Water isn’t wet. Wetness is a description of our experience of water; what happens to us when we come into contact with water in such a way that it impinges on our state of being.

Grenier can sometimes be a self-important jerk, but I agree with his take on plastic straws. His addressing dangerous levels of pollution does not mean racism is less important than environmental protections.

Considering what a bloated mess A Dance with Dragons is, I’m glad they’re culling storylines.

I think the lesson is they’re great adaptors but not great creators.

I think the show (understandably) cut a lot of the in-depth character studies that GRRM really likes to write. Lady Stoneheart, Quentyn Martell, Jon Connington, Aeron Greyjoy/Damphair etc. On one hand, he puts a lot of effort into those (and when you really get into breakdowns of them, they’re more fascinating than…

Lady Stoneheart seems like a narrative deadend to me. i much prefer what the show has done with the Brotherhood without Banners

If only more books had been released in a timely manner that had made her presence inescapable for a television production. But whoever could have made such a thing happen?

How much of a real hero was he (vs just the only representation around) though given a large part of his post Cosby show fame came from his trashing of ‘urban youths’ and his non threatening sweatshirt dad appearance.

There’s too much British royal family news and not enough Spanish royal family news.

First. You can forget about those military bases. They and everything in them are property of the United States Government. Remember? You ain’t part of that anymore in this hypothetical. And if you think those Marines would choose to stay with the side of South Carolina, well, that’s treason, and they gon’ die.

Yes, bury the murderer of Tate and her unborn child next to her for some weird, vindictive slight toward Polanski. Jesus fucking Christ, go fuck yourself.