I thought Crowe was really, really good as Aubrey. Remember O'Brian's choice for casting Crowe, right? Heston? He did not have a distractingly fat lump in mind, but a physically powerful, extremely charismatic man who could leap and run and play and fight. He also had big appetites and a body type that tended to fat:…

This is the thing. To stay true to its source material, Man from U.N.C.L.E. needs to be inspired by what is currently happening in Bond, and it does.

That game made me realize that I'm seeing all these player choice and morality systems differently than other people. I'm seeing people in these threads describe how they make a choice—either true "to themselves", or in an effort to game a desired outcome. Which is natural. But both have always been way less important…

Better Call Hall

I'm reminded of the way racist caricatures from the early part of this century have basically disappeared from not only current society, but also, mostly, our memory. The kind of thick-lipped porch monkey which often appeared in advertising, public signage, and the like in the USA never appears in current depictions…

I'm starting to understand why my 13-bar blues songs are not catching on.

Butthole Surfers, "Cough Syrup"

The thing I've actually done most in GTA:V is investigating the behavior of the services in Los Santos. For example, waiting outside a fire station until a truck pulls out—then following and seeing where it goes (it does not go to a fire).

Falco³

I really don't get why in the world you would want to have sex with someone you can't even talk about sex with. How about you have a bunch of conversations about all kinds of interesting things, including STIs, pregnancy, what sorts of physical acts and stimulation you like and engage in, and follow that up with…

*So* called it.

I'm starting to feel like my vasectomy was a mistake… I'll never date now!

Yeah, the only really weird thing I've picked up about Texans is the way they cherry pick very normal things about, you know, existing, and ascribe it some mythical status about being from Texas.

I kind of want to give my partner some rape chips. I'm very drunk.

I agree with that, but since those details aren't known to others there's no reason for them to be genuine (unless she wants to cause genuine pain).

Well, very simply, in Ned's case he thought the fix was in and he was going to the Wall, and he would be around to see his kids and maybe they'd be okay, too. Why would he choose a trial by combat? He actually had stuff to lose still at that point.

The impression I got from the Eyrie is that you can choose trial by combat, but as an antiquated and idiosyncratic mechanism you're subject to the arbitrary whims of authority nonetheless. Lysa didn't quite get what she wanted but I really got the impression that "the court" could order you to stand for yourself, cut…

She took the third option, which was "say what they want her to say, and add a bunch of personal stuff they didn't know about and isn't relevant to the trial, just to hurt him."

Well, riches or threats still wouldn't cause her to make things up regarding their relationship that weren't germane to the trial, just to hurt him (in ways that others wouldn't even know, like shitting on his pet name for him).

The reason it's reasonable to conclude that Shae is betraying Tyrion because she's angry for being spurned is that her manner of testimony is designed to break his heart, not condemn him. The unnecessary personal touches she adds are designed to destroy the memory of their time together; for example, saying that…