I’d be willing to bet that we’ll see book-Arya leading this wolf army from Nymeria’s back. (But I suspect from Arya’s and Nymeria’s amicable separation last season that HBO has dropped Nymeria, the wolf army, and especially Arya as w0lf-rider for budgetary reasons.) “They say he rides into battle on the back of a…

The only time I’ve seen my dad cry was after his horse died.

He did Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied France in which he killed Hitler and the top Nazi brass. I could be wrong, but I think it’s safe to assume he’s not doing a stylized reenactment of Sharon Tate’s murder in this one.

Amen.

That average includes infant mortality.

They also just announced three Rick Grimes movies. Coincidence?

Jesse, just escaped, drives off into the sunset. Sun rises on zombie apocalypse. Jesse sells Merle his last bag of blue meth. And other adventures.

I know we’re not alone, but it’s still nice to see one of us providing some counterpoint.

In high school I was in search and rescue, and the joke after weekend-long training courses out in the woods was that we were all going home to shit, shower, and shave.

What’s the from?

Gendry will reforge Ice (Song of Ice and Fire?) from Oath Keeper and Widow’s Wail, which in Jon’s hands will become Lightbringer.

Ratcatcher (which I just saw again last night) and Morvern Callar (which I’ll see again tonight) are masterpieces. Not crazy about We Need to Talk about Kevin. I suppose I should give it another viewing.

This quote is maybe disputed? But Steinbeck supposedly once said that “socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”

Well it certainly isn’t right to dwell on alternatives in which they don’t miss a single one of their free throws, but how different might OKC’s record be if in these close games their free throw percentage was even league average? It’s no different than identifying a 3-point shooting problem as playing a significant…

Good point! But how close would their close wins have been with decent free throw shooting? (I’m genuinely curious, but don’t have time to look right now.)

I think they definitely have a Melo problem and a Donovan problem, yes, an occasional Westbrook problem, and let’s also not forget how badly PG has been shooting since the All Star Break. But as a team they have a major free throw problem. I think they’re like 29th in the league in FT%?

Accepting a pardon is a legal admission of guilt.

No, but accepting a pardon is a legal admission of guilt.