I’m glad to hear someone else finds “What You Waiting For” empowering. That song helped psych me up to accept a job moving to the Middle East...when the farthest I had ever travelled before was Canada.

The rapist is going to be a recurring character. In a magazine story about the new season Sarah Paulson stated that it is the manifestation of addiction, hence her character’s connection to it.

I lived in this region a few years back. Sadly, I met more than a few “cool hippy/hipster dudes” that were the most misogynistic pigs I have ever had the displeasure of meeting in my life so this story doesn’t really surprise me at all. It makes me angry as hell and frustrated THAT THIS BULLSH*T STILL HAPPENS but it…

Yeah...I’m not sold on anything until next season but in my head I’m going with a 25% chance he’ll be back.

Like I said, it could be a red herring but there are starting to be a fair number of characters that have been killed off in the series that have survived in the books (see Shireen as most recent example).

There’s an interview with Harrington circulating where he states that he is unequivocally NOT coming back next season and that the contract story that was reported a few months back was wrong. We’ll see if it’s a red herring but it sounds like Jon Snow is gone.

Probably my least favorite part of the books...Ooooh. I think i’m anticipating your theory. That would solve sooo many plot problems! (Also, I feel the need to note that we are discussing the books while circumventing spoilers.)

The BF got so sick and tired of the books’ plodding through minor characters, he gave up. Thus, I am in the situation of explaining just what was in the book and what wasn’t. Mostly, this has been of the “yeah, they just collapsed three story lines into one and cut out a lot of traveling to get to the damn point”…

You can get these little decks of sand paper for on-the-go sharpening...but yeah, nothing beats a good mechanical pencil for note-taking. The metal kind. With replaceable lead. HB .05

Yup! I work as a designer/illustrator/artist and probably have 50 different brands and hardness of pencils. When I draw I’ll be using one and hold a second and maybe third in the other hand. When I’m just writing or sketching I use drafters leads in a holder. Probably have about 5 handheld sharpeners plus x-actos and…

Our dogs will eat almost any vegetables and they will do anything for kohlrabi. ANYTHING. But they have decided bananas are gross. Go figure.

I swear to god I have students that would give those answers...and I’m a college professor. It’s beyond me because I would eat almost anything as a kid. only brussel sprouts and rutebega were no goes. Oh, and fresh tomatoes for some reason. And every year for my birthday I got to pick a restaurant for dinner; the more…

For a somewhat acceptable and lower fat Thin Mint substitute—chocolate graham crackers dunked in peppermint tea (with honey or other sweetener if you're feeling decadent). Not Thin Mints, but they do tied me over in a pinch...

The whole problem with his claim that it was consentual is that if a woman is in an abusive or predatory relationship she has a skewed perspective and will "agree" to things that would seem crazy in the clear light of day. I was emotionally abused by a former boyfriend and he made me doubt myself and think he was…

Now that's a lovely thought...eau d' squid laced gallstone.

It's arguably grosser...the beaks of squids vomited by whales (one of my friends is obsessed with perfume so I can thank her for that image and the knowledge that people actually ATE the stuff as a rare delicacy in the past).

That is a terrible quote! For a much better explanation of her argument, go to the following; http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-0…

I second the As iIt Happens Interview. She is given enough time to really explain her argument.

That is how I wake up my boyfriend. Except it's me releasing our dogs from the room they sleep in. The youngest jumps on him, bounces, wiggles, and licks every square inch of face and/or hands until he gets up. You're right. It works every time (and is very funny to watch).

Same here. If you sit in the recliner, one of my dogs believes he MUST curl up in your lap. Luckily, he will settle for being shifted to your side so you can still read or work on a laptop but I've had to warn visitors there is no dissuading the little fur ball.