Slightly OT question: How long does the Zika virus live, and is the threat to women who may get pregnant permanent? I’ve tried to find answers on the CDC and WHO websites, but either I didn’t find the right thing or I’m too dumb to understand what they were saying.

Blackfish is definitely still around (in the books) but I cannot remember why or how he avoided the Red Wedding. While that wasn’t THAT long ago, it seems like so much has happened since we lost the Stark matriarch that I’m having some trouble remembering details. Guess it’s time for a rewatch!

I am clearly not the target audience for this ad. I feel so badly for the poor friendless horse. I’d prefer this be a Petfinder ad where she gets another pony, or a horse-sized dog, to be its friend.

Not sure. And the way Sansa and Jon are feeling, I can’t imagine them doing a very good job making a diplomatic mission out of that. I know there were previews with Riverrun banners, so at very least Pod and Brienne end up in the Riverlands (to bring them into the war, I’d assume), but I don’t know how that plays out…

GRRM HAD to have modeled the High Sparrow after St. Augustine. The women-shaming, the excess in youth, the piousness post-conversion... it’s all there.

I was screaming YES! and FUCK YEAH! very loudly at my television. I know one of my neighbors watches GoT because I can hear the music through the wall. The rest? Well, they’ll deal.

I WANT THIS SO BADLY. The Hound coming back to help Sansa as part of his atonement would be just fantastic.

Is there anyone left at Riverrun to come north and help? Or are they stuck b/c of the Freys?

The Karstarks have been furious with the Starks since Season 2 or 3, when Robb beheaded Lord Karstark for murdering two Lannister boys who were in Robb Stark’s jails. It was supposed to be payback for the death of Karstark’s sons, which is why I’m a little confused about who this guy who is hanging with Ramsey is... a…

Agreed. Some of these comments are kinda mean. The bison CLEARLY came into the house on its own, and all she does is try to corral it back out once it comes in. I mean, I can barely get my 10-pound cats to go where I want them to, much less a 1,000-pound beast with a mind of its own.

I don’t know why she didn’t report him to the manager or the owner (depending on how fancy a place this is). I completely understand her desire to WANT to throw something, but really, get the guy where it matters and threaten his job. Because if you’re a bartender and you are making fun of and/or saying shit about…

You’re forgetting “likes sex because she has daddy issues” as a trope. Which is So. Incredibly. Creepy.

I do that. I told a variety of someones this year I was 30, 32, 33, 34 and 28, legitimately believing it because I kinda forgot. Age is weird, man.

Damn. ABC is going all Lizzie Borden this week.

Fair. Neither my brother nor I have kids, and we don’t spend a LOT of time with the family members who do have kids, so that makes sense.

Thanks for the warning.

To be fair, in families the baby of the family is always seen as the baby. I’m 33 and my dad looks at me and sees me as a 6 year old. My brother? I’m perpetually 10 years old to him. Like, he gets that I’m an adult but if he were told to give people a mental image of what I look like, I’m 10 and he’s kicking my butt…

Exactly. I watch Mad Max: Fury Road obsessively because I think it is so incredibly bleak and beautiful.

A lot of my friends didn’t like the ambiguous ending and so they liked the whole movie less, but I did like it. And I watched some featurettes about the film and the indication was the director intended the ending to be hopeful, so knowing that I enjoy it more.

AHSD:LSD:Ljkdszak;ljsdjk;flga;ljkjadsf. Dammit. I know that. I KNOW THAT.