Amen to that. I used to be in a "spec-fic" writers group and a few of the members would always turn in stories with names like "An Excursionist's Handbook to Persnickety Apparitions Encountered Whilst Traveling on Popinjay Road." Ugh. Brutal to read.

I was surprised to recently discover that Pink Floyd made a video for Not Now John.

I remember in the early nineties MTV had some video tournament thing where viewers called in to vote on videos that were in competition. They set Learning to Fly against Silent Lucidity. I remember Silent Lucidity won by a landslide.

I think the cruelest thing about Ned's execution (for the viewer) was that it followed a small victory for the good guys: the capture of Jaime Lannister. That was the closest the series had come to fist-pumping moment and gave (me) the impression that the tide was turning against the Lannisters. So of course, it's…