Random Round-Up 12

msnbc.com has a feature on Project Runway: Where are they now? Apparently, we're all really interested in people from last season.

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I think I've found Robert's dream alarm... if only it came with a cheese compartment. [link via neatorama.com]

Wake n' Bacon

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This should technically be posted as a "TV Tidbit," I guess, but I'm lazy so it's getting plopped here. Robert is infatuated with all things Amazing Race and I would be remiss if I didn't post what I just found on EW.com: the new season starts September 28th. Executive producer Bertam van Munster (Holy bejesus. If that isn't the Dutch-est name on Earth, I don't know what is!) gave a few peeks into the new season but I gotta say - it pretty much describes every season. Which isn't saying anything negative because I love the show! It's just that saying "There's old people! Young people! Outrageous adventures!" doesn't ring any season-specific bells, you know? Anyhoo, here's the scoop:

• The race takes 23 days, covers nearly 40,000 miles, spans five continents, and features some far-flung locales never before seen on the show, including Angkor Wat, Cambodia and La Paz, Bolivia.

• The youngest team is a tandem of two guys in their early 20s. “They’re made for television,” Van Munster says. “They’re supersmart — and they make terrible mistakes.” A pair of recent divorcees in their late 20s also vie for the million-dollar prize. “They were left with some financial debt, so they really have a motive to run around the world,” he says. And once again, expect a serving of granola — this time with a husband-wife squad of 60-something Oregon hippies. “They’re the real thing,” says Van Munster. “They come right out of the '60s. To a lot of people, it looks almost like they’re from a different planet.”

• As for the challenges, “We’ve really outdone ourselves in the department of outrageousness,” Van Munster declares. “We have a situation in Bolivia where we have the [contestants] go down a cobblestone hill on very, very primitive bikes, and it’s just the most hilarious thing you’ve ever seen in your life. It’s a truly bone-jarring experience.” (Another must-see detour: A by-train-or-by-bus scavenger hunt in Moscow. )

• One familiar thing actually did happen on this race: The producers didn’t predict the winner. Says Van Munster, “We’ve been wrong every time, across the board.”