Jorah's my man (after Jon Snow, of course) - he's so freakin' devoted, and dusty, and craggy, and, well, I really just want him to call me Khaleesi. (I've said this before, but Jorah could also buy me a mansion in Qarth with his newspaper riches...)

I'm tearing up just thinking about it. And people say that Jon Snow is dumb?

Holla! He is too hot and brooding for words, and I'd love to teach him a thing or two. IMO Jon is smarter than Robb, especially in the last two books.

I'm NYC tour guide for Italians too, and man, do they ever love squirrels! I bring acorns with me from home so they can try to feed the little varmints. A man in my last group wanted to pet one, until I yelled that they bite and have fleas. We always see them in Washington Square and the tourists go bananas, "Ooh…

It's a wonderful medieval text, and that image is from a late 13th c. manuscript that was lavishly illuminated in Lombardy, in northern Italy, perhaps around Milan. There are four versions done by the same artist or group of artists, and they show different ways of keeping healthy, according to medieval medicine. It…

YES! The Tacuinum Sanitatis!! I love those miniatures.

I iron my kids' t-shirts. #sorryfeminists

Broccoli sauteed in olive oil with garlic and ginger, and plenty of salt. It's even yummy cold, in the dark, right from the 'fridge.

Great pic, and great pick!! Forza Viola!

Until a Dog sniffs them out.

Good point, but we have the Target line, so I think the actual quantity of lead is extremely, extremely low. My glasses sure made a Langtry Cabernet Sauvignon taste even better tonight!

Invest in a good set of wine glasses; it will make *all* the difference. We bought a mix of Reidel glasses at Target after reading this article: http://www.salon.com/2010/04/21/wine_glass_shapes_matter/ Everything we tried tasted better, and I mean a LOT better! Just get a set for red and one for white, and a bottle…

It really is an American thing. My parents are English, and my brother (born in the USA) wasn't circumcised because my my father isn't either. He's also a physician, so he knew about all the medical reasons to cut or not. I married an Italian (also intact), and our son wasn't circumcised, and neither are any of our…

I think they all are AMAZING athletes, and beautiful, polished professionals. I'm so happy the team won the gold medal after so many years of hard work and training. But if we're discussing hair, I just wish ALL female gymnasts would either leave their hair in high pony tails, or just learn to make a proper, high…

My daughter is 12 and a half, my son is 9 and a half. I *still* wear my black maternity tights from Motherhood! I can pull them right over my boobs, (we won't address the sad state of my boobage in this post...) so I have to fold the waist over a couple of time, but they are super soft, the perfect shade of opaque…

OY, that hurts! My piano teacher (7 yrs younger than me thankyouverymuch) was trying to cheer me up at my last birthday. "When you're over 40, every morning you don't wake up dead is a gift." Good thing he's super sexy, Argentinian, and brilliant, so I can forgive him a lot...

Sing it sister! When your kids can hear your knees creaking, it's not funny anymore, just plain sad.

Hearted back! When I saw him at the start of season 2 of GoT, I immediately thought of Downton Abbey. Ser Jorah needs to pull a Sir Richard on Daenerys once in a while, but he loves her too much. (BTW, I have read the books so I know Ser Jorah's story, but I still think he's great!)

Sorry, I misspelled "khaleesi," but I'm so glad I'm not alone in my lust for Sir Jorah - Jorah jones indeedy!!

I'm with you on Barristan Selmy because I love these older men (perhaps because I'm old too!). For me it's always Sir Jorah Mormont; I love the grizzled look.