I thought about him from the first episode by drinking Mike’s Hard Lemonade and responding to the question about ‘what do you miss most while living in the house?’ by saying ‘my cell phone and MySpace.’

ado = bustle; fuss; trouble; bother.

Adieu, Heidi. Adieu!

Seriously, Heidi, my boyfriend and I have enjoyed your commentary so much this season (he still laughs about Ferenghi vs. Vulcan).

Also, is it too much to hope for something similar for the season finale? Assuming you manage to tape or Tivo it or something that is.

1. It’s a wide-ranging blog from my experience. Attend any comic book convention and you experience diversified fare.

2. As I would guess Mary and Alex know, US comics are fairly well-focused on superhero stories. Often featuring two fellows knocking the crap out of one another. When boxing was the closest thing we had to superhuman combat Muhammad Ali fought Superman.

3. Against your protestations and weak commentary, mixed martial arts is a sport. It is the beginning of sport in all cultures, everywhere. We have placed pads and helmets on combatants and we have put balls and bats in their hands but we are still simulating combat in everything you already deem a sport. There is no more athletic act than what two trained martial artists are doing when they are in combat. Boxers have extraordinary stamina but their art is constrained on one level and in doing so allows them greater time spent in the ring with a (make no mistake) deadly opponent. A kickboxer opens the field but he is prevented from throwing certain blows. A Muay Thai fighter will have an even greater degree of ability, knowledge, strength, and stamina. Mixed martial arts bouts as presented by organizations like the UFC are state-sanctioned, medically supervised events between highly-trained competitors in a rule-specific, referee controlled environement - in other words, sport.

4. Because I know MMA is a sport I have an issue with the show in question because it introduces game show elements into an environment which is already fraught with public relations problems. I would welcome a change in show from this point forward that removes the friction-creating elements that are so editor and producer friendly, but I completely understand why the show producers do what they do. The show works, this was the best season yet, and the fights were great.

What you see on the screen is not a schoolyard fight. The pressures and tactics being utilized by these fighters are absolutely amazing when you begin to come to a basic understanding of what is happening. I totally understand not giving a rip about a sport, but saying MMA isn’t a sport is like saying comics can’t be literature.

Like me and mary above, I’m sure the rest of your readers come here for the express purpose of not having to read about/see pictures of sports. (if you can call grown men rolling around in their underwear beating the shit out of each other a “sport” — didn’t this used to be called an afterschool fight?)

1. Where is Mr. Kanayan’s commentary?

2. Will you be covering the finale?

3. What message boards are you going to anyway? WHY are you going to MMA message boards?

Oh wait, that’s four questions.

You also have the wonderful backstory heat for the TUF finale with Karo and Nick Diaz as background characters.