Yaaaaaas - this was our comment last night at our watch party. How didn’t one of the writers think of this?  Alternate #2: They could have saved Missandei’s death until that episode, having her held hostage in the Red Keep with Cersei, then killed and dropped from the Red Keep. So many simple ways to make Dany’s anger…

I would probably go with 'war crime' rather than 'genocide.' 

Insert Spandeau Ballet GIF here:

If they know what they are doing - yes!  Sadly, I had some former colleagues who were oddly attracted to assholes.  Assholes who were going to ruin their lives as their future bosses.  You’d think that academics would be smart enough to know that “No Assholes” is the only policy that matters.  (shrug)

So much boiling.  The only upside to this four year garbage marathon is that I have learned so many rage-coping-strategies.  

You are totally correct.  Avoid unnecessary drama - know when you are useful and when you are just stirring.  As one my students said - don’t be messy (apparently slang for getting into other people’s business!)

A very good piece of advice from an academic mentor:

I don’t object to this plan.  

Very.

I think this will be Sansa, riding in to save the day and earn her Throne with the armies of Free Folk and Dorne.

I think the show may be setting up Sansa on the Iron Throne. Jon was resurrected by the Lord of Light. That means that the character was saved to complete a specific task before dying. I don’t think being the King of the Seven Kingdoms fits the bill of a single, specific task. I think Jon and Dany die, and Sansa rides…

Lady Lyanna Mormont better not die.  She is the greatest character this show has ever created.  Watching her tell Jorah to shove it was peak tv.  

Plumbing, Electrical and Communication work are all great jobs that pay really well if you join the trade union. The union pays for your training and has one of the last functioning pension and benefits schemes in the country.

Most European countries have 4-5 weeks paid vacation as a starting point, in addition to many more national holidays.  The US vacation scheme is a garbage pail.

Mostly yes. Some rare companies close, maybe if the boss is super Catholic, but generally we work on Good Friday, Easter Monday, and damn near every other day of the year. (insert exhausted sigh here.)

Just commenting to say congrats on your book! I enjoy your stories and I'm looking forward to reading your book.

Knitting is my suggestion. Highly portable. Lots of different levels of difficulty, AND you get a cool, wearable thing at the end.  (After the first couple of terrible potholders that everyone has to make to figure the whole thing out.) 

You and your damned socialist pork chops - only necessary ingredients, using real food, with no links to faux Pioneer Woah-mans....

I, sadly, was down for David.  Yikes.  That is still embarrassing to type.

Ohhhh....northern England looks so pretty in films and television!  Have fun!