When Mark Burnett introduced Americans to Survivor back in the summer of 2000, he realized that a lot of people would enjoy seeing other people fight to win for a million dollars. Although I always thought it would be fun to be on Survivor, I realize that my lazy ass wouldn't last very long. As I survey some of the other reality competitions out there, I realize that there really aren't really that many reality competitions that I would be successful at. After all, they don't have a competition that rewards people for being lazy and knowing lots about television do they? Actually, they do. the game is called Gold Rush, it's brought to you by Mark Burnett, and you can actually win real money. Now, I probably should have talked about Gold Rush back when it was first announced in September, but better late than never and all that type of shit. While it is clearly an exercise in online marketing on a number of levels, it does allow those of us who fear malnutrition or Julie Chen to flex our pop culture muscles and win some money. The actual chances of winning anything may be slim, but the chances that you can waste at least half your day away at work are quite high. The only requirements are an AOL Screen Name and I'll gladly accept the 10% finders fee should any of you win.