Roose Bolton has a larger nose, and his hairline recedes farther—Stannis has a widow's peak, whereas Roose is bald in essentially a perfect half-circle.

Catelyn was (apparently) the only reason why Jon wasn't allowed to be Jon Stark instead of Jon Snow, so yeah, IMO he definitely counts.

I understood his decision, but I think Stannis could have changed things if he'd worded it differently when Mance was brought before him. I don't think it would necessarily have changed Mance's mind—he was very definite that he bowed to no man—but if Stannis had said, "Mance, if you and your men will help me retake…

I don't know, what *does* it say about it?

I believe her son was Rhaegar [sp], after her brother. (If memory serves, which it admittedly may not.)

Yeah, it's easy to say that when it's not happening to you, and they're not making fun of you by poking one of your major sore spots.

I don't think Don's "I've lived in New York a long time," is an attempt to ingratiate himself or add any sort of veneer to anything. It's merely him letting Rachel's sister know she doesn't have to explain to him what it means to sit shiva.

I always absolutely hated that Carrie wrote about his request in her column, after he broke up with her. Really, Carrie? He broke off the relationship (in a fairly kind and gentle way, without name-calling or insults) because you don't have the same kink—which is actually not unreasonable—and you take vicious,…

Nah, Blankenship would have come up with the idea herself, and done it without asking permission.

They also fell into the trap of woman-centric comedies of thinking all women want is to look at designer clothes and shoes. The makers of this show/film took it even further by assuming, for some bizarre reason, that the *only reason* women watched this show was to look at designer clothes and shoes. I mean, two…

Making any sort of response would be acknowledging that she understood what they were getting at, and that it was bothering/upsetting her. She didn't want to give them the satisfaction of knowing they got to her.

One of the first things I said to my husband after this finale was, "What are they going to do in season 2?" Because, as you said, it kind of feels like there's really nowhere to go from here. Unless they plan to do a "How to save humanity from this plague," sort of thing, which really isn't my cup of tea.

You are correct. The seal of the confessional does NOT apply to the announcement of the intent to commit crime. Nor does it apply to "confessions" in which the penitent is not actually asking for forgiveness or expressing regret; those shows where the killer confesses and says something like, "And I'm not sorry. They…

Actually, I've had eight books published, with two more currently contracted, with three of the Big Five houses (that is, the five major NY houses: Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, MacMillan, and Hachette). :-)

I can't speak to journalism, since I'm not a journalist. I am a professional novelist (multi-published by three of the Big Five, though one of those is just a few short stories), so that's the editing with which I'm familiar.

You said above that you're a writer trying to get your first novel published, so no, not an educated guess. :-) Your references to editors tipped me off before that, though.

God, totally! That bugged me so much. Really, Eddie? "He went hiking in Brazil with some chick he met?" That's the best you could do? Not "He went into Federal Witness Protection?" Not "I heard the mob is after him so I guess he went into hiding on his own?" Not "He's gone undercover for a big story?" Not even "He…

OT: If you are looking into publication, I suggest you check out the Absolute Write forums. Lots of good advice and information there, from lots of professional writers and editors.

Typos are why we have copyeditors. Regular editors do a different kind of editing. Just FYI, not being snarky.

Professional writers do not generally pay editors.