Yes, Tyrion had a brief stint as the King's hand where he put out false stories to see who would inform on him to Cersei. The Grand Maester turned out to be a spy and Tyrion threw him in the black cells.

I'm so relieved. I'd heard it was bad, but you really scared me there.

Please, please tell me you made that up.

Doesn't the turmeric stain your skin? It certainly stains my counter if I spill a drop of curry on it.

They may say it, but women actually have to live it.

Ugh, I feel like people only say this about female-dominated professions. You should love teaching so much that you don't mind working overtime, crappy pay, using your own money for supplies, etc. Women are expected to be martyrs or saints and not desire to support themselves comfortably.

When I was in high school, this Super Christian guy repeatedly tried to "save" me. I'm Christian too, but apparently not the right kind. Then at a school dance, I felt someone come up behind me and try to grind on me. Guess who! It seems boners before beliefs is a common problem among men.

It was sooooooooo distracting! Couldn't they have at least afforded some CGI?

I imagine having a cow daemon would be so inconvenient. They are huge and it's difficult for them to navigate stairs. It would be especially bad if daemons go to the bathroom. Is that covered? I've read it recently but I don't remember. Does anyone ever have a fish daemon? That would be so terrible.

Wedgits! They are soooooooooo cool. I just bought them for my sisters kids aged 3, 6, and 9 and they were all obsessed. I second Harry Potter, but I would be careful about giving His Dark Materials. It's super dark and aggressively atheist and her parents might not appreciate it. I recommend Dealing with Dragons…

I wonder how often this kind of cover up happens. My father is friends with a doctor who classified an infant's death as SIDS to hide the actual cause of death. The older sibling accidentally killed the baby (I think suffocation, but I'm hazy on the details), but they didn't want the child growing up knowing what…

My husband looks EXACTLY like his father, so that's how I got around it. He's also from a different state, but in my case, that wasn't a guarantee. My donor's samples were shipped all over the country.

I was born through sperm donation and my donor was prolific. It was always a fear of mine that I would end up dating my brother.

I know, that seems SUPER HIGH to me, too. My sister and I met our biological father (we were born by sperm donation) for the first time when we were 19 and 22, and that would mean one of us was highly likely to be secretly attracted to him. NNNOOOOOOOooooOOOOoooooOOOOOOooo! Too horrible to think about.

I really think so, but like you said, not smart to say. She could have at least explained herself a little more. I would shower and work out a lot more if my thick, wavy hair wasn't a factor. And yes, I'm white.

Same here. I wonder if this is the basis of her comment, since a lot of white people have thinner, less textured hair that can look greasy if not washed every day. I'm just trying to find any explanation for such a weird remark.

That makes me a little sad. Everyone around these parts should know about that book.

I just now noticed your avatar! I'm glad to know someone else loves The Paper Bag Princess, too.

I see my son as the answer, too. When my mother was a girl, she had to help with the chores. Her brothers not only didn't have to help, but they bragged about it and made messes for her to clean up. Men like that are the fathers of our current generation, setting the example for how to behave. No wonder we are in…

I used to work in a residential treatment center for teen girls, and the were not allowed to have pens because they kept giving themselves tattoos. We were pretty good at keeping the contraband away from them, but then Parent's Week happened, somebody got ahold of a sewing needle, and that was the end of that.