"Alone" again, with cash on the line
E ver watch “ “Alone ”? It’s a History Channel show where 10 contestants get dropped off in the wilderness with no food and 10 items of survival gear. There are no camera crews; part of the deal is they each have to film themselves with GoPros and the like. Last person standing wins $500,000. We’ve seen most of the seasons over the past few years, but for this latest one we finally have some skin in the game. We entered a betting pool, $10 a person, on who lasts the longest. Each of us (there are 14) get three picks. Points are awarded for the number of days each contestant lasts. Obviously, with the princely sum of $140 on the line, “Alone” is must-see TV around Casa del Dave. In this new season, as in all of them, all the contestants boast impressive survival credentials. So it takes an expert eye like mine to judge who might go the distance. Here are the types who usually don’t: People who wax sentimental about their families within the first few days. Seriously. Loneline...