The dragon has three heads ... he is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire

Dude, not only do I still surf the web, I’m doing it right now!

Duuuude.

New Horizons discovery: Pluto was manufactured.

Of course it didn’t intimidate them. The sights are stowed and the TOW launcher is down. The cicadas know that Bradley isn’t ready to engage anything.

Why do the words “Jon Snow is dead” have to mean “Jon Snow’s story has ended”?

Yeah, best theory of the bunch I think. Otherwise, when she abandons Stannis, why would she go to the Wall, instead of fleeing further south? The fact that it puts here at the same place where she remained the entire time in the books is another clue.

No, the lesson isn’t that you need an alternate engine program (which is a massive duplication of cost that doesn’t bear sufficient cost or risk reduction over the life of the program) — it’s that you don’t put a new developmental system this massively complex into low rate production until you’ve tested it…

Yep. Dolphin in the photo isn’t a sub dolphin as its the mammal not the fish:

I’m with you. I don’t know for certain, but I suspect it’s a legacy of the draft-era military. When you dragged people into the service and kept them against their will, I suspect more work was required to not be a screw-up. Plus there was a time when NJP wasn’t an out-of-the-ordinary thing. Traditions, you know.

The Army has a Good Conduct Medal awarded every three years for the same reasons. No colored hash marks, though — I was wondering why the differences in the stripes!

Enough to get me 10 lb/hp or better.

Thunderbolt, or Lightning?

Er ... 13. Isn’t 230 South*west* of the ship? Unless Navy types use different compasses than us ground pounders, 90 is east, 270 is west.

... soon to join Tyrion in Meereen.

My theory is that the entire Sand Snake scene in this episode was due to a contractual requirement to have a boob reveal in every episode. Since the scene basically served no purpose, and there were no other boob reveals in this episode, I think my theory is holding up well.

That, or the battle for Meereen.

Oh, come on. You know L. Ron Hubbard should have had the top spot!

I’ve been down in the living area below the Tomb where the guards prep. It’s pretty cool. The Sergeant of the Guard has camera coverage so he can continually watch the Guard at post. By the door there’s a set of shelves for their uniform stuff — each guard has his own special shelf for their shades, gloves, etc.…

We have a 1956 Airstream Bambi that’s about that size — that would make a really, really cool travel trailer.